Tommaso Brancaccio
Tommaso Brancaccio , also Thomasio Brancatio († September 8, 1427 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church .
Live and act
Brancaccio grew up in Naples and was from Gregory XII. initially appointed bishop of Pozzuoli (1405), a little later transferred to Tricarico (1405-1417, again since 1419). At an unknown point in time, he switched from Roman to Pisan obedience. Antipope John XXIII. , his uncle, appointed him cardinal priest on July 5, 1411 . His titular church was Santi Giovanni e Paolo , he kept the diocese Tricarico as administrator. The sources do not provide any information about his position in the College of Cardinals, and he was evidently not entrusted with important assignments. Two other cardinals from his family were already members of the college of cardinals. With the entire Curia of John XXIII. he took part in the Council of Constance . He was present at the opening session, but no longer played a role in the negotiations or in the commissions.
In March 1415 he followed his Pope to Schaffhausen , but returned to Constance in May. As the only cardinal from the Roman and Pisan obedience, he refused in February 1416 to invoke the Pact of Narbonne, concluded on December 13, 1415, with which the Spanish empires joined the council. He took part in the conclave that elected Martin V on November 11, 1417 . After the final session of the council on April 22nd, 1418, at which he was recorded in the list of participants, he always seems to have stayed at the papal curia. His tomb, designed by Jacopo della Pila , is in the Basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples.
literature
- Dieter Girgensohn : Brancaccio, Tommaso. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 13: Borremans – Brancazolo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1971, pp. 800-801.
Web links
- Brancaccio, Tommaso. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 4, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See: Stanislao D'Aloe: Tesoro lapidario napoletano. Naples 1835, p. 559 (Latin inscription of his grave)
- ↑ Cf.: Poccio Bracciolini : Die Facezien des Poggio Fiorentino. Munich 1906, p. 276
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brancaccio, Tommaso |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomasio Brancatio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1427 |
| Place of death | Rome |