The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
[Antipope] Nicholas V (1328-1333)
Consistory of September 1328 (II)

(7) 1. VITERBO, O.F.M., Paolo da (?-?)

Birth. (No date found), Viterbo.

Education. Entered the Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscans).

Priesthood. Ordained (no further information found).

Cardinalate. Created pseudocardinal deacon in the consistory of September 1328; his deaconry is not known (1). He remained loyal to Antipope Nicholas V longer than any of his colleagues. Finally, he sought refuge in Germany.

Death. (No date found), Germany. Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. 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, II, col. 456; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIVè siècle jusqu'au Grand Schisme". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1930. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1930, p. 147; Eubel, Conradus and Gulik, Guglielmus van. Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi. Volumen I (1198-1431). Münich : Sumptibus et Typis Librariae Regensbergianae, 1913; reprint, Padua : Il Messagero di S. Antonio, 1960, p. 17.

(1) Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, I, 17, says that he may have been pseudocardinal bishop of Frascati; but "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIVè siècle jusqu'au Grand Schisme". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1930, p. 147, indicates that the see was occupied by Pseudocardinal Bonifazio Donoratico.