The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Pope Honorius II (1124-1130)
Consistory celebrated in 1129 (VI)

(25) 1. ERRICO (?-?)

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

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of S. Prisca in a consistory celebrated in 1129. Participated in the election of Antipope Anacletus II in February 1130. Subscribed a bull issued on April 24, 1130. He was deposed and replaced in his cardinalitial title in 1130 (1). He never reconciled with the legitimate pope.

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

Bibliography. Brixius, Johannes Matthias. Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181. Berlin : R. Trenkel, 1912, p. 35, no. 20; Cardella, Lorenzo. Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 284; 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. 968; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 125, no. 16; 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, 911.

(1) Brixius, Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181, p. 35, no. 20, says that he was created cardinal priest of S. Prisca by Antipope Anacletus II on February 21, 1130; and subscribed a bull on April 24, 1130.

(26) 2. GERARDO (?-?)

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

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (Fasciolae) in a consistory celebrated in 1129. Subscribed a papal bull issued in the Lateran palace in 1129 in favor of the monastery of Vandôme, France (1).

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, 287-288; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 125, no. 17.

(1) This is according to Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Stamperia Pagliarini, 1792, I, pt. 1, 287. Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII, I, 823, does not mention him among the subscribers of papal bulls during the pontificate of Pope Honorius II.

(26) 3. MATTEO (?-ca. 1130)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon of S. Teodoro in a consistory celebrated in 1129. Participated in the papal election of 1130, in which Pope Innocent II was elected.

Death. Ca. 1130 (no place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 125, no. 26.