Poncello Orsini
Poncello Orsini (* in Rome ; † February 2 or February 11, 1395 ibid) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .
Life
He came from the influential and extensive aristocratic family of the Orsini and was Bishop of Aversa from June 19, 1370 . Poncello Orsini was born on September 18, 1378 by Pope Urban VI. elevated to cardinal priest with the titular church of San Clemente . In the following years he served as the papal legate, initially for Urban’s interests. However, after he in 1385 Urban VI. after Nocera , Orsini was repulsed by the brutal approach of the Pope. Together with Cardinal Pietro Pileo di Prata he wrote a letter to the Roman clergy in which he condemned urban violence. He fled and stayed hidden on his property until the Pope's death. On the conclave of 1389 that Pope Boniface IX. selected, he was another promising candidate. He became the Pope's vicar for the city of Rome and in 1390 cardinal proto-priest .
Poncello Orsini died in Rome on February 2 or 11, 1395.
literature
- Johann Peter Kirsch : Orsini . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 11, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1911 (Section Cardinals of the Orsini family , No. 6).
Web links
- Orsini, Poncello. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 7, 2016.
Remarks
- ↑ a b cf. Gaetano Moroni: Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica. Vol. 80. Venice 1866, p. 296; and Johann Peter Kirsch calls in the Catholic Encyclopedia , art. Orsini this date.
- ↑ According to Kirsch in the Catholic Encyclopedia , it was September 28th.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orsini, Poncello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal of the Roman Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1395 or February 11, 1395 |
| Place of death | Rome |