ADIMARI, ALEMANNO

ADIMARI, ALEMANNO. — Cardinal, born in Florence, perhaps in 1362, died in Rome between 17 and 27 September 1422. He held a canonry and later a parish in his native city. Elected bishop of Florence by Boniface IX (13 November 1400), he was unable to take possession of his see and was transferred to the archdiocese of Taranto (16 November 1401) and then to that of Pisa (3 November 1406), from which he resigned in 1411. He took part in the council held in that city (1408–1409) and adhered to the pope elected there, Alexander V, and to his successor John XXIII. As legate of the latter in France, he succeeded in overcoming the hostility of the Sorbonne and obtained the imposition of a new tithe on the clergy, and together with Peter, bishop of Albi, was entrusted with its collection. In reward, he was created cardinal with the title of S. Eusebio (6 July 1411). He remained in Paris as legate of John XXIII until the autumn of 1412 and then returned there again from March 1413 to November 1414 with the task of preparing minds for the Council of Constance. He participated in it and also gained the friendship of the new pope, Martin V (1417–31), who in 1418 sent him as legate to Aragon to detach it from Benedict XIII. He achieved nothing and returned to Rome (1419), where he died. He is buried in the original church of S. Maria in Valicella.