Angelo Geraldini Explained

Count Angelo Geraldini (1422–1486) was an Italian humanist and diplomat, who became a bishop.

He studied canon law at the University of Perugia,^[1] and was professor there 1444–46.^[2] In the papal curia he was appointed count palatine by Pope Callistus III in 1455.^[3]

He served under Niccolò Fortiguerra in the papal forces fighting Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, and against Ferrante.^[4]

He was legal adviser to Cardinal Domenico Capranica.^[3] In France he governed the Venaissin, at two periods.^{[3] [5]} He went on missions to the Council of Basel in 1482, and to the court of John II of Aragon, leading to a Spanish ministerial appointment and close involvement in the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs.^[3]

He was bishop of Sessa Aurunca in 1465^[6] and bishop of Kammin, from 1482 to 1485.

References

• Jürgen Petersohn (1985), Ein Diplomat des Quattrocento: Angelo Geraldini (1422-1486)
• Jürgen Petersohn (editor) (1987), Diplomatische Berichte und Denkschriften des Päpstlichen Legaten Angelo Geraldini aus der Zeit seiner Basel-Legation (1482-1483)

Notes

1. Web site: Lo Studio di Perugia – Lista maestri in ordine alfabetico A. www.unisi.it. IT. May 16, 2023.
2. http://www.ktucitywalks.co.uk/250.html Key to Umbria: City Walks - Palazzo dell' Università Vecchia
3. Web site: Geraldini . www.geraldini.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20050116012200/https://www.geraldini.com/documenti/disk4/The%20Geraldini%20family%20.doc . January 16, 2005.
4. D. S. Chambers, Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe (2006), p. 90
5. Web site: France. www.worldstatesmen.org. May 16, 2023.
6. Web site: CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sessa-Aurunca. www.newadvent.org. May 16, 2023.