Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950

Della Cerda (Cerdano), Antonio

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DELLA CERDA (CERDANO), ANTONIO. - Theologian and cardinal of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, b. at S. Margherita di Majorca in 1390, d. at Rome on 12 Sept. 1459. Being procurator general at Rome he was created cardinal by Nicholas V (1448) and archbishop of Messina; the following year he was transferred to the episcopal church of Lerida. On account of his great philosophical and theological learning, his skill in the dispatch of business and his piety, he enjoyed much esteem among the popes who knew him. He was legate in the Marca d'Ancona and nuncio at Naples and at Florence. Of his works, special mention is made of Commentaria in quattuor libros Sententiarum and De conscientia.

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BIBL.: L. Cardella, Memorie dei cardinali, III, Rome 1703, p. 108; Antonio de l'Asunción, Envítoes trinitarios de España y Portugal, I, Rome 1894, pp. 146-49; Pastor, I, pp. 413, 651, 769, 859, 871; II, pp. 11, 192-93.

Danilo Catarzi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 1370–1371.

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Catarzi, Danilo. “Della Cerda (Cerdano), antonio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1370–1371. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/della-cerda-cerdano-antonio.

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Catarzi, Danilo. “Della Cerda (Cerdano), antonio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1370–1371. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/della-cerda-cerdano-antonio.

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@incollection{ec4_della_cerda_cerdano_antonio,
  author    = {Catarzi, Danilo},
  title     = {Della Cerda (Cerdano), antonio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1370--1371},
  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/della-cerda-cerdano-antonio}
}

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