Romano Bonaventure
Romano Bonaventura , also known as Romano di Sant'Angelo or Romano Papareschi , († February 20, 1243 ) was an Italian cardinal and bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the 13th century. Occasionally he is also called Romano Frangipani (see Pernoud), although a relationship with this Roman noble house is disputed.
Life
Romano was on March 5, 1216 by Pope Innocent III. appointed Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria . He then took part in the election of Cencio Savelli as Pope Honorius III. part.
In the spring of 1225 Romano was appointed legate for France . At the royal court in Paris, he worked on King Louis VIII for a resumption of the Albigensian crusade , which in fact had already failed with the loss of Carcassonne in January 1224. At a council of the French episcopate in Bourges in 1225 , the crusade was decided and at another council in Paris on January 28, 1226, he pronounced the excommunication against Count Raymond VII of Toulouse . Until the death of King Louis VIII on November 8, 1226, the crusade was successful, only Toulouse could not be captured. During the following years Romano was one of the most reliable pillars of the regent Blanka of Castile in her fight against the rebellious barons around Peter Mauclerc and Hugo X. von Lusignan . He was particularly responsible for the constant connection between the French crown and the French clergy and the Holy See. His resolute advocacy of the regent also made him the target of personal defamation on the part of the barons who were hostile to her. For example, the rumor of a sexual relationship between the legate and the regent was circulated. According to an anonymous Ménestrel from Reims , he even impregnated Blanka.
Meanwhile Romano was busy with a successful conclusion of the Albigensian Crusade. In the absence of a larger army, he used the scorched earth tactic on the lands of the Count of Toulouse , which caused severe economic damage to the once prosperous south. As a result, however, by 1229 he brought the Count of Toulouse to give in, who was now looking for diplomatic contacts with the regent. On April 12, 1229, the general peace in Meaux could be negotiated and signed. Romano had particularly advocated the condition that the Count should found a university in Toulouse . On April 13, 1229, in Notre-Dame Paris, he accepted the formal submission of Count Raymond VII to the church, with which the Treaty of Meaux-Paris came into force, which formally ended the Albigensian Crusade.
After his return to Rome, Romano was appointed Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1231 . From November 1241 he took part in the conclave for a new papal election in Anagni , but died before the Genoese Sinibaldo Fieschi was elected Pope Innocent IV on June 25, 1243. His death date is recorded on February 20.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Falko Neininger: Konrad von Urach († 1227). Zähringer, Cistercian, cardinal legacy (= sources and research from the field of history, new series, issue 17). Paderborn 1994, ISBN 3-506-73267-6 , p. 211.
literature
- Régine Pernoud : ruler in turbulent times. Blanca of Castile, Queen of France , new edition 1995
- Jacques Le Goff : Ludwig the Holy (Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2000), ISBN 3-608-91834-5
Web links
- Romano Bonaventure. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Konrad von Urach |
Cardinal Bishop of Porto 1231–1243 |
Oddone di Tonengo |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Romano Bonaventure |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Romano di Sant'Angelo; Romano Papareschi; Romano Frangipani |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Perscheria, Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina |
DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1243 |