Pedro da Fonseca (cardinal)

Pedro da Fonseca (14th century – 22 August 1422) was a Portuguese Cardinal who served as Bishop of Astorga, 1414–1418, and Bishop of Sigüenza, 1419–1422.

His Eminence

Pedro da Fonseca
Cardinal-Deacon of Santo Ângelo na Pescaria
Appointed14 January 1521
Term ended16 December 1523
Other postsBishop of Astorga (1413-1419)
Bishop of Sigüenza
Orders
Created cardinal14 Dec 1412
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
BornOlivença
Died22 August 1422
DenominationRoman Catholic
Coat of arms
For the portuguese philosopher of the same name, see Pedro da Fonseca (philosopher)

Biography

Born in Olivença. On 14 December 1412, he was made Cardinal by the Avignon Antipope Benedict XIII, with the title of "Santo Ângelo na Pescaria."[1][2] On 5 June 1413, Pedro da Fonseca was appointed Administrator of Astorga and on 6 Jun 1419, he was transferred to the Diocese of Sigüenza where he served as Administrator until his resignation on 7 Jun 1419.[3][4] Accepting the decisions made at the Council of Pisa and Council of Constance, Cardinal Fonseca formally recognized Martin V as Pope. Following Byzantine Emperor Manuel II and Patriarch Joseph II's request for legation, Fonseca was sent to Constantinople as a Papal Legate in 1420.[5]

On 27 September 1421 he was assigned as the Papal Legate at Naples. The kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, in Italy where then ruled by the Aragonese King, Alfonso V of Aragon. During the visit of the Roman Pope to the Aragonese king at Vicovaro he fell down the stairs at the monastery of Saint Cosimato dying from the fell on 22 August 1422, being buried at the Vatican near the Chapel of Saint Thomas there,[6] the tomb having marble columns and statues. In 1608 his tomb was moved down the "Vatican Grotto", being relocated between the tombs of Pope Innocent IV and Marcellus II.

References
  1. Miranda, Salvador Florida International University: "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - FONSECA, Pedro (?-1422)" retrieved January 17, 2016
  2. Poggio Bracciolini, Two Renaissance book hunters, Trans. Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon, (Columbia University Press, 1991), 238.
  3. Cheney, David M. "Pedro Cardinal Fonseca". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  4. GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Sigüenza–Guadalajara" retrieved January 14, 2016
  5. Kenneth M. Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The Fifteenth Century, (The American Philosophical Society, 1978), 41.
  6. Carol M. Richardson, Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century, (BRILL, 2009), 402.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Pietro Stefaneschi		 Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria
1412–1422		 Succeeded by
Giuliano Cesarini (seniore)
Preceded by
 Administrator of Astorga
1413–1419		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
Juan Gonzalez Fernandez de Illescas		 Administrator of Sigüenza
1419–1422		 Succeeded by
Alfonso Carrillo de Albornoz


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