Cardinals created by Benedict XI explained

Pope Benedict XI (r. 1303–04) created 2 cardinals in 2 consistories held during his pontificate. Both cardinals he appointed were Dominicans like the pope himself.^[1]

18 December 1303

Benedict XI also intended to name the English Dominican priest William of Macclesfield as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina on this date but the cardinal-elect died before news of his elevation could reach him.^[1]

• Niccolò Alberti O.P. (Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia e Velletri)

19 February 1304

• Walter Winterburn O.P. (Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina)

Sources

• Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian) . Miranda . Salvador . Consistories for the creation of Cardinals 14th Century (1303-1404): Benedict XI. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Florida International University. 53276621.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Consistories for the creation of Cardinals - 14th Century (1303-1404). Salvador Miranda. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. 7 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180326033905/http://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/consistories-xiv.htm#BenedictXI. 26 March 2018. dead.