AGNESI, ASTORGIO. - Cardinal, b. in Naples in 1391, d. in Rome on 10 Oct. 1451: he is buried in the cloister of S. Maria sopra Minerva. Bishop of Mileto (1411) and subsequently of Ravello (1413), of Melfi (1418) and of Ancona (1419), he refused on 26 Aug. 1422 the see of Ascoli. It was on this occasion that Martin V established that, where a bishop refused a see offered to him, the rule should be followed of giving it to the prelate designated to succeed him in the first see. In 1426 he took the title of Pontifical Commissioner and Treasurer General of the March of Ancona and of other places. In 1435 he was appointed governor of the Romagna. In 1436 the archbishopric of Benevento was conferred on him, whence he received the appellation Beneventanus. In 1448 he was named cardinal with the title of S. Eusebio. Camerlengo of the Sacred Heart from 27 Oct. 1449, he held this office for a year.
Bibliography4 worksUghelli, I, p. 337; VII, p. 799; VIII, p. 162. G. Fantuzzi, Monumenti Ravennati, III, Venezia 1801-1804, p. 359; G. Mollat, s. v. in DFIG, I
BIBL.: Ughelli, I, p. 337; VII, p. 799; VIII, p. 162. G. Fantuzzi, Monumenti Ravennati, III, Venezia 1801-1804, p. 359; G. Mollat, s. v. in DFIG, I, col. 987.
“Agnesi, astorgio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 477. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/agnesi-astorgio.
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“Agnesi, astorgio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 477. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/agnesi-astorgio.
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author = {Redazione},
title = {Agnesi, astorgio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {477},
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address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1948},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/agnesi-astorgio}
}
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