The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Paschal II (1099-1118)
Consistory celebrated in 1105 (VI)

(30) 1. CORRADO (?-1106)

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

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal bishop of Palestrina in a consistory celebrated before December 25, 1105. Consecrated (no information found). Attended the Council of Guastalla in 1106.

Death. October 22, 1106 (1), (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 210; 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. 910; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 111; 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. 1181, no. 5.

(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 111. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 1, 210; and Mas Latrie, Trésor de chronologie d'histoire et de géographie, p. 181, no. 5, say that he died in 1112.

(31) 2. LEONE, O.S.B.Cas. (ca. 1046-before 1117)

Birth. Ca. 1046. Of the noble family of the counts of Marsi. He is also listed as Leone Marsicano; as Leone d'Ostia; as Leone Ostiense; and as Leone di Montecassino.

Education. Entered the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) at Monte Cassino.

Priesthood. Ordained (no further information found). Abbot Oderisio asked him to write a life of Abbot Desiderio, who became Pope Victor III; the work was much more comprehensive and became the Chronica monasterii Casinensis, which included events from the origin of the abbey to the year 1075.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal bishop of Velletri (or Ostia) in a consistory celebrated in 1105. Consecrated (no information found). Attended the Council of Guastalla in 1106. On February 12, 1111, he was at the St. Peter's basilica for the coronation of Emperor Henry V, when there was a tumult led by the prelates who had been degraded from the estate of princes of the empire; the indignation was the more intense, because the rights of the see of Rome had also been confiscated; after a three day riot, the emperor took the pope into captivity; the pope wrote several letters to him and to Cardinal Giovanni, bishop of Frascati. Attended the Synod of Letran in 1112, after the pontiff had been freed.

Death. Before 1117 (1), (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 207-208; 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. 909; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 3; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 111; 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. 1181, no. 1; Chronica monasterii Casinensis. Edited by H. Hoffmann. Hannoverae : 1980. MGH Scriptores XXXIV.

Webgraphy. Brief biography, in Italian, Mille Anni di Scienza in Italia; his bust and biography, in Italian, Wikipedia; another picture of his bust, flikr.com; L'historiuncula del monaco Leone. Tradotta in italiano da Francesco Gigante la cronaca dell'abbazia cassinese by Paolo Vian, L'Osservatore Romano, 08 agosto 2016.

(32) 3. BONIFACIO (?-?)

Birth. (No date or place found). He is also listed as Bonifazio and as Bonifacius.

Education. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti (Equitii) in a consistory celebrated in 1105.

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, 226-227; 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. 917; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 71; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 114; 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. 1182, no. 40.

(33) 4. DESIDERIO (?-ca. 1138)

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

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Prassede in a consistory celebrated in 1105 (1). Subscribed papal bulls issued between November 23 and December 22, 1116. Participated in the papal election of 1118, in which Pope Gelasius II was elected. Subscribed papal bulls issued between September 24, 1120 and April 1, 1124. Participated in the papal election of 1124, in which Pope Honorius II was elected. Subscribed papal bulls issued between March 7, 1125 and April 10, 1129. Participated in the election of Antipope Anacletus II in February 1130. Subscribed bulls issued between March 27 and April 23, 1130. He later joined the obedience of Pope Innocent II. The pope asked him to write to Lothair, king of the Romans, urging him to recognize his legitimacy. Subscribed papal bulls issued between April 22 and June 21, 1138.

Death. After June 21, 1138 (2), (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Brixius, Johannes Matthias. Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181. Berlin : R. Trenkel, 1912, p. 33, no. 10; Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 221-222; 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. 915; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 61; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 114; 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. 1182, no. 34; 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, II, 702, 781 and 823.

(1) This is according to Cristofori, Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa, p. 61, and "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, which cites Cristofri. Brixius, Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181, p. 33, no. 10, says that he was first subdeacon of the Holy Roman Church and as such, he signed a papal bull issued on May 11, 1112, as indignus subdiaconus; and that he appears as cardinal priest of S. Prassede on January 2, 1116.
(2) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 114. Mas Latrie, Trésor de chronologie d'histoire et de géographie, p. 182, no. 34, says that he died in 1116, during the pontificate of Innocent II; both facts are erroneous because this pontiff reigned from 1130 until 1143.

(34) 5. DOMNIZZONE (?-before 1117)

Birth. (No date or place found). He is also listed as Domnizo and as Domnizon.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane in a consistory celebrated in 1105. He confirmed, together with other cardinals, the privilege of the investitures granted by Pope Paschal II to Emperor Henry V.

Death. Before 1117, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 227; 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. 917; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 3; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 114; 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. 1182, no. 41.

(35) 6. GUY (?-shortly after 1106)

Birth. (No date found), France. He is also listed as Guido de Bonadie.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Crisogono in a consistory celebrated in 1105. Attended the Council of Guastalla in 1106.

