BORSANO (BROSSANO), SIMONE DI

BORSANO (BROSSANO), SIMONE di. - Cardinal, born into a Milanese family, he became doctor of both laws, in which he was later an eminent master. He was archdeacon of Bologna when he was appointed archbishop of Milan on 18 July 1371, but remained in the service of the Avignon Curia. He left this see when Gregory XI, on 20 Dec. 1375, created him cardinal of SS. Giovanni e Paolo. He took part in the Conclave in which Urban VI was elected in Apr. 1378. When the transalpine cardinals began their intrigues against Urban, B., together with cardinals Orsini and Corsini, the only Italians, was entrusted by him with negotiations to prevent an open rebellion; but he lent himself to the rebels' designs and contributed to the election of the antipope Clement VII. Having lost all hope of an agreement, he went to Nice, where he died on 27 Aug. 1381 and was buried there. He is remembered for commentaries on the Digesto and the Clementine.