Astorgio Agnensi (1391–1451) was an Italian

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and cardinal, multiple papal governor and multiple Curiate official.

Biography

Astorgio Agnensi was born in

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in 1391. He was elected Bishop of

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on 18 September 1411. He was transferred to the see of Ravello on 15 February 1413; to the see of Melfi on 25 January 1418; and then to the see of Ancona on 6 March 1419. On 22 August 1422 he was transferred to the see of Ascoli Piceno but refused; then, on 19 October that year, the see of Umana was united with that of Ancona. Agnensi then moved to

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, becoming

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. From August 1426 to April 1427, he was the

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of the

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and the

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. He and Barthélémy Texier,

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, were sent to the see of Iesi to deal with the

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of the ''

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''. On 8 February 1436 he was promoted to the see of Benevento; he occupied this position until his death. On 26 March 1442

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named him his

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''in spiritualibus'' and governor of

, a post he held until 1447. He was also the

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of the see of

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from 16 June 1445 until 25 May 1449. In September 1447, he became

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. He was Vice-

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during the papacy of Eugene IV.

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made him a cardinal in the consistory of 20 December 1448. He received the

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of Sant'Eusebio on 3 January 1449, and the red hat on 6 January 1449. He was

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from 27 October 1449 until 1450. He died in Rome on 10 October 1451. He is buried in the cloister of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.

References

External links

* Lorenzo Cardella
''Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa''
Roma 1793, vol. III, pp. 109–110 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agnensi, Astorgio 1391 births 1451 deaths 15th-century Italian cardinals 15th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Kingdom of Naples