Tommaso Orsini
Tommaso Orsini († July 10, 1390 in Montenero Sabino ) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Church . He was also called the Cardinal of Manupello .
Life
Tommaso Orsini came from the family of the Counts of Manoppello and was the son of Napoleone Orsini and his wife Margherita Palearia, Countess of Manoppello. The Orsini family came from Celestine III. , Nicholas III. and Benedict XIII. three popes and numerous cardinals.
As Apostolic Protonotary , Tommaso Orsini was raised to cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica around 1383 . Around 1384 he was the Pope's vicar for Rome . He informed Pope Urban VI. about a conspiracy of six cardinals against him. On May 10, 1386, he left Genoa, where the Curia was staying at the time, for a legation in the Papal States and in Umbria . There he conquered the cities of Narni , Terni , Amelia and especially Viterbo in May 1387 . In December 1382 he was briefly imprisoned in the Rocca d'Amelia fortress because he had contradicted the legate who was his successor in Viterbo, but Pope Urban VI freed him. personally. He took part in the conclave of 1389 that Pope Boniface IX. chose. Tommaso Orsini crowned the Pope on November 9, 1389. He retired from Rome on May 19, 1390 to his country estate near Rieti, where he died on July 10 of the same year. He was buried in the Vatican basilica .
Web links
- Orsini, Tommaso. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed December 14, 2018.
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| SURNAME | Orsini, Tommaso |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cardinal of Manupello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal of the Roman Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1390 |
| Place of death | Montenero Sabino |