The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
Leo III (795-816)
803 (IV)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. No information found).

Cardinalate. Bishop cardinalis of Frascati in 803 (1). Consecrated (no information found).

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

Bibliography. Cristofori, Francesco. Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa. Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888, p. 26; "Essai de liste générale dLes cardinaux. Les cardinaux des 10 premiers siècles". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1926. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1927, p. 151, no. 6; Gams, Pius Bonifatius. Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae. 3 v. in 1. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1957, p. XIX.

Webgraphy. Biography, in Italian, Diocesi Suburbicaria Tuscolana.

(1) The diocese of Frascati (called Tusculum), dates back to at least 269 when its episcopal series starts. This is its first known cardinal bishop. This site says that he was named bishop in 803 or 757? He may be the same as Cardinal Pietro (847).