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Agnifilo della Rocca, Amico

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AGNIFILO DELLA ROCCA, AMICO. - Cardinal, b. at Roccadimezzo in the Abruzzo, d. at L'Aquila on 28 Oct. or 9 Nov. 1476. He was a canon of St. Mary Major in Rome, then bishop of L'Aquila (1431); in 1464 cardinal of St. Mary in Trastevere and in 1467 of St. Balbina. He occupied an important political position in the Papal State and in the Kingdom of Naples, where he was a counsellor of Alfonso V and of Ferdinand the Catholic. He was buried in the cathedral of L'Aquila.

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BIBL.: A. Ciaconius, Vitae et res gestae pontif. roman. et cardin., II, Rome 1677, col. 1111; L. Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali, III, Rome 1793, pp. 172-73; Pastor, II, p. 370 and passim.

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By Emma Santovito

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 478–479.

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Santovito, Emma. “Agnifilo della Rocca, amico.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 478–479. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/agnifilo-della-rocca-amico.

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Santovito, Emma. “Agnifilo della Rocca, amico.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 478–479. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/agnifilo-della-rocca-amico.

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  author    = {Santovito, Emma},
  title     = {Agnifilo della Rocca, amico},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {478--479},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/agnifilo-della-rocca-amico}
}

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