Stefano Nardini

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Stefano Nardini (died 1484) (called the Cardinal of Milan) was an

cardinal
.

Biography

Stefano Nardini was born in Forlì.[1] He received a doctorate of both laws.[1]

As a young man, Nardini served in the military, before joining the ecclesiastical estate and traveling to

canon of Ferrara Cathedral, and later General Treasurer of the Marche.[1] During the pontificate of Pope Callixtus III, he was governor of Romagna.[1] Under Pope Pius II, he was a referendary, and later, a protonotary apostolic.[1] He then served as Pius II's nuncio to Germany; the pope wrote to him on 15 July 1459 about the advance of the Ottoman Empire in the Kingdom of Bosnia.[1]

On 13 November 1461 he was elected Archbishop of Milan. He occupied that see until his death.[1] He then served as a nuncio in the Kingdom of Aragon, in which capacity he successfully sought the derogation of a pragmatic sanction that endangered the freedom of the church.[1] In July and August 1464, he accompanied the pope to Ancona.[1]

Following the death of Pope Pius II, he returned to Rome for the

papal conclave of 1471, the College of Cardinals elected Pope Sixtus IV as the new pope.[1]

In the

cardinal priest; he received the red hat and the titulus of Sant'Adriano al Foro (a deaconry elevated pro illa vice to titulus).[1]

As cardinal, he built the

Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals from 8 January 1481 until 7 January 1482.[1] In 1483, he founded the Collegio Nardini.[1]

He participated in the

papal conclave of 1484 that elected Pope Innocent VIII.[1] The new pope named him legate to Avignon, but he died before he could perform his legation.[1]

He died in Rome on 22 October 1484.[1] He is buried in St. Peter's Basilica.[1]

References

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    OCLC 53276621
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals

1481 		Succeeded by
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