Stefano de Normandis dei Conti
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Stefano de Normandis dei Conti (Rome or Perugia, circa 1190 – Naples, 8 December 1254) was an Italian
Innocent III
.
Biography
Belonging to a family of ancient nobility, he dedicated himself to an ecclesiastical career after the death of his wife, having already had a son Filippo who joined the
Lateran Basilica.[2] Conti served as papal legate in the Kingdom of Sicily where he pronounced papal deposition of Frederick.[2] He then served as governor of the provinces of Sabina and Campagna e Marittima of the Papal States.[2] He built and decorated the chapel of St. Sylvester at the church of Santi Quattro Coronati. He died in Naples on 8 December 1254, the last of the cardinals of Innocent III, and was buried in the city's cathedral
.
Conclaves
During his cardinalate, Stefano de Normandis dei Conti participated in the following
papal elections
:
- Honorius III
- Gregory IX
- Celestine IV
- Innocent IV
References
- ^ 'Prebendaries: Lyme and Halstock', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 4, Salisbury, (London, 1991) pp. 81-82. British History Online [accessed 8 April 2024]
- ^ a b c Lorenzo Cardella. Memorie storiche de cardinali della Santa romana chiesa. — Rome: Stamperia Pagliarini., 1792. — Vol. I part 2. — pp. 222-223. — 312 p.
Sources
- Werner Maleczek, CONTI, Stefano, in Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1983.
- Salvador Miranda, NORMANDIS DEI CONTI, Stefano de, on fiu.edu – The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Florida International University.