The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Alexander II (1061-1073)
Consistory of 1070 (IX)

(30) 1. FIRMINO (?-?)

Birth. (No date or place found). He is also listed as Firmin and as Firminus.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in a consistory celebrated ca. 1070; his title is not known. Attended the consecration of the church of Montecassino by Pope Alexander II, on October 1, 1071; he was the first cardinal priest to subscribe the bull issued to commemorate the dedication.

Death. (No date or place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 161-162; Chacón, Alfonso. Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm ab initio nascentis Ecclesiæ vsque ad Vrbanvm VIII. Pont. Max. 2 volumes. Romae : Typis Vaticanis, 1677, I, col. 844, no. XXIII; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. ; Mas Latrie, Louis. Trésor de chronologie d'histoire et de géographie pour l'étude et l'emploi des documents du moyen âge. Paris : Librairie Victor Palmé, 1889, col. 1179, no. 23; Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1956. 2 v. Reprint. Originally published : Lipsiae : Veit et comp., 1885-1888. Original t.p. included : Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia : ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Editionem secundam correctam et auctam edidit Philippus Jaffè ; auspiciis Gulielmi Wattenbach; curaverunt S. Loewenfeld, F. Kaltenbrunner, P. Ewald, I, 586.

(31) 2. ALBERTO, O.S.B. (?-1116)

Birth. (No date found), Piacenza.

Education. Entered the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) in the monastery of S. Savino.

Priesthood. Ordained (no further information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in a consistory celebrated ca. 1070; his deaconry is not known. He was legate to several places but they are not known. Named cardinal priest of S. Sabina in 1090. He is documented as cardinal priest for the first time in March 1091 at Montecassino. He participated in the council of Piacenza in March 1095; and accompanied Pope Urban II in France 1095-1096; they attended the Council of Tours in March 1096; the privileges of that metropolitan see were examined with great diligence. On August 6, 1098, he was in Salerno with Pope Urban II; he is mentioned as cardinal of S. Paolo in a document issued in the archiepiscopal palace of Salerno on that date, due to the fact that the title of S. Sabina was attached to the basilica of S. Paolo fuori le mura. He subscribed the papal bulls issued in Lateran on April 11 and 14, 1100.

Episcopate. He was appointed and consecrated archbishop of Siponto at the council of Melfi in October 1100; at the same time he resigned his cardinalatial title, which is explicitly confirmed in the text of the bull of Pope Paschal II, dated March 31, 1101: Albertus quoque nunc Sipontinus episcopus, huius autem actionis tempore transacto Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis presbyter. He obtained from Pope Urban II confirmation of a benefice granted by Pope Benedict IX, by which the see of Vesti was made suffragan of the see of Siponto.

Death. January 12, 1116, Pavia. Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 167; Chacón, Alfonso. Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm ab initio nascentis Ecclesiæ vsque ad Vrbanvm VIII. Pont. Max. 2 volumes. Romae : Typis Vaticanis, 1677, I, col. 845, no. XXIX; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 144, no. 38; Ganzer, Klaus. Die entwicklung des auswärtigen kardinalats im hohen mittelater ; ein beitrag zur geschichte des kardinalkollegiums vom 11.bis 13. jahrhundert. Tügingen : Niemeyer, 1963, p. 55-57 no. 17; Hüls, Rudolf. Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049-1130. 1 aufl. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1977. (Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom: Bd. 48) A revision of the author's thesis, Gvttingen, 1975, p. 203 no. 2; Klewitz, Hans-Walter. Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg. Die Entstehung des Kardinalkollegiums. Studien über die Wiederherstellung der römischen Kirche in Süditalien durch das Reformpapsttum. Das Ende des Reformpapsttums. Darmstadt : H. Gentner, 1957, p. 124 no. 16; Mas Latrie, Louis. Trésor de chronologie d'histoire et de géographie pour l'étude et l'emploi des documents du moyen âge. Paris : Librairie Victor Palmé, 1889, col. 1179, no. 29; Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1956. 2 v. Reprint. Originally published : Lipsiae : Veit et comp., 1885-1888. Original t.p. included : Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia : ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Editionem secundam correctam et auctam edidit Philippus Jaffè ; auspiciis Gulielmi Wattenbach; curaverunt S. Loewenfeld, F. Kaltenbrunner, P. Ewald, I, 693.