Nicola Capocci (died 1368) was an Italian Cardinal. He studied law at the

University of Perugia University of Perugia (Italian ''Università degli Studi di Perugia'') is a public-owned university based in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale. Th ...

; later, in 1362, he founded there the Collegium Gregorianum (later called the Sapienza vecchia). He was proposed as bishop of Utrecht in 1341, but the appointment in a situation of conflict lasted only a year. He was in Spain as

bishop of Urgel The Diocese of Urgell is a diocese in Catalonia (Spain) and Andorra in the historical County 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 The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19September 1356 between a French army commanded by King JohnII and an Anglo- Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince, during the Hundred Years' War. It took place in western France, south of Poit ...

. He quarreled with Talleyrand, later that year, and operated independently from Paris. He was in England in June 1357, back again with Talleyrand. By mid-1358 the legates and Pope Innocent VI had despaired of an effective treaty: the ''complete failure of the longest papal peacemaking mission of the fourteenth century''.Sumption, p. 385.

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1368 deaths 14th-century Italian cardinals University of Perugia alumni Cardinal-bishops of Frascati 14th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Year of birth unknown {{Italy-reli-bio-stub