Giovanni Colonna (cardinal, 1295–1348)
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Giovanni Colonna (1295,
Avignon papacy and was a scion of the famous Colonna family
that played an important role in Italian history.
Biography
Giovanni Colonna was born in Rome around the year 1295 from Stefano Colonna il Vecchio and Insula Calcedonio. His brother Giacomo became a bishop.
He was appointed
diaconate of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria
.
He participated in the
.He had a good education which probably included legal studies. He persuaded Pope Clement VI to send several
Boniface VIII. He was a close friend of Petrarch who corresponded with him. The Flemish music theorist Ludovicus Sanctus
, who was also a good friend of Petrarch, was employed by him as magister in musica.
He died in Avignon on 3 July 1348 from the plague.
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