Giovanni Boccamazza

Giovanni Boccamazza , also Giovanni Boccamacci , Johannes Buccamatius and Johannes von Tusculum (* mid- 13th century in Rome ; † August 10, 1309 in Avignon ), was bishop and cardinal .

Life

Giovanni Boccamazza came from a wealthy Roman noble family who were related to the Savelli , among others . He is mentioned in 1264 as the chaplain of Cardinal Giacomo Savelli . The next news about him is his appointment as Archbishop of Monreale by Pope Nicholas III. , whose chaplain he was now, on August 15, 1278. In 1282 he was involved in the uprising of the Sicilian Vespers , left the island and went to the remaining domain of Charles of Anjou .

His relative Giacomo Savelli, now Pope Honorius IV, appointed him Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum (Frascati) in December 1285 , after he had already supported him. In 1286 he traveled to the Holy Roman Empire as a legate to negotiate the planned move of the Habsburg Rudolf I to Rome . At the court conference and council of Würzburg , efforts in this regard also failed because of Boccamazza’s high monetary demands. But he was able to publish church reform decrees there. At Rudolf's instigation, Boccamazza sought to intervene in the dispute between the Dampierre and the Avesnes over Flanders using ecclesiastical means . Much of his Legatenurkunden concern the Dominicans and Dominicans , whose provincial minister Hermann of Minden some time in Boccamazzas environment held on. The cardinal also commissioned Hermann to visit the monasteries of the Magdalen Order .

With the death of Honorius IV. In 1287, Cardinal Boccamazza lost influence. From then on he only performed administrative tasks. After the death of his successor Nicholas IV in 1292, he sided with Colonna in the conclave . After the conclave lasted two years, he was one of the first to vote for the compromise candidate Pietro da Morrone and to contribute to his election as Pope Celestine V. In the following years, Boccamazza mediated repeatedly between the Colonna and Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303). After his death he supported the party of King Philip IV of France .

After the papal court had moved to Avignon under Clement V , Cardinal Boccamazza repeatedly traveled to Italy on behalf of the Pope. He died in Avignon in 1309 and was buried in the Dominican monastery church. He was considered a churchman with no interest in religion, culture, or politics, his focus was largely on the interests of the Savelli family. He left a great fortune.

literature

• Werner Maleczek : The documents of the papal legate Johannes Boccamazza, Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum, from the years 1286 and 1287. (Legation into the kingdom in the late period of King Rudolf of Habsburg). In: Archives for Diplomatics, History of Writing , Seal and Heraldry 59 (2013), pp. 35–132 DOI: 10.7788 / afd.2013.59.jg.35 .
• Burkhard Roberg: Johannes de Tusculo . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 5, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-7608-8905-0 , column 609 f.
• Ingeborg Walter :  Boccamazza, Giovanni. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 11:  Boccadibue-Bonetti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1969, pp. 21-24.

Web links

• Boccamazza, Giovanni. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 30, 2017.
• Entry on Giovanni Boccamazza on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 30, 2017.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ordonio Alurz	Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum (Frascati) 1285–1309	Berengario Stedelli
Transmundus	Archbishop of Monreale 1275–1285	Pietro Guerra