Latino Orsini
Latino Orsini (1411 – 11 August 1477) was an Italian Cardinal.[1][2]
- Not to be confused with Cardinal Latino Malabranca Orsini (d. 1294).
Of the Roman branch of the Orsini family and the owner of rich possessions, he entered the ranks of the Roman clergy as a youth, became subdeacon, and as early as 10 March 1438, was raised to the Episcopal See of Conza in Southern Italy. Transferred from this see to that of Trani (Southern Italy) in 1439, he remained archbishop of Trani after his elevation to the cardinalate by Pope Nicholas V on 20 December 1448.
In 1450, the Archbishopric of Urbino was conferred upon him, which made it possible for him to take up his residence in Rome, the See of Trani being given to his brother, Giovanni Orsini, Abbot of Farfa. Pope Paul II appointed him papal legate for the Marches.
Pope Sixtus IV, for whose election in 1471 Cardinal Latino had worked energetically, named him Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, granted him in 1472 the Archdiocese of Taranto, which he governed by proxy, and, in addition, placed him at the head of the government of the Papal States. He was also appointed commander-in-chief of the papal fleet in the war against the Turks, and, acting for the pope, crowned Ferdinand I of Naples.
He founded in Rome the monastery of S. Salvatore in Lauro, which he richly endowed and in which he established the canons regular, donating to it also numerous manuscripts. In the last years of his life he became deeply religious, though he had been worldly in his youth, leaving a natural son named Paul, whom, with the consent of the pope, he made heir of his vast possessions.
References
- Miranda, Salvador. "ORSINI, Latino (ca. 1410-1477)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- Cheney, David M. "Latino Cardinal Orsini". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
Acknowledgment
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Orsini". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
- Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Orsini." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911, p. 327. Retrieved: 2017-03-25.
- Bust of Cardinal Orsini
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by Gaspard de Diano |
Archbishop of Conza 1438–1439 |
Succeeded by Raimondo degli Ugotti |
Preceded by Giacomo Barrili |
Archbishop of Trani 1439–1450 |
Succeeded by Giovanni Orsini (bishop) |
Preceded by Domingo Ram i Lanaja |
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo 1449–1465 |
Succeeded by Philibert Hugonet |
Preceded by Antonio Altan San Vito |
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Urbino 1450–1452 |
Succeeded by Andrea Veroli |
Preceded by Isidore of Kiev |
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1451 (1st time) |
Succeeded by Guillaume-Hugues d'Estaing |
Preceded by |
Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano 1463–1477 |
Succeeded by Giuliano della Rovere |
Preceded by Ludovico Trevisano |
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano 1465–1468 |
Succeeded by Filippo Calandrini |
Preceded by Basilios Bessarion |
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 1468–1477 |
Succeeded by Giacomo Ammannati-Piccolomini |
Preceded by Juan de Carvajal |
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals 1469–1471 (2nd time) |
Succeeded by Filippo Calandrini |
Preceded by Giuliano Cesarini (seniore) |
Archbishop of Taranto 1472–1477 |
Succeeded by Giovanni d'Aragona |
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