The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Alexander III (1159-1181)
Consistory of 1170 (IV)

(24) 1. ODONE (?-1172)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal bishop of Frascati in 1170. Consecrated (no information found). Subscribed papal bulls issued between December 21, 1170 and May 9, 1171.

Death. Before February 21, 1172, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Brixius, Johannes Matthias. Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181. Berlin : R. Trenkel, 1912, p. 65, no. 21; Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 2, 107; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 145.

(25) 2. AUTUN, Gérard d' (?-after 1176)

Birth. (No date found), France. He is also listed as Gérard only; his first name as Girard; and his last name as Authun.

Education. (No information found).

Early life. Archdeacon of the cathedral of Autun.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio toward of 1170 (1). Legate in Ireland, Scotland and Norway in 1176.

Death. After 1176 (2), (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 2, 131-132; 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. 1099; 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, II, 163-164; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 145.

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, p. 163-164, Gallica.

(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 145; Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 2, 128, says that he was promoted in 1179.
(2) This is according to Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 2, 132; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 145, says that he died in 1175.

(26) 3. VERNAVERO (?-ca. 1178)

Birth. (No date or place found). His name is also listed as Vernaverius and as Verraverio.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Clemente toward 1170 (1). He was mentioned by Pope Alexander III in a letter addressed to King Alfonso I of Portugal.

Death. Ca. 1178, (no place found). Buried (no information found)

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 2, 132; 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. 1090; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 145.

(27) 4. GRASSI, Lesbio (?-ca. 1178/1179)

Birth. (No date found), Bologna. His first name is also listed as Lesbius.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Susanna in the consistory of 1170 (1).

Death. 1177 or at the beginning of 1178, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 2, 139; Chac&ón, 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. 1102; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 145.

This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 145; Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 2, 139, says that he was created in 1177.

(28) 5. LEONATO, O.S.B. (?-1182)

Birth. (No date or place found). Of the counts of Manopello. He is also listed as Leone; as Leonem; and as Leonas.

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

Priesthood. Ordained (no further information found). Subdeacon of the Holy Roman Church. He was elected abbot of the monastery of S. Clemente in Cassaure in December 1152.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of Saturday March 21, 1170, celebrated in Veroli; his deaconry is unknown. Attended the Third Lateran Council in 1179.

Death. 1182, (no place found). Buried in the basilica of S. Erasmo, Veroli; an inscription in that church commemorates the cardinal (1).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 2, 115; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 145; Loud, Graham A. The Latin Church in Norman Italy. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 241 and 263.

(1) This is the text of the inscription, taken from Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 2, 115:

Alexander III. P. M. ex Apulia redux,
ædibus hujus Bassilicæ successit,
Leonem Hypodiaconorum abatem Casauriensem
in eadem Basilica inter S. R. E. Cardinales cooptavit
anno MCLXX. Sabato ante Domenicam Passionis.

(29) 6. RISO (?-ca. 1176)

Birth. (No date or place found). His name is also listed as Risus.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon of Ss. Cosme e Damiano toward 1170. Subscribed a papal bull issued in April 1171 (or 1178?) addressed to Siro, bishop of Genoa.

Death. Ca. 1176 (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 2, 138; 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. 1102; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 145.