Adelardo Cattaneo (died 24 August 1225) was an Italian

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and

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. His first name is also listed as Alardo. He was canon of the cathedral chapter of

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Pope Lucius III Pope Lucius III ( – 25 November 1185), born Ubaldo Allucingoli, reigned as head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1181 to his death in 1185. Born to an aristocratic family in Lucca, prior to being elected p ...

created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello in the consistory of 6 March 1185 (or in December 1183,G. Moroni, p. 262 or in 1184). As such, he countersigned the papal bulls issued between 20 April 1185 and 28 October 1188. He participated in the

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s of 1185 and October 1187, and possibly also in that of December 1187 and 1191. In the pontificate of

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he served as

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in the

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. Towards the end of 1188 he was elected

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; he was confirmed by Clement III and took possession of the see in the following year (1189). At that time he resigned his titular church of S. Marcello, but retained his cardinalate and signed the documents as "Cardinal-Priest of the Holy Roman Church, humble bishop of Verona". He died on 24 August 1225, after his successor was elected.,K. Eubel, p. 522 He was the Last Cardinal created by Pope Lucius III.

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Bibliography

* Werner Maleczek, ''Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216'', Wien 1984, p. 68 *

Gaetano Moroni Gaetano Moroni (17 October 1802, Rome – 3 November 1883, Rome) was an Italian writer on the history and contemporary structure of the Catholic Church and an official of the papal court in Rome. He was the author of the well-known ''Diziona ...

. ''Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni''. Venice : Tipografia Emiliana, 1840–1861, vol. X, p. 262 *

Konrad Eubel Konrad Eubel or Conradus Eubel (19 January 1842 – 5 February 1923) was a German Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They in ...

, ''Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, volumen I'', 1913, p. 3, 5 and 522 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cattaneo, Adelardo 1225 deaths 13th-century Italian cardinals Bishops of Verona External cardinals Year of birth unknown 13th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops People from Lendinara