Alemanno Adimari (1362 – 17 September 1422) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop. Born in

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, he was a member of the noble Adimari family. A doctor in lay and religious jurisprudence, in 1400 he was appointed by pope

Boniface VIII Pope Boniface VIII (; born Benedetto Caetani; – 11 October 1303) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 until his death in 1303. The Caetani family was of baronial origin with connections to the p ...

bishop of Florence The Archdiocese of Florence () is a Latin Church metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy.

, but he could not take possess of that diocese. He was thus transferred to the archdiocese of

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in southern Italy and, in 1406, he became

archbishop of Pisa The Archdiocese of Pisa () is a Latin Church metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Pisa, Italy.

, a position he held until 1411. In that year he was created as "anti-cardinal" by

antipope John XXIII Baldassarre Cossa (died 22 December 1419) was Pisan antipope as John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church today regards him as an antipope in opposition to Pope Gregory XII, whom it recognizes as the rightful succ ...

, and was given the legation of France. He later moved to

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, which at the time was faithful to

antipope Benedict XIII Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor (25 November 1328 – 23 May 1423), known as () or Pope Luna, was an Aragonese nobleman who was antipope with the regnal name Benedict XIII during the Western Schism. Early life Pedro Martínez de Lu ...

. Pope

Martin V Pope Martin V (; ; January/February 1369 – 20 February 1431), born Oddone Colonna, was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 November 1417 to his death in February 1431. His election effectively ended the West ...

made Adimari archpriest of

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, and sent him again to

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to convince Benedict XII to surrender. In 1422, while returning to Italy, he fell ill and died at Tivoli. Adimari had

Gentile da Fabriano Gentile da Fabriano ( – 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic pictorial style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best-known works are his '' Adoration of the ...

decorate his sepulchre in the church of

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(Santa Francesca Romana) in Rome. The work is now lost, but was mentioned by late Renaissance art biographer

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

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