Angelo II Acciaioli (15 April 1349 - 31 May 1408) was an Italian Catholic
cardinal
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Bishop of Rapolla The Catholic diocese of Rapolla, in Basilicata, existed from the eleventh century until 1528. In that year it was united with the diocese of Melfi, to form the diocese of Melfi e Rapolla.see of Florence where he had been preceded by a previous family member many years before,
Angelo Acciaioli Angelo Acciaioli may refer to:
* Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), bishop
* Angelo Acciaioli (cardinal) (1349–1408), cardinal and archbishop of Patras
* Angelo Acciaioli di Cassano (fl. 1467), Italian diplomat
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* Acciaioli
The Acc ...
. He was promoted to the cardinalate on 17 December 1384 by Pope Urban VI. He defended legality of the election of Urban VI and his successors against the claims of the antipopes Clement VII and Benedict XIII. In the
Papal conclave, 1389
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he was actively working on being elected to the papacy, but an anonymous narrative of the Conclave accuses him of simony (bribery), managing thereby to acquire six votes of the thirteen cardinals in the Conclave.Johannes J. J. Döllinger, ''Beiträge zur politischen, kirchlichen, und cultur- Geschichte der sechs letzten Jahrhunderte'' III. Band (Regensburg: Georg Joseph Manz 1882), pp. 361-362: "Conclave, quo Bonifacius IX. papa creatus est".
He was legate of Pope Boniface IX in the
Kingdom of Naples
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in 1390 and in Hungary in 1403. As papal legate, Angelo crowned king Ladislaus of Naples in Gaeta on 29 May 1390. He reformed the Benedictine monastery S. Paolo fuori le mura in Rome and participated in the
papal conclave, 1404
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papal conclave, 1406
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. He died in
Pisa
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at the age of 59. His remains were transferred to the Carthusian monastery in Florence.
In January 1394, King Ladislaus of Naples named him as his '' bailli'' and vicar-general for the Principality of Achaea and Lepanto. At the same time, he received the position of
Latin Archbishop of Patras
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References
Sources
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*''The Florentine church'', Archbishop Curia, Florence 1970.
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*Curzio Ugurgieri della Berardenga, ''Gli Acciaioli di Firenze nella Luce de' Loro Tempi'', Leo Olschki, 1962.
*Martin Souchon: ''Die Papstwahlen in der Zeit des grossen Schismas'', Verlag von Benno Goeritz, 1888