List of Cardinal Creations Gelasius II.

In the course of his pontificate (1118–1119), Pope Gelasius II created only one cardinal in a consistory .

Consistory on March 9, 1118

• Pietro Ruffo , nephew of Paschal II - cardinal deacon of S. Adriano, then (March 9, 1123) cardinal priest of SS. Martino e Silvestro, † after December 5, 1131

literature

• Rudolf Hüls: Cardinals, Clergy and Churches of Rome: 1049–1130 (=  library of the German Historical Institute in Rome ). Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen 1977, ISBN 978-3-484-80071-7 .
• Hans-Walter Klewitz: Reform Papacy and Cardinal College. The formation of the College of Cardinals. Studies of the Restoration of the Roman Church in Southern Italy by the Reform Papacy. The end of the reform papacy . Hermann Gentner Verlag, Darmstadt 1957.

Web links

• Consistories for the creation of Cardinals - Gelasius II (1118-1119). In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed November 25, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klewitz, p. 222 note 47 and p. 235 note 96; Hüls, p. 233 note, 1
2. ↑ Klewitz, p. 219; Hüls, p. 193 No. 5, pp. 220-221 No. 4
3. ↑ Some sources erroneously claim that he was cardinal deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere or of S. Maria in Cosmedin; see. Hüls, p. 193, No. 5, note 8, pp. 231-233, 240.