The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085)
Consistory of 1080 (VII)


(28) 1. MINUTO, Giovanni (?-after April 5, 1094)

Birth. (No date or place found). He is also listed as Johannes III only; and his last name as Minutus; as Minutius; and as Minuzzio.

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal bishop of Labico (Frascati) in 1080 (1). Consecrated (no information found). On May 4, 1082, he protested in Rome against the use of church funds for war purposes. Participated in the papal election of 1086, in which Pope Victor III was elected. On May 9, 1087, he was in St. Peter's basilica at the enthronement of Pope Victor III. Participated in the papal election of 1088, celebrated in Terracina, in which Pope Urban II was elected. He subscribed a papal bull dated July 8, 1089, addressed to the clergy and and people of Velletri. In September 1089, he was in Melfi. On March 25, 1090, he was in the church of S. Maria in Capella, Rome; and on November 18 of that same year, in Montecassino for consecrations. He was in Salerno in August 1092; and perhaps also on September 14, 1092. Further documents attest his presence in S. Maria Nuova, Rome, on February 6, and March 1094. On April 5, 1094, he was in Rome.

Death. After April 5, 1094 (2), (no place found). Buried (no place found).

Bibliography. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 145, 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. 139-140, no. 4; Klewitz, Hans-Walter. Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg. Die Entstehung des Kardinalkollegiums. Studien über die Wiederherstellung der römischen Kirche in Süditalien durch das Reformpapsttum. Das Ende des Reformpapsttums. Darmstadt : Hermann Gentner Verlag, 1957, p. 118, no. 18; 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, 663.

Webgraphy. Biography, in Italian, Diocesi Suburbicaria Tusoclana.

(1) Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049-1130, p. 140, no. 4, says that he may be the same as his homonymous predecessor in that see (Giovanni Minuzzo or Minuto, 1061).
(2) This is deducted from Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049-1130, p. 140, no. 4. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927, p. 145, no. 4, says that he died before 1090.

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(29) 2. STEFANO (?-?)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal ca. 1080; it is not known if he was a cardinal priest or deacon. He is mentioned as legate in France, together with Cardinal Gerhard, O.S.B.Clun., bishop of Ostia, in a document dated April 12, 1080.

Death. (No date or place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1927. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 148, no. 31; 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, 635.

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