Francesco Napoleone Orsini
Francesco Napoleone Orsini (* around 1230; † December 6, 1311 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
Orsini was a son of Napoleon Orsini, a brother of Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, who was known as Nicholas III. got into the papal chair. Under Alexander IV , he was occupied as papal subdeacon and chaplain in 1257 and given a canonical in Reims. He became papal notary under Nicholas IV and was part of the delegation that brought news of his election to Celestine V in 1294 . After studying in Paris , he was elevated to cardinal priest of Santa Lucia in Selci on December 17, 1295 by Pope Boniface VIII . From 1297 he was Archpriest of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Orsini was a participant in the conclave of 1303 , in which Pope Benedict XI. was elected and at the conclave of 1304/05, in which Clement V was elected.
He died in Rome on December 6, 1311 and was buried in the Vatican Basilica.
literature
- Pietro Silanos: ORSINI, Francesco di Napoleone. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 79: Nursio – Ottolini Visconti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2013, p. 647, in the printed volume only Lemma, author and reference to the online offer.
Web links
- Francesco Napoleone Orsini. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
Remarks
- ↑ Peter Herde : Cölestin V (1294) (Peter vom Morrone): The angel pope . Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1981, p. 72
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Francesco Napoleone Orsini |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1295 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1311 |
| Place of death | Rome |