Alberto Alberti (Cardinal)

Alberto Alberti (* in Arezzo ; † August 11, 1445 in Grottaferrata ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

He was the son of a Cipriano Alberti. Apparently he had enjoyed a certain education, because "he was a very learned man and a connoisseur of the Greek and Latin languages". He was successively canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of Florence , Apostolic Protonotary and Governor of Perugia . On March 4, 1437 he was appointed administrator of the Camerino diocese . The episcopal ordination donated him on October 6, 1437 in Perugia by the Bishop of Ascoli Piceno Paolo Alberti OFM . Alberto Alberti was a participant in the Council of Florence .

Pope Eugene IV appointed him cardinal deacon in the consistory of December 18, 1439 and on January 8, 1440 awarded him the title deaconry of Sant'Eustachio . On February 25, 1440, he arrived in Florence at the papal court. He was appointed legate on June 10, 1440 and was given the task of mediating between Duke René d'Anjou and King Alfonso d'Aragón . On October 24, 1442 he was back in Florence; on June 29, 1443 his return from Siena is recorded. He was elected Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals on October 4, 1444 , a position he held until his death. Alberto Alberti was one of the cardinals involved in the canonization of Saint Bernard of Siena .

Alberto Alberti died on August 11 (or 3) August 1445 in the Grottaferrata monastery and was in the Hilarius chapel. buried in the Lateran basilica in Rome. Parts of his body were transferred to the Santa Croce Church in Florence and buried there . His family had a tomb built on this site in 1573.

Web links

Alberti, Alberto. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed March 11, 2017.
Entry on Alberto Alberti on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 11, 2017.

Individual evidence

↑ “ Essendo uomo dottisimo e assai perito nella lingua greca e latina… ” Lorenzo Cardella: Memorie storiche de 'cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Stamperia Pagliarini, Rome 1793, Vol. III, p. 94, quoted from: Alberti, Alberto. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
^ Entry on Alberto Cardinal Alberti on catholic-hierarchy.org
↑ August 3, 1445 is indicated on the two tombs in Rome and Florence, cf. Alberti, Alberto. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Giovanni Berardi	Chamberlain of the Holy College of Cardinals 1444–1445	Pietro Barbo
Marco Ardinghelli OP	Bishop of Camerino 1437–1445	Alessandro Oliva OESA

personal data
SURNAME	Alberti, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cardinal of the Roman Church
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century or 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arezzo
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: August 11, 1445
Place of death	Grottaferrata

[1] “ Essendo uomo dottisimo e assai perito nella lingua greca e latina… ” Lorenzo Cardella: Memorie storiche de 'cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Stamperia Pagliarini, Rome 1793, Vol. III, p. 94, quoted from: Alberti, Alberto. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)

[2] Entry on Alberto Cardinal Alberti on catholic-hierarchy.org

[3] August 3, 1445 is indicated on the two tombs in Rome and Florence, cf. Alberti, Alberto. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)