Francesco Uguccione

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Francesco Uguccione (also Hugotion , Hugociano , Aguzzonis ) (* in Urbino or Pisa ; † July 14, 1412 in Florence ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Life

Uguccione was Doctor iuris utriusque and was founded in 1378 by Pope Urban VI. appointed Bishop of Faenza . Active as a legate in Gascony, Aragon, Castile and Navarre, he became Archbishop of Benevento in 1383 , from where he moved to Bordeaux in France as Archbishop on August 28, 1384 . Pope Innocent VII elevated him to the cardinal priest of the titular church Santi Quattro Coronati on June 12, 1405 .

He was one of the voters of the anti-popes Alexander V and John XXIII.

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predecessor Office successor
Raimond Bernard de Roqueis Archbishop of Bordeaux
1384–1412
David de Montferrand
Stefano Benni or Beneri Bishop of Faenza
1378–1384
Angelo Ricasoli