Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal
Coat of arms of Cardinal Berardo EroliBerardo Eroli (1409–1479) (called the Cardinal of Spoleto ) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal .
Biography
Berardo Eroli was born in Narni in 1409.[ 1] [ 1] Rome , becoming a doctor of both laws .[ 1]
He was made a Referendary by Pope Nicholas V , who admitted him to the Apostolic Palace .[ 1] auditor of the Roman Rota .[ 1]
He was elected Bishop of Spoleto on 13 November 1448.[ 1] Vicar of Rome during the pontificates of Pope Nicholas V and Pope Callixtus III .[ 1] regent of the Apostolic Chancellery .[ 1]
In the consistory celebrated in Siena on 5 March 1460, Pope Pius II made him a cardinal priest .[ 1] red hat on 8 March 1460 and the titular church of Santa Sabina on 19 March 1460.[ 1]
He was appointed legate a latere to Perugia , leaving for the city on 27 August 1462.[ 1] Terni in June 1464 and accompanied the pope to Ancona .[ 1] papal conclave of 1464 that elected Pope Paul II .[ 1]
In August 1465, Eroli, along with Cardinals Basilios Bessarion and Juan Carvajal was part of a commission sent to the Kingdom of Bohemia to regulate its affairs.[ 1]
On 3 January 1466 he was elected Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals .[ 1] [ 1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1471 that elected Pope Sixtus IV .[ 1] cardinal bishop , receiving the suburbicarian see of Sabina on 23 May 1474.[ 1] [ 1]
He died in Rome on 2 April 1479.[ 1] St. Peter's Basilica .[ 1]
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