Beato Enrico Scarampi (died 1440) was an Italian churchman from the prominent Scarampi family of the area of Asti, active at the time of the Western Schism. [1] [2]
Born to Oddone, or Oddonino Scarampi, signore of Cortemiglia, Enrico Scarampi appears in the historical record in 1396 as Bishop of Acqui. [1] In 1406 he became Bishop of Feltre e Belluno. [2] He participated in the Conclave of 1417 that elected Cardinal Oddone Colonna to the papacy. [3] Colonna, as Pope Martin V, made