Leonardo Patrasso (

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, 1230 –

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, 7 December 1311) was an Italian

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and

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. He was a canon at Alatri, and from 1290 its bishop. He was

bishop of Aversa The Diocese of Aversa ( la, Dioecesis Aversana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1053. It is situated in the ''Terra di Lavoro'' (Liburia), seven miles north of Naples, and eight miles south of C ...

from 1297 to 1299.Diocesi di Aversa
His nephew,

Pope Boniface VIII Pope Boniface VIII ( la, Bonifatius PP. VIII; born Benedetto Caetani, c. 1230 – 11 October 1303) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 to his death in 1303. The Caetani, Caetani family was of b ...

, made him a cardinal in the

Consistory of 2 March 1300 Pope Boniface VIII (r. 1294–1303) created 15 new cardinals in five consistories: Consistory at the beginning of 1295 # Benedetto Caetani, nephew of the Pope – cardinal-deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano, † 14 December 1296 Consistory of 17 Decem ...

Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals The dean of the College of Cardinals ( la, Decanus Collegii Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium) presides over the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, serving as ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals). The position was establi ...

, August 1309 until his death.

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