Rinaldo Brancaccio (died 27 March 1427) was an Italian cardinal from the 14th and 15th century, during the

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. Other members of his family were also created cardinals:

Landolfo Brancaccio Landolfo Brancaccio (? in the Kingdom of Naples – 29 October 1312 in Avignon) was a Neapolitan aristocrat, friend of King Charles II of Naples, and Roman Catholic Cardinal. Latter career Brancaccio first emerges in a record of his creation ...

(1294);

Niccolò Brancaccio Niccolò Brancaccio (Brancas, in French) (c. 1335/1340 – 29 June 1412) was born in the Kingdom of Naples, perhaps in Naples itself. He was Archbishop of Bari and then Archbishop of Cosenza, while serving in the Roman Curia in Avignon. He became ...

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(1378);

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(1408);

Tommaso Brancaccio Tommaso Brancaccio (1621 – 29 April 1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (1669–1677) and Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1656–1669). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''Francesco Maria Brancaccio (1633) and

Stefano Brancaccio Stefano Brancaccio (1618–1682) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. On 1 January 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Barberini (seniore), Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, ...

(1681). He was called the ''Cardinal Brancaccio''.

Biography

Brancaccio was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

. There is no information about his education. He has been

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and papal

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created him

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in the consistory of 17 December 1384 with the deaconry of ''Ss. Vito e Modesto''. During his long-lasting cardinalate participated in the papal conclave of 1389, then in the conclave of 1404 and of 1406.

Pope Gregory XII Pope Gregory XII ( la, Gregorius XII; it, Gregorio XII; – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario," or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Reigning during the Western Schism, he was oppos ...

named him ''commendatario'' of the '' titulus''

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in 1408. He switched his obedience and participated in the

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and in the following papal conclave of 1409. He became cardinal protodeacon in 1409 or 1410. He also took part in the conclave of 1410 in

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of the ''Pisa obedience'' and crowned

Antipope John XXIII Baldassarre Cossa (c. 1370 – 22 December 1419) was Pisan antipope John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope, as he opposed Pope Gregory XII whom the Catholic Church now recognizes as t ...

, who named him governor of the province of ''Campagna e Marittima'', with the title of papal vicar. Later he was made legate in Naples. He was administrator of the metropolitan see of Palermo from 1410 to 1414 and was administrator of the metropolitan see of Taranto from 1412 to 1420. He attended the Council of Constance. He also participated in the conclave of 1417, which elected Pope Martin V, whom he crowned, and was the one who closed that council. He was named administrator of the see of Aversa in 1418 until his death. He died on 27 March 1427 in

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. His remains were transferred to

and buried in a funeral monument, the work of

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, Michelozzo di Bartolommeo and Pagno di Lapo, in the church of Sant'Angelo a Seggio del Nilo, which he had built as well as the adjacent hospital.

References

External links

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - biographical dictionary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brancaccio, Rinaldo 15th-century Italian cardinals Clergy from Naples 1427 deaths Western Schism Cardinal-nephews Year of birth unknown Bishops of Aversa 14th-century Italian cardinals 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops