Branda Castiglioni (16th Century)
Branda Castiglioni may refer to: *Branda da Castiglione Branda da Castiglione (Castiglione Olona, 4 February 1350 – Castiglione Olona, 4 February 1443) was an early Renaissance humanism, Italian humanist, a papal diplomat and a Roman Catholic cardinal. Early career He was born to a Milanese noble f ... (1350–1443), Italian humanist, papal diplomat, and Roman Catholic pseudo-cardinal * Brande Castiglioni (1415–1487), Italian Roman Catholic bishop {{hndis, Castiglioni, Branda ...
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Branda Da Castiglione
Branda da Castiglione ( Castiglione Olona, 4 February 1350 – Castiglione Olona, 4 February 1443) was an early Italian humanist, a papal diplomat and a Roman Catholic cardinal. Early career He was born to a Milanese noble family related to Goffredo Castiglioni, Pope Celestine IV. Branda was the eldest son of Maffiolo da Castiglione and his wife Lucrezia Porro, of the family of the counts of Polenta. In 1374 he is documented as enrolled in the ''Collegio dei nobili Giureconsulti'' of Milan. He studied also at the recently founded University of Pavia, where he received a doctorate in civil and canon law in the academic year 1388/89 and then taught canon law at the University, supported by Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. In 1389 Gian Galeazzo Visconti sent him to Rome to the papal court of Boniface IX, entrusted with obtaining papal privileges for the University of Pavia, of authorization to teach theology and to enjoy the same conditions as the University of Bologna and ...
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