Niccolò Albergati

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Niccolò Albergati OCart (* 1375 in Bologna ; † May 9, 1443 in Siena ) was an Italian cardinal and diplomat . He is a blessed of the Catholic Church.

Life

Niccolò Albergati was born in Bologna in the Albergati palace and entered the Carthusian Order in 1395 after studying secular law . In the Carthusian monastery of S. Girolamo di Casara he became a priest in 1404, prior in 1407 and a visitor to the Italian Carthusians in 1412. He supported Pope Martin V and was appointed Bishop of Bologna in January 1417 ; Martin V, elected in November of the same year, confirmed his election in April 1418. Albergati developed his hometown into a center of learning and tried to reform his diocese. Due to an uprising against the Pope, he had to leave Bologna between March and July 1420.

Albergati served as a diplomat under various popes. As a diplomat he visited France, England and many Italian states. He represented Eugene IV in 1435 at the Arras Congress.

He was created cardinal in the consistory of May 24, 1426 by Martin V and was then appointed cardinal priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme . According to various sources, he was the camerlengo of the Roman Church between 1431 and 1432 , but this is not confirmed. As legate of Eugen IV , he participated in the Council of Basel in 1433 and 1436 , where he defended the primacy of the Pope. In 1438 he opened the Council of Ferrara as President , which, after moving to Florence, brought about a union between the Roman and Greek Churches for a short time. In autumn 1438 he represented the Pope at the Reichstag in Nuremberg. From 1440 to 1443 Albergati was also the archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. He died on one of his many missions in Siena after previously suffering from a kidney stone . A few years later his body was transferred to the Florence Charterhouse. He donated his precious library to the Augustinian convent there .

Niccolò Albergati employed the later Popes Nicholas V (Tommaso Parentucelli) and Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolomini) as his secretaries in Bologna ; the former was also Bishop of Bologna from 1444 until his election as Pope.

beatification

Albergati's beatification took place on September 25, 1744 by Pope Benedict XIV. His feast day in the order is May 10.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Häuptli: Albergati, Niccolo (Nicola). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. Vol. 35. Nordhausen 2014, Col. 7.
  2. ↑ Bruno Häuptli: Albergati, Niccolo (Nicola) . In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon , Vol. 35. Nordhausen 2014, Col. 9.
  3. ^ Heinz Wolter: Albergati, Niccolò . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 1. Munich 1980, Col. 278.
  4. ↑ a b Bruno Häuptli: Albergati, Niccolò (Nicola) . In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon , vol. 35.Bautz, Nordhausen 2014, col. 10.
  5. ^ Brunonis: Blessed Albergatus - May 10th (1/3). In: BRUNONIS. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Brunonis: Blessed Albergatus - May 10 (2/3). In: BRUNONIS. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Brunonis: Blessed Albergatus - May 10 (3/3). In: BRUNONIS. May 10, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
predecessor Office successor
Giovanni di Michele OSB Bishop of Bologna
1417–1443 		Ludovico Trevisan
personal data
SURNAME Albergati, Niccolò
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albergatus, Nicolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1375
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1443
Place of death Siena