Niccolò Fortiguerra
Niccolò Fortiguerra (also spelled Forteguerri) (1419 — 1473)[1] was an Italian papal legate, military commander, and Cardinal.[note 1]
Born at Pistoia, he was related to Pope Pius II and is counted as a cardinal-nephew. He had a doctorate in utroque iure from the University of Siena.
He became bishop of Teano in 1458, and Cardinal in 1460. In 1462 he campaigned in the Papal States against Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, taking Fano. Later, in 1465, he defeated Deifobo d'Anguillara in battle. Fortiguerra was unable to participate in the Papal conclave, 1464, which elected Pope Paul II. He did participate in the Papal conclave, 1471 which elected Pope Sixtus IV.
He endowed a library, the Biblioteca Forteguerriana, in Pistoia.
He died at Viterbo in 1473 and was buried at his titular church in Rome, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. The Cathedral of Pistoia has a cenotaph Monument to Niccolò Fortiguerri, partially sculpted in the 15th century by Verrochio. There is a 19th-century outdoor statue Monument to Fortiguerra in Piazza di Santo Spirito of Pistoia.
References
- ^ Wood, Shakespere (1875). New Curiosum Urbis: A Guide to Ancient & Modern Rome. Cook. p. 323.
Notes
- ^ Not to be confused with Niccolò Fortiguerra (1674–1735), bishop and poet, author of "Ricciardetto"
External links
- Miranda, Salvador. "FORTIGUERRA, Niccolò (1419-1473)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.
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