Robert Somercotes (sometimes Somercote)
[ (died 26 September 1241) was an English ]Cardinal
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. He took part in the Papal conclave, 1241, but died during it. It was rumoured at the time that he was ''papabile
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'' and was poisoned, to prevent his election.[Nicholas Schofield and Gerard Skinner, ''The English Cardinals'' (2007), p. 29.]
He was named as cardinal of the church of San Eustachio
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in 1239 by Pope Gregory IX
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. He was buried at the church of San Crisogono
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in Rome.
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12th-century births
1241 deaths
13th-century English cardinals
Year of birth unknown