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Amico Agnifili (died 1476) (called the Cardinal of L'Aquila) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
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Amico Agnifili (died 1476) (called the Cardinal of L'Aquila) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Amico Agnifili was born ca. 1398 in Rocca di Mezzo, the son of a poor shepherd. [1] (His family had not yet adopted a family name, so when he was elevated to the cardinalate, he chose the name of "Agnifili", meaning "Friend of the Lamb".) [1]
His father sent him to L'Aquila to be educated. [1] He later studied in Rome under Cardinal Domenico Capranica. [1] Later, at the University of Bologna, he was a schoolmate of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II. [1] He received a doctorate of both laws. [1]
He then returned to L'Aquila, becoming a canon of San Massimo Cathedral and archpriest of San Paolo di Barete. [1] He then moved to Rome and was named a canon of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore. [1] He then became a professor of law at the University of Bologna, where one of his students was Pietro Barbo, the future Pope Paul II. [1]
On 23 May 1432 he was elected Bishop of L'Aquila. [1] While bishop, he served as a counselor to Alfonso I of Naples and his successor Ferdinand I of Naples. [1] Pope Eugene IV named him papal legate to attend the coronation of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor in Milan. [1] He later served as legate several other times, including once as legate to the Patrimonium Sancti Petri . [1] Together with Giovanni da Palena, Bishop of Penne, he was the commissary responsible for the canonization of Bernardino of Siena. [1] He was also visited by John of Capistrano. [1] When the city of L'Aquila rebelled against Ferdinand I of Naples, Bishop Agnifili sided with the rebels, which angered Pope Pius II. [1] The rebels returned to their obedience in 1464. [1]
Agnifili's former student, Pope Paul II, named him general treasurer of the church in the Marche. [1] In the consistory of 18 September 1467, Pope Paul II made him a cardinal priest; he received the red hat in San Marco, Rome the next day; and he received the titular church of Santa Balbina on 13 November 1467. [1] In October 1468 he participated in the celebrations surrounding the marriage of Giovanni Antonio Carafa and Vittoria Camponeschi, parents of the future Pope Paul IV. [1] On 13 October 1469 he opted for the titular church of Santa Maria in Trastevere. [1] Pope Paul II put him in charge of overseeing the construction of fortifications at Civitavecchia. [1]
When the news of Paul II's death reached him, he left L'Aquila for Rome on 28 July 1471. [1] He participated in the papal conclave of 1471 that elected Pope Sixtus IV. [1]
He resigned his bishopric in 1472 in favor of his nephew Francesco, but resumed possession of the see after his nephew's death in 1476. [1]
He died in L'Aquila on 9 November 1476. [1] He is buried there in San Massimo Cathedral. [1]
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