Annibaldo Caetani di Ceccano (c. 1282 – 1350) was an Italian
Cardinal. His palace, the Livrée Ceccano at
Avignon, begun in about 1335/1340, still survives; it is now a public library.
He was
Archbishop of Naples
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples ( la, Archidioecesis Neapolitana) is a Roman Catholic archdioceses in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese of Naples wa ...
from 1326 to 1328 and undertook diplomatic missions, for example setting up the 1343 truce between England and France. He was
Bishop of Frascati
The Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: ''Tusculana'') is a suburbicarian see of the Holy Roman Church and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, based at Frascati, near Rome. The bishop of Frascati is a Cardinal Bishop; from the Latin name of the a ...
from 1332 to 1350. He was
archpriest of
Saint Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ( it, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica ( la, Basilica Sancti Petri), is a Church (building), church built in the Renaissance architecture, Renaissanc ...
(1342-1350), as well as
Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1342 to 1344, and
Archdeacon of Nottingham from 1331 to 1348.
He is celebrated for the luxury of a feast he gave in 1343 for
Pope Clement VI
Pope Clement VI ( la, Clemens VI; 1291 – 6 December 1352), born Pierre Roger, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 May 1342 to his death in December 1352. He was the fourth Avignon pope. Clement reigned during the first visitation of the Bl ...
, an eye-witness account of which has survived.
[http://hypo.ge.ch/www/cliotexte//html/reforme.causes.html ]
Notes
References
*Marc Dykmans, "Le cardinal Annibal de Ceccano (vers 1282-1350). Étude biographique et testament du 17 juin 1348", in ''Bulletin de l'institut historique belge de Rome'', 43, 1973, pp. 145–344,
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1282 births
1350 deaths
14th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
Archdeacons of Buckingham
Archdeacons of Cornwall
Archdeacons of Nottingham
Archbishops of Naples
Cardinal-bishops of Frascati
14th-century Italian cardinals
People from the Province of Frosinone