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Forteguerri, Niccolò

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Also known as: Italian: Niccolò Fortiguerra; Latin: Nicolaus Fortiguerra

FORTEGUERRI, NICCOLÒ. - Cardinal, b. 7 Oct. 1419 at Pistoia, d. 21 Dec. 1473 at Viterbo. After studying law at Bologna and Siena, he entered the ecclesiastical career. A relative of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, he became, upon the latter's election to the tiara, bishop of Teano and apostolic treasurer. Created cardinal of the title of St. Cecilia in 1460, he was appointed four years later by Pius II as apostolic legate of the Crusade promoted by the Pope against the Turks. Paul II entrusted him with the pacification of the Papal States, a task which he carried out with great energy

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BIBL.: O. Santoli, Il card. F., Pistoia 1926.

Silvio Furlani

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1536.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Forteguerri, niccolò.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1536. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/forteguerri-niccolo-2.

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Furlani, Silvio. “Forteguerri, niccolò.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1536. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/forteguerri-niccolo-2.

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  author    = {Furlani, Silvio},
  title     = {Forteguerri, niccolò},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1536},
  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/forteguerri-niccolo-2}
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