Alberto Alberti (

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, 1386 –

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, 11 August 1445) was an Italian Cardinal of the 15th century .Treccani: ALBERTI, Alberto, by Arnaldo D'Addario
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Biography

Belonging to the Florentine Alberti family, he was the son of Giovanni di Cipriano Alberti. He was Apostolic protonotary and Governor of Perugia. On 4 March 1437, he was appointed Apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Camerino and on 6 October of the same year he was consecrated Bishop of Perugia. He was appointed Cardinal on 18 December 1439 by

Pope Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV (; ; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 March 1431 to his death, in February 1447. Condulmer was a Republic of Venice, Venetian, and a nephew ...

and received the title of Cardinal Deacon of Sant'Eustachio. In 1440 he was papal legate in Sicily to reconcile Duke

René of Anjou René of Anjou (; ; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples from 1435 to 1442 (then Aragonese conquest of Naples, deposed). Having spent his last years in Aix ...

and King

Alfonso V of Aragon Alfonso the Magnanimous (Alfons el Magnànim in Catalan language, Catalan) (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfons V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfons I) from 1442 until his ...

. In 1444 he became

Camerlengo of the Sacred College The Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals was the treasurer of the College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church. The title is based on an Italian word for chamberlain, a word no longer used in secular contexts. The position existed from a ...

from October 1444.
He was one of the Cardinals responsible for the canonization of

Bernardino of Siena Bernardino of Siena, Order of Friars Minor, OFM (Bernardine or Bernadine; 8 September 138020 May 1444), was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of Scholasticism, ...

.iu.edu – The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Florida International University.
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1386 births 1445 deaths Deans of the College of Cardinals 15th-century Italian cardinals 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops {{Italy-cardinal-stub

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