(1) 1. LEONE (?-963)

Cardinalate. Bishop cardinalis of Velletri in 941 (1). Consecrated (no information found). Cardinal Leone granted Demetrio, son of Melioso, duke and consul of Velletri, permission to build a castle giving him, for three generations, a mount with several hamlets in the territory of Velletri, in which Demetrio planted trees and vineyards. He susbcribed a papal document dated January 9, 946. He attended the Roman Council of November 6, 963.

Death. 963, (no place found). Buried (no information found).

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(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux des 10 premiers siècles". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1926, p. 156, no. 1. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa, I, pt. 1, 76, indicates that he was created cardinal in the pontificate of Pope Agapitus II.

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