Niccolò Capocci
| Niccolò Capocci | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati | |
| |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati |
| In office | 1361 – 26 July 1368 |
| Predecessor | Guillaume Court |
| Successor | Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu |
| Previous posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale (1350-1361) Bishop of Urgell (1348-1350) Bishop of Utrecht (1341-1342) |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 17 December 1350 by Pope Clement VI |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rome, Papal States |
| Died | July 26, 1368 Montefiascone, Papal States |
Niccolò Capocci[1] (died 1368) was an Italian Cardinal.[2]
He studied law at the University of Perugia; later, in 1362, he founded there the Collegium Gregorianum (later called the Sapienza vecchia).[3]
He was proposed as bishop of Utrecht in 1341, but the appointment in a situation of conflict lasted only a year. He was in Catalonia as bishop of Urgell, 1348–1351.
He acted as papal legate in France, attempting to broker a peace with the English. In 1356 he was there with Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, just ahead of the battle of Poitiers.[4] He quarreled with Talleyrand, later that year, and operated independently from Paris.[5] He was in England in June 1357, back again with Talleyrand.[6] By mid-1358 the legates and Pope Innocent VI had despaired of an effective treaty:[7] the complete failure of the longest papal peacemaking mission of the fourteenth century.[8]
References
- Back to citation Nicola Capocci, Niccola Capocci, Niccolo Capocci, Niccolò dei Capocci, Nicolò Capocci, Niccolà di Capoccia, Nicolas Capucci, Nicholas de Caputio.
- Back to citation From 1350, with the title of San Vitale; from 1361 as bishop of Frascati.
- Back to citation "Key to Umbria: City Walks – Sapienza Vecchia". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
- Back to citation Jonathan Sumption, The Hundred Years War II (1999), p. 231.
- Back to citation Sumption, p. 263.
- Back to citation Sumption, p. 290.
- Back to citation Sumption, p. 374.
- Back to citation Sumption, p. 385.