Death. Shortly after 1106, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 217; 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. 913; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 92; Du Chesne, François. Histoire de tous les cardinaux françois : de naissance, ou qui ont esté promeus au cardinalat par l'expresse recommandation de nos roys, pour les grands services qu'ils ont rendus a leur estat, et a leur couronne. Comprenant commairement leurs legations, ambassades & voyages par eux faits en divers pays & royaumes, vers les papes, empereurs, roys, potentats, republiques, communautex & universitez, pour affaires importantes à l'église universelle, & à l'auguste majesté de nos souuerains. Enrichie de leurs armes et de leurs portraits. Divisée en deux tomes, et justifiée par tiltres et chartres du thresor de sa majesté, arrests des parlemens de France, registres des Chambres des comptes; donations, fondations, epitaphes, testamens, manuscripts, ancients monumens, chroniques & chartulaires d'abbayes, & autres histoires publiques & particlieres. 2 vols. A Paris : Aux despens de l'autheur, & se vendent chez luy ..., 1660, I, 73-74; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 114; 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. 1181, no. 19.

Webgraphy. Biography in Histoire de tous les cardinaux françois de naissance, ou qui ont esté promeus au cardinalat. [Volume 1] by François Duchesne (1616-1693). Auteur du texte, in French, I, 73-74, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica.

(36) 7. GIOVANNI (?-ca. 1113)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Pudenziana (Pastoris) in a consistory celebrated in 1105 (1). He confirmed, together with other cardinals, the privilege of the investitures granted by Pope Paschal II to Emperor Henry V.

Death. Ca. 1113, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 220; 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. 914-915; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 131; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 114; 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. 1181, no. 36.

(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 114; and Cristofori, Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa, p. 131. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 1, 220; Chacón, Alfonso. Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificvm Romanorum et S. R. E. Cardinalivm, I, col. 914; and Mas Latrie, Trésor de chronologie d'histoire et de géographie, p. 181, no. 36, say that he was created cardinal in 1111.

(37) 8. VITALE (?-before 1112)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Sabina in a consistory celebrated in 1105 (1). Attended the Council of Guastalla in 1106. He confirmed, together with other cardinals, the privilege of the investitures granted by Pope Paschal II to Emperor Henry V.

Death. Before 1112, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 250-251; 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. 917; 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 XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 114; 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. 1182, no. 77.

(1) Mas Latrie, Trésor de chronologie d'histoire et de géographie, col. 1181, no. 77, says that he later opted the title of S. Balbina, which is not possible because Cardinal Guido, O.S.B. (1099) was occupying it. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 1, 250-251, erroneously says that he signed the acts of the Lateran Synod of 1112 as cardinal priest of S. Balbina.

(38) 9. ASCANIO (?-ca. 1112)

Birth. (No date or place found). He is also listed as Arnaldo and as Renaldo.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Clemente in a consistory celebrated in 1105 (1). Attended the Council of Guastalla in 1106. He confirmed, together with other cardinals, the privilege of the investitures granted by Pope Paschal II to Emperor Henry V. Attended the Synod of Letran in 1112.

Death. Ca. 1112, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 250; 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. 926; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 84; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 114; 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. 1182, no. 75.

(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 114. Cristofori, Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa, p. 84, says that he was created cardinal in 1099, confusing him with Cardinal Rainaldo (Raniero) (ca. 1097), according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle", p. 114.

(39) 10. ALATRI, Ugo d' (ca. 1038-1121/1122)

Birth. Ca. 1038, Alatri. Of a noble family. He is also listed as Ugone Alatrino; as Ugo Visconti d'Alatri; and as Ugo Visconti da Alatri.

Education. Studied at the Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino from a young age..

Early life. Called to Rome by Pope Alexander II. Named papal chaplain and apostolic subdeacon by Pope Gregory VII. Auditor of the Sacred Palace.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata in a consistory celebrated in 1105 (1). Participated in the papal election of 1118, in which Pope Gelasius II was elected. He favored the escape of the pope to Gaeta and Capua. He reestablished the order in Apullia. Legate before King Ruggiero II of Sicily. Returned to Rome and, with other cardinals, ratified the election of Pope Callistus II. Named chancellor of the Holy Roman Church by the new pope.

Death. At the end of 1121 or in 1122, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 224-225; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 211; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 117.

Webgraphy. Biography, in Italian, Wikipedia; Alatri, in Italian, La Ciociaria.(the cardinal is mentioned in the fifth paragraph).

(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 117. Cristofori, Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa, p. 211, says that he was created cardinal in 1099 and lists a successor, Cardinal Uberto, in that deaconry in 1122; Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII (2 vols. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1956), I, 702, lists Cardinal Romoaldo Guarna (1112) subscribing bulls as deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata in from 1113 to 1117. Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni (103 vols. in 53. Venezia : Tipografia Emiliana, 1840-1861), LXXXIII, 15-17, says that he also participated in the papal election of 1124, in which Pope Honorius II was elected, but he had already died by then.

(40) 11. BOSONE (?-after 1118)

Birth. (No date or place found). He is also listed as Boso; as Boson; and as Bobon.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in a consistory celebrated in 1105; his deaconry is not known. Subscribed papal bulls issued from January 2 and February 13, 1113; and on December 20, 1118. He was named by the pope as judge of a special cause, which object is not known.

Death. After December 18, 1118, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 241; 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. 924; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 117-118; 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. 1182, no. 61; 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, 703 and 775.