The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Urban II (1088-1099)
Consistory celebrated in 1092 (IV)

(35) 1. BERARDO (?-ca. 1098)

Birth. (No date found), Benevento. He is also listed as Bernardo da Benevento.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal bishop of Palestrina in the consistory celebrated on September 5, 1092 (1). Consecrated (no information found). Subscribed a papal bull issued on September 14, 1092. Legate in the Orient to expel Patriarch Ebremaro di Thérouanne from the see of Jerusalem.

Death. Ca. 1098, Rome (2). Buried in the monastery of Monte Cassino. The epitaph on his tomb was composed by Alfano, archbishop of Salerno (3).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 187-188; 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. 887-888; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. ; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 149, no. 4; Hüls, Rudolf. Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049-1130. 1 aufl. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1977. (Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom: Bd. 48), p. 111, no. 8; 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. 1180, no. 11.

(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927, p. 149, no. 4. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 1, 187, says that he was not promoted to the cardinalate by Popes Urban II or Paschal II and does not give any date for it. Chacón, Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm, I, col. 887, says that he was created cardinal by Pope Urban II.
(2) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927, p. 149, no. 4. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 1, 188, says that he died in 1107, after having returned from his legation.
(3) This is the text of his epitaph taken from Chacón, Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm, I, col. 887:

Berardus nomen, Benevetarum patriae, sedis
Praenestis, celebris laus mihi Romae fuit.
Hostes Ecclesiae contrius, cuncta relinquens,
Qui Hierusalem solvere crimen idem.
Iamque dies mensis retinebat quinque December
Cum redsens illanc, mortuus hospitor hic.

(36) 2. BRUNO (?-ca. 1099)

Birth. (No date or place found). He is also listed as Brunone.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Sabina in a consistory celebrated in 1092.

Death. Ca. 1099, (no place found). Buried (no information found)

Bibliography. Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 127; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 150, no. 20.