Luca Fieschi
Luca Fieschi
A member of the
Family
Fieschi was born around 1275 or slightly earlier to Niccolò di Tedisio, count of Lavagna, and Leonora (Lionetta).[2][3] His great uncle was Pope Innocent IV. In 1276, his paternal uncle became Pope Adrian V.[3] Fieschi relations included the Malaspina family and the Visconti of Milan.[2]
He was also related to the
Early career
By 1297, Fieschi was a
According to a late and unreliable tradition, Fieschi rallied the citizens of Anagni to rescue Boniface when the latter was imprisoned by conspirators during the Affair of Anagni in 1303.[3]
During the pontificate of
Italian years, 1311–1316
After Clement
In Lucca, Fieschi was charged by Clement V with safeguarding the papal treasure that the late Cardinal
Anglo-Scottish legation, 1317–1318
In 1316,
Fieschi and Jean arrived in
The mission to Scotland was a failure, as Robert I refused to make peace with Edward II. The papal truce terms were published by the cardinals in London on 27 November, but were never published in Scotland.
Avignonese years, 1319–1336
In 1319–1322, Fieschi reportedly became a close confidant of King
In 1321, Pontremoli was captured by Castruccio Castracani degli Antelminelli.[12] In March and May 1325, Fieschi received royal protection from Edward II, but there is no evidence that he visited England.[2]
Fieschi was a patron of the physician and crusade theorist Galvano da Levanto.[13] Nevertheless, he was opposed to the planned crusade of Philip V of France and urged John XXII to spend the assigned money closer to home. He had developed a reputation for extravagant living. He rented eight houses in Avignon, one for twenty years at the time of his death. His household consisted of around a hundred servants, including fifteen chaplains, four physicians and two notaries.[3] One of his household was Manuele Fieschi, author of the Fieschi Letter.[14] His library contained around a hundred books, about a third of them pertaining to canon law.[3] He owned an autograph copy of the Decretals of Innocent IV[3] and a probable autograph copy of Galvano da Levanto's theological treatises.[15]
Death
Fieschi drew up his final will at Avignon on 31 January 1336. He died later that same day. His body was embalmed and brought to Genoa for burial in the cathedral of San Lorenzo. In his will, he endowed a new chapel in San Salvatore di Lavagna and another dedicated to Santa Maria Maggiore in Roccatagliata . He also left money for the construction of two churches in Genoa, Santa Maria in Via Lata and one in Carignano . The rights he inherited in Pontremoli from his brother Federico he left to the descendants of his brother Carlo.[3] His tomb in Genoa was carved by a master connected with the school of Giovanni Pisano.[16]
Because of the great wealth which he left behind, more is recorded about Fieschi's death than his life.
Notes
- ^ Middleton 1918, p. 15, gives his name in Latin as Lucas de Flisco, but anglicizes it as Luke.
- ^ a b c d e Mortimer 2010, p. 191.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Boespflug 1997.
- ^ Mortimer 2010, p. 190.
- ^ Boespflug 1997. According to Mortimer 2010, p. 364, Fieschi was transferred from Santa Maria in Via Lata to Santi Cosma e Damiano in 1306. Bombi 2019, p. 108, still shows him as cardinal of Santa Maria in Via Lata in 1319.
- ^ Menache 1998, p. 167.
- ^ Mortimer 2010, p. 216.
- ^ Prestwich 2003, p. 179.
- ^ Middleton 1918, p. 31.
- ^ a b Prestwich 2003, pp. 190–191.
- ^ Bombi 2019, p. 119.
- ^ Mortimer 2010, p. 230.
- ^ Salvatelli 2015, p. 3.
- ^ Mortimer 2010, p. 186.
- ^ Salvatelli 2015, p. 6.
- ^ Polzer 2005, p. 35.
- ^ Holmes 1988.
Bibliography
- Ameri, Gianluca; Di Fabio, Clario (2011). Luca Fieschi cardinale, collezionista, mecenate (1300–1336). Milan.
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- Bombi, Barbara (2019). Anglo-Papal Relations in the Early Fourteenth Century: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy. Oxford University Press.
- Bowsky, William M. (1974). Henry VII in Italy: The Conflict of Empire and City-state, 1310–1313. Greenwood Press.
- Hledíková, Zdeňka, ed. (1985). Raccolta Praghese di Scritti di Luca Fieschi. Prague.
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- Maddicott, John (1970). Thomas of Lancaster, 1307–1322: A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press.
- Menache, Sophia (1998). Clement V. Cambridge University Press.
- Middleton, Arthur E. (1918). Sir Gilbert de Middleton and the Part He Took in the Rebellion in the North of England in 1317. Mawson Swan and Morgan Limited.
- Mortimer, Ian (2010). Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies. Continuum.
- Prestwich, Michael (2003). "Gilbert de Middleton and the Attack on the Cardinals, 1317". In Timothy Reuter (ed.). Warriors and Churchmen in the High Middle Ages: Essays Presented to Karl Leyser. Hambledon Press. pp. 179–194.
- Polzer, Joseph (2005). "S. Maria della Spina, Giovanni Pisano and Lupo di Francesco". Artibus et Historiae. 26 (51): 9–36. JSTOR 1483773.
- Salvatelli, Luca (2015). "The Manuscript Vat. lat. 2463: Some Considerations about a Medieval Medical Volume of Galvanus de Levanto" (PDF). Medical Manuscript Studies. 1: 1–7.
- Wright, John Robert (1980). The Church and the English Crown, 1305–1334: A Study Based on the Register of Archbishop Walter Reynolds. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.