Cardinal Francis degli Angeli

The second Protector of the Order was the Cardinal of Holy Cross. Earlier he had been General of the whole Order. Because he was from the Congregation of Discalced in Spain he was called the Scalzo. Since there was discord between His Holiness and the Christian Emperor Charles V, this good Father was a good instrument to reconcile the Emperor with His Holiness. Because of this he became a Cardinal. The discord was over the coming of the Duke of Bourbon to Rome and because he sacked it, although they say that this was not with the consent of His Majesty.

This Protector warred against us in the beginning and harmed our Congregation significantly. However he later calmed down so that as he approached death he sent to ask the Friars to pray for him so that if he survived that infirmity he would be a good Father to them. However it pleased the Lord God that he passed away to the better life.