His Eminence

Pedro da Fonseca
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria
Appointed14 December 1412
Term ended22 August 1422
Other post(s)Bishop of Astorga (1413-1419)
Bishop of Sigüenza
Orders
Created cardinal14 Dec 1412
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Olivença
Died22 August 1422
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of armsPedro da Fonseca's coat of arms
For the portuguese philosopher of the same name, see Pedro da Fonseca (philosopher)

Pedro da Fonseca (14th century – 22 August 1422) was a Portuguese Cardinal who served as Bishop of Astorga, 1414–1418, and Bishop of Sigüenza, 1419–1422.

Biography

He was born in Olivença. On 14 December 1412, he was made Cardinal-priest of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria by the Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII.[1][2] On 5 June 1413, Pedro da Fonseca was appointed Administrator of Astorga and on 6 Jun 1419, he was transferred to the Diocese of Sigüenza where he served as Administrator until his resignation on 7 Jun 1419.[3][4] Accepting the decisions made at the Council of Pisa and Council of Constance, Cardinal Fonseca formally recognized Martin V as Pope. Following Byzantine Emperor Manuel II and Patriarch Joseph II's request for legation, Fonseca was sent to Constantinople as a Papal Legate in 1420.[5]

On 27 September 1421 he was assigned as the Papal Legate at Naples. The kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, in Italy were then ruled by the Aragonese King, Alfonso V of Aragon. On 22 August 1422, during the visit of the Pope to the Aragonese king at Vicovaro, he died after falling down the stairs at the monastery of Saint Cosimato.

First buried at the Chapel of Saint Thomas in the Vatican,[6] his remains were moved to the Vatican Grotto in 1608, between the tombs of Innocent IV and Marcellus II.

References

  1. ↑ Miranda, Salvador Florida International University: "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - FONSECA, Pedro (?-1422)" retrieved January 17, 2016
  2. ↑ Poggio Bracciolini, Two Renaissance book hunters, Trans. Phyllis Goodhart Gordan, (Columbia University Press, 1991), 238.
  3. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Pedro Cardinal Fonseca". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  4. ↑ GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Sigüenza–Guadalajara" retrieved January 14, 2016
  5. ↑ Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The Fifteenth Century, (The American Philosophical Society, 1978), 41.
  6. ↑ Carol M. Richardson, Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century, (BRILL, 2009), 402.


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