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Correr, Antonio

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Also known as: Cardinal Correr

CORRER, ANTONIO. - Cardinal, b. in Venice in 1369. He was the nephew of Angelo C., later Pope Gregory XII, and lived with the religious of St. George in Alga together with Gabriele Condulmer, the future Eugene IV. Created chamberlain by his uncle and bishop of Modon, he was immediately transferred to Bologna (March 1407) and created cardinal at Lucca on 9 May 1408; he became bishop of Porto in 1409 and then of Ostia in March 1431. Legate in Germany and Flanders on 13 Dec. 1408, he took part in the election of Martin V in 1417; legate at Perugia in 1425 and for the peace between Florence and Siena in 1431; d. at Padua on 19 Jan. 1445 in repute of sanctity and was buried in Venice.

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BIBL.: J. F. Tomasini, Annales Canonicorum saecularium S. Georgii in Alga, Udine 1642; Eubel, I. p. 31 ff.; Pastor, I. pp. 275-76.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 646.

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“Correr, antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 646. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/correr-antonio.

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“Correr, antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 646. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/correr-antonio.

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  author    = {Redazione},
  title     = {Correr, antonio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {646},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/correr-antonio}
}

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