The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Marinus I (882-884)
883 (II)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. First documented as bishop cardinalis of Porto in 883 (1). Consecrated (no information found). On June 22, 883, as librarian of the Apostolic See, he subscribed the papal bull "Te narrante", issued by Pope Marinus I, granting a benefice to the monastery of Soligny, in the diocese of Limoges, at the request of Bishop Gérard.

Death. 883, (no place found). Buried (no information found). He was succeeded in 883 by Formosus, future pope, who was rehabilitated as bishop of Porto.

Bibliography. Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 71; Chacón, Alfonso. Vitæ, et res gestæ Pontificum Romanorum : et S.R.E. Cardinalium ab initio nascentis Ecclesiae usque ad Clementem IX P. O. M. Alphonsi Ciaconii Ord. Praed. & aliorum opera descriptæ : cum uberrimis notis. Ab Augustino Oldoino, Soc. Jesu recognitae, et ad quatuor tomos ingenti ubique rerum accessione productae. Additis Pontificum recentiorum imaginibus, & Cardinalium insignibus, plurimisque aeneis figuris, cum indicibus locupletissimis. Romæ : P. et A. De Rubeis, 1677, I, col. 69-670, no. II; Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 9; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux des 10 premiers siècles". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1926. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1927, p. 154, no. 4; 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, 425.

(1) There is doubt and confusion between the sources about him and Cardinal Walpert (876), created cardinal bishop of Porto by Pope John VIII in 876. Cristofori, Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa, p. 9, lists Cardinal Valperto as bishop of Porto from 876 until 883; then Valentino in 883, succeeded in that same year by Formoso (iterum), again. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux des 10 premiers siècles". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1926, p. 154, no. 4, refers his entry to that of Cardinal Walpert or Gualpert, under Pope John VIII. Pius Bonifatius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae (3 v. in 1. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1957), p. VIII, lists him as Walpertus, Valentinus (876-883). Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII, I, 425, after his name, Valentini, adds (lege: Walperti).