Niccolò Alberti
Niccolò Alberti ( Albertini or Aubertini ) OP (* around 1250 in Prato , Italy ; † April 27, 1321 in Avignon ), also known as Nikolaus von Prato , was a cardinal of the Catholic Church .
His membership of the noble Tuscan Alberti family has already been questioned by Dino Compagni and Albertino Mussato . Politically he was close to the Ghibellines . Alberti was first general minister of the Dominicans. In 1299 he was appointed Bishop of Spoleto by Boniface VIII in place of the candidate postulated by the Chapter . Pope Benedict XI. , once also a Dominican, elevated Alberti to cardinalate on December 18, 1303 and at the same time appointed him Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and thus dean of the College of Cardinals . Nicholas was not only a close confidante of Pope Benedict, but also of his successor Clement V.
Nicholas was one of the cardinals who, in the name of Pope Clement V , crowned Henry VII in the Lateran Basilica on June 29, 1312 . Nicholas was considered pro-imperial, which was rare in curial circles at that time, and advocated a balance between Pope and Emperor.
Alberti died in Avignon and was buried in the Dominican monastery church.
Works
- Treaité du Paradis (" Treatise on Paradise")
- De ratione Pontificalium Comitiorum habendorum ("On the reason for holding meetings of the bishops")
literature
- Abele L. Redigonda: Albertini, Niccolò (Niccolò da Prato). In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1: Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960.
- Marco Innocenti: Nicholas of Prato. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 1026-1034.
- Friedrich Theile: Nikolaus von Prato, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia. Diss. Marburg a. L. 1913 ( online )
Web links
- Alberti, OP, Niccolò. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 13, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francesco |
Bishop of Spoleto 1299–1303 |
Giovanni IV |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alberti, Niccolò |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nicholas of Prato; Albertini, Niccolò; Aubertini, Niccolò |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal and bishop of Spoleto |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1250 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prato |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 1321 |
| Place of death | Avignon |