List of the cardinal creations of Nicholas I.

Pope Nicholas I created nine cardinals during his pontificate (858–867) .

863

• Leo, Cardinal Bishop of Silva Candida or Santa Rufina, † 867

864

• Formosus Cardinal Bishop of Porto , elected Pope on October 6, 891, † April 4, 896; his body was exhumed and he was by Pope Stephen VI. posthumously excommunicated in January 897; however by Pope John IX. rehabilitated at the Roman Synod in April 898

867

• Gauderico, OSBCas. Cardinal Bishop of Velletri , † (unknown); He gave 879 the Cardinal office and returned to the Abbey of Montecassino back
• Leo, title San Ciriaco alle Terme , † (unknown)
• Leo, cardinal priest with the titular church of San Lorenzo in Lucina , † (unknown)
• Leo, cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Cecilia , † before 872
• Paulus, cardinal priest with the titular church Santa Balbina , † before 872
• Romanus , cardinal priest with the titular church of San Pietro in Vincoli , elected Pope in July or August 897, † November 897
• Giovanni , cardinal deacon , elected Pope as John VIII on December 14, 872, † (murdered) on December 16, 882

Web links

• Cardinals created by Pope Nicholas I. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 24, 2016.