Jaume Francesc Folc de Cardona i de GandiaPere Català i Roca. ''Els castells catalans'', Volum 4, R.Dalmau, 1993. (1405-1 December 1466) was a

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. He was

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, then in the

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, and the 22nd

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between 1443 and 1446. He was chosen as a cardinal by

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on 18 December 1461.

Biography

Canon and Archedian in Barcelona, perpetual administrator of the abbey of Santa Maria de Solsona and ecclesiastical deputy of the Provincial Council of the General of Catalonia. In 1445 he was appointed Bishop of Vich. He was a pontifical endorsement of Pope Nicholas V. In 1549 he was transferred to the Diocese of Girona and in 1461 to Urgel. Pope Pius II created him cardinal in the consistory of 18 December 1461. Cardona never went to Rome to receive the cardinal cape and did not participate in the conclave of 1464 (election of Paul II).

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1405 births 1466 deaths 15th-century Princes of Andorra Bishops of Urgell 15th-century Spanish cardinals Presidents of the Government of Catalonia 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Kingdom of Aragon {{Spain-RC-bishop-stub