Durante Duranti was born in
Palazzolo sull'Oglio on 5 October 1507. As a young man, he studied
jurisprudence in
Brescia and became a cleric in Brescia. Moving to
Rome, he became a privy chamberlain in the
papal household of
Pope Paul III. In 1535, Cardinal
Alessandro Farnese, iuniore made Duranti
vicar of the
Abbey of San Michele de
Coniolo. He served as
Prefect of the Pontifical Household under Pope Paul III. On 25 June 1538 he was elected
Bishop of Alghero; he was
consecrated as a
bishop in Rome on 12 March 1540. He was transferred to the
see of Cassano on 18 February 1541. Pope Paul III made him a
cardinal priest in the
consistory of 19 December 1544. He received the
red hat and the
titular church of
Santi Apostoli on 9 January 1545. The pope then named him
papal legate in
Camerino,
Spoleto, and
Umbria on 19 October 1545. He participated in the
papal conclave of 1549-50 that elected
Pope Julius III. He was transferred to the
see of Brescia on 18 February 1551. He was a participant in both the
papal conclave of April 1555 that elected
Pope Marcellus II and the
papal conclave of May 1555 that elected
Pope Paul IV. He died in
Brescia on 24 December 1557. He was buried in
Brescia Cathedral. ==References==