Niccolò Albergati

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9 May
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified25 September 1744
Rome
by Pope Benedict XIV
Ordination history of
Niccolò Albergati
History
Diaconal ordination
Date1404
PlaceBologna
Priestly ordination
Ordained byBartolomeo Raimondi
DateJune 1404
PlaceBologna, Papal States
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorTommaso Perenduli
Co-consecratorsPietro Ondedi
Pietro Bolardi
Date4 July 1417
PlaceBologna
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Martin V
Date24 May 1426
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Niccolò Albergati as principal consecrator
Hélie de Bourdeilles, OFM13 April 1438

Niccolò Albergati (1373 – 9 May 1443) was an Italian

bishop of Bologna from 1417 until his death.[1][2][3]

He accepted the position as bishop in obedience despite his extreme reluctance to accept the position but carried out his duties with care and attention to educational concerns. But two conflicts in his see caused him to depart and later return and he became known for being close to

Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence and also attended the Council of Florence.[2][3]

His student

Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini also became pope sometime after Parentucelli.[1][3]

His beatification received confirmation from Pope Benedict XIV on 25 September 1744.[1][3]

Life

Education and priesthood

Niccolò Albergati was born in 1373 in Bologna to Pier Nicola Albergati who had a notable role in Bolognese communal life.[2]

He first studied

ordination to the priesthood in June 1404.[1][2] The order's General Chapter in 1407 saw him named as the prior for the San Girolamo di Casara house and in 1412 was made to supervise all Italian houses of the order.[3]

Episcopate

The Consiglio dei Seicento made the unanimous decision to make him the next

humanism. Pope Martin V confirmed his appointment to the see on 13 April 1418 in a papal bull.[3]

The pope later dispensed Albergati on 27 July 1418 from travelling to Rome to make the ritual oath of obedience to the pope which allowed for Albergati to instead make it before the bishops of Modena and Imola. That 20 December - upon the pope's invitation - he went to Mantua to discuss the political position of Bologna concerning the Papal States and left Mantua on 18 January 1419 for Rome and back to Bologna on 27 January due to his father's death.[2][3] On 6 February he departed for Ferrara to meet the pope in order to validate the concordat that was stipulated in Mantua which then allowed for him to return on 17 February to Bologna. But Antongaleazzo Bentivoglio's rebellion against the pope in his see forced him to flee on 26 March 1420; he returned on 24 July after the rebellion had been quelled.[2]

On 8 February 1422 he was appointed as the

interdict which forced Albergati to leave for Imola. The indignant Consiglio dei Seicento decided to elect the abbot Bartolomeo Zambeccari as the new bishop for Bologna but soon recognized Albergati as the legitimate bishop after Zambeccari renounced his false position.[2]

Cardinalate

His successes led to the pope naming him as a

1431 papal conclave that selected Pope Eugene IV. The new pope named him as a legate to Florence in 1431 in addition to the cities of Milan and Venice.[3]

In his role as a diplomat he helped to mediate between

Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence and opened the Council of Florence which brought about a short-lived union of the Latin and Greek Churches.[1] Eugene IV had sent him to preside over the Basel Council but the other cardinals refused to accept him. This prompted Albergati to go to Florence but later accompanied the pope to Ferrara to preside over the relocated council's first session on 8 January 1438. On 13 February 1439 he travelled to Florence to attend another session of the council but did not sign the document that would lead to Latin-Greek Church unification even though it was something he desired.[2][3]

Mentorship

Under his tutelage were important figures such as

Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini who both became popes.[1] Francesco Filelfo was another under his tutelage. He had ordained and consecrated Parentucelli and served as a great influence upon him to the point that Parentucelli chose the pontifical name "Nicholas" upon his ascension to the papal throne in honor of his mentor and patron.[1][3]
Albergati had also written several theological treatises and encouraged academics within his diocese.

Death

He died in

exhumation where it was discovered his brain
was found intact; his brain was sent to Bologna.

Beatification

His beatification received official confirmation from Pope Benedict XIV on 25 September 1744 in the papal bull Singulare Divinae Providentiae upon the recognition of the late cardinal's popular and longstanding "cultus" - or enduring veneration on the part of the faithful.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Blessed Nicholas Albergati". Saints SQPN. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Salvador Miranda. "Consistory of May 24, 1426 (II)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Beato Niccolò Albergati". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

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