cardinal Teodoro Paleologo, del Monferrato

Birth. August 14, 1425, Casale Montferrato. The family was originally from Constantinople. Fifth of the seven children of Giangiacomo Paleologo, margrave of Montferrato, count of Acqui, and Princess Giovanna of Savoy. Called the Cardinal of Montferrato.

Early life. Dean of the collegiate church of S. Maria di Saluzzo. Protonotary apostolic. Abbot commendatario of S. Maria di Lucedo, 1457.

Sacred orders. Promoted to the cardinalate at the instances of his brother-in-law, the king of Cyprus.

Cardinalate. Created cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 18, 1467; published the following day in the church of S. Marco, Rome. Arrived in Rome on April 21, 1468 and was received in public consistory, where he received the red hat; received the deaconry of S. Teodoro on April 27, 1468. Left Rome on May 1, 1470; returned to the city in June 1471 to participate in the conclave of 1471.

Episcopate.Elected bishop of Casale, 1475; occupied the see until 1481 (1). On October 29, 1479, he resigned the commendam of the Cistercian monastery of Tiglieto, diocese of Acqui, in favor of his nephew Scipione di Monferrato, protonotary apostolic. Left Rome for Piedmont and Lombardy on November 1, 1481; returned to the city on February 15, 1482; left again in May 1482; and again in March 1483; went to Piedmont in December 1483. Of an eminent virtue.

Death. January 21, 1484, as a result of an accidental slight injury that became infected (2), Asti. Buried in the abbatial church of S. Michele di Lucedo, in the tomb of his ancestors.

[Source: Salvador Miranda.]

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