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Angelo II Acciaioli (15 April 1349 - 31 May 1408) was an Italian Catholic cardinal.
Biography
Born in Florence, Angelo was elected Bishop of Rapolla in 1375, but in 1383 he was transferred to the see of Florence where he had been preceded by a previous family member many years before, Angelo Acciaioli. He was promoted to the cardinalate on 17 December 1384 by Pope Urban VI. He defended legality of the election of Urban VI and his successors against the claims of the antipopes Clement VII and Benedict XIII. In the Papal conclave, 1389 he was actively working on being elected to the papacy, but an anonymous narrative of the Conclave accuses him of simony (bribery), managing thereby to acquire six votes of the thirteen cardinals in the Conclave.
He was legate of Pope Boniface IX in the Kingdom of Naples in 1390 and in Hungary in 1403. As papal legate, Angelo crowned king Ladislaus of Naples in Gaeta on 29 May 1390. He reformed the Benedictine monastery S. Paolo fuori le mura in Rome and participated in the papal conclave, 1404. Newly elected Pope Innocent VII named him archpriest of the patriarchal Vatican Basilica (shortly after 4 December 1404), Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri (12 June 1405), Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (12 June 1405), and finally Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church (on 29 August 1405). He presided over the papal conclave, 1406. He died in Pisa at the age of 59. His remains were transferred to the Carthusian monastery in Florence.
In January 1394, King Ladislaus of Naples named him as his bailli and vicar-general for the Principality of Achaea and Lepanto. At the same time, he received the position of Latin Archbishop of Patras.
References
- Johannes J. J. Döllinger, Beiträge zur politischen, kirchlichen, und cultur- Geschichte der sechs letzten Jahrhunderte III. Band (Regensburg: Georg Joseph Manz 1882), pp. 361-362: "Conclave, quo Bonifacius IX. papa creatus est".
- Bon 1969, p. 269.
Sources
- Bon, Antoine (1969). La Morée franque. Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d'Achaïe [The Frankish Morea. Historical, Topographic and Archaeological Studies on the Principality of Achaea] (in French). Paris: De Boccard. OCLC 869621129.
- The Florentine church, Archbishop Curia, Florence 1970.
- Litta Biumi, Pompeo. "Acciaioli di Firenze". Famiglie celebri italiane (in Italian). Milano: Luciano Basadonna Editore. OCLC 799338549.
- Setton, Kenneth M. (1975). Catalan Domination of Athens 1311–1380. London: Variorum.
- Curzio Ugurgieri della Berardenga, Gli Acciaioli di Firenze nella Luce de' Loro Tempi, Leo Olschki, 1962.
- Martin Souchon: Die Papstwahlen in der Zeit des grossen Schismas, Verlag von Benno Goeritz, 1888
Acknowledgment
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Acciajuoli" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byPhilippe of Alençon | Cardinal-bishop of Ostia 1405–1408 |
Succeeded byJean-Allarmet de Brogny |
| Preceded byPaul Foscari | Archbishop of Patras 1395–1400 |
Succeeded byStephen Zaccaria |
| Preceded byAngelo Ricasoli | Bishop of Florence 1383–1385 |
Succeeded byBartolomeo Oleario |
| Preceded by? | Bishop of Rapolla 1375–1383 |
Succeeded by? |
- 1349 births
- 1408 deaths
- 14th-century people from the Principality of Achaea
- 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
- 15th-century Italian cardinals
- Acciaioli family
- Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XI
- Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VI
- Cardinal-bishops of Ostia
- Clergy from Florence
- Deans of the College of Cardinals
- Diplomats of the Holy See
- Latin archbishops of Patras