Albergati, Niccolo
Albergati, Niccolo
Cardinal and Bishop of Bologna, b. at Bologna in 1357; d. at Sienna, 9 May, 1443. He entered the Carthusian Order in 1394, served as prior in various monasteries, and was made Bishop of Bologna, against his will, in 1417. In this office he still followed the Rule of his Order, was zealous for the reform of regular and secular clergy, and was a great patron of learned men, among whom was Aeneas Sylvius, afterwards Pius II. Martin V and his successor, Eugenius IV, employed him on several important missions, thrice to France (1422, 1431, 1435), and thrice to Lombardy (1426, 1427, 1430). He was made a Cardinal in 1426. attended the Council of Basil in 1432, and again in 1434 and 1436, as legate of Eugenius IV, a position which he also filled in January 1438, at Ferrara, whither Eugenius had transferred the Synod. He took part in the conferences with the Greeks in preparation for the union effected at Florence. The Pope appointed him Grand Penitentiary shortly before his death. Though never formally canonized, he has long been popularly venerated as Blessed (Acta SS., II May, 469 sqq., and Analecta Boll., VIII, 381 sqq.). He is the author of various theological and other treatises, including: “Recollecta multae electionis”; “Apologia pro Eugenio IV”; sermons, prayers, epistles (P.L., CCIV). His life has been written by many different authors, contemporary and since his time.
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Eggs, Purp,doctae, III, 14; Ruggeri, Testimonis de Nic. Alb. (Rome 1744); Stanonik in Kirchenlex., I, 408; Pastor, History of the Popes (London, 1892), I, passim.
FRANCIS W. GREY Transcribed by William D. Neville
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Albergati, Niccolo
an Italian cardinal, was born at Bologna in 1375. At the age of twenty he entered the Order of Chartreux, and distinguished himself by his doctrines in favor of the absolute sovereignty of the pope. Martin V made him bishop of Bologna; then cardinal of St. Croix of Jerusalem; and sent him as apostolic nuncio to France in order to mediate between Charles VI and Henry V, king of England. He was several times expelled from his bishopric by the people of Bologna, and was obliged to take refuge in Rome. In 1431 Eugenius IV sent him to preside at the Council of Basle. Here he encountered strong opposition against his doctrines concerning the pope, and returned to Rome with his mission unaccomplished. In 1433 he went to Basle with three associate cardinals, who, with hin. governed the seventeenth session of the council. New dissensions arose, and Albergati obtained, in 1437, a bull from the pope transferring the council to Ferrara. This was the occasion of a new schism. The prelates who assembled at Ferrara, Jan. 10, 1438, declared null all that was done by those who remained at Basle. The Council of Ferrara was broken up by a pestilence, and nothing was decided concerning the union of the Church East and West. Albergati was appointed penitentiary; then treasurer of the pope; and died shortly after at Sienna, May 9,1443. Benedict XIV canonized him in 1745. See Rugger, Testimonia de Nic. Albergato (Rom. 1744); Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.