TAGLIACOZZO, GIOVAN BERNARDO. - Cardinal, born at Corcumello in the Marsica, died in Rome on 21 January 1449, of the Delli Ponti family. He was appointed archbishop of Taranto on 20 October 1421 and resigned the see in 1445.
He played an important part in the Council of Basel and, for the first time, in April 1432 he was, together with Andrea, archbishop of Colossa, and the bishop of Maguelonne, a delegate of Eugenio IV to the Council; he arrived in Basel on 14 August and on the 23rd delivered there a solemn address in defence of the rights and actions of the Pope, proposing the transfer of the Council; on 10 September his mission was over. On 7 May 1433 he was among those appointed to preside over the Council, an office renewed for him on 14 December, and on 24 April 1434 he was introduced into the Council together with his colleagues. Once again he returned to Basel in February 1437, after the beginning of negotiations with the Greeks, and was involved in a sensational incident for having seized the seal of the Council, on account of which he was accused of forgery; imprisoned, he managed to escape in May 1437. On 18 December 1439 Eugenio IV
