Giordano Orsini

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Giordano Orsini (1360/70 — 29 May 1438) was an Italian cardinal who enjoyed an extensive career in the early fifteenth century. He was a member of the powerful Roman family of the Orsini.

https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1405.htm#Orsini

Birth. (No date found), Petricoli. Of a noble family. Second son of Senator Giovanni Orsini and Bartolomea Spinelli.

Education. (No information found).

Early life. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota.

Episcopate. Elected archbishop of Naples before February 13, 1400; occupied the see until his promotion to the cardinalate.

Priesthood. Ordained shortly after his promotion to the episcopate.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti in the consistory of June 12, 1405. He was named a senator by Pope Innocent VII. Participated in the conclave of 1406, which elected Pope Gregory XII. He was one of the first cardinals to use the right of option when he passed to the title of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, March 25, 1409. Shortly after having participated in the election of Pope Gregory XII, he abandoned his obedience for that of Pisa, where he worked for the union of the church with the pseudocardinals created by Antipope Benedict XIII. Attended the Council of Pisa. Participated in the conclave of 1409, which elected Antipope Alexander V. Administrator of the see of Pécs, September 4, 1409 until August 13, 1410. Participated in the conclave of 1410, which elected Antipope John XXIII. Legate in Spain. Legate in Picenum. Visitor of churches and monasteries in Rome to reestablish the discipline. Opted for the order of cardinal bishops and the suburbicarian see of Albano in June 1412; received the episcopal consecration on September 23, 1412; he kept his title in commendam presumably until his death. Named legate in Bologna, together with Cardinal Ludovico Fieschi, on October 19, 1412; entered the curia in Florence on September 2, 1413. He had a considerable role in the Council of Constance, where he presided the 5th session. Participated in the conclave of 1417, which elected Pope Martin V. Named legate in France, he left Constance on April 2, 1418 with Cardinal Pietro Filargis; their mission was to try to reestablish the peace between the kings of France and England; returned to Florence on March 18, 1419. Named legate in Marche Anconitana. Named grand penitentiary toward 1419. He was absent from the curia from May 23 to September 17, 1421. On January 16, 1426, he was named legate in Hungary and Bohemia; and the following February 17, in Germany to combat the Hussite heresy; he left Rome on March 19; attended the Diet of Nuremberg on May 11. He may have become dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in 1428 or 1431. Participated in the conclave of 1431, which elected Pope Eugenius IV. Opted for the suburbicarian see of Sabina on March 14, 1431. Named legate to preside the Council of Basle, which opened on July 23, 1431; he defended the rights of the pope. Sent by Pope Eugenius IV to Siena to receive Emperor Sigismund, who was traveling to Rome to be crowned; the coronation took place on May 31, 1433. Archpriest of the patriarchal Vatican basilica, 1434. Resigned the commendam of the Benedictine abbey of Farfa in March 1435. Abbot commendatario of the Cistercian monastery of S. Pastore, diocese of Rieti, until his death. Protector of the Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscans). He was a great friend of the arts and letters, and had a rich collection of books and 254 manuscripts, which he donated to the Vatican basilica.

Death. May 29, 1438, Rome. Buried in a chapel that he had built in the patriarchal Vatican basilica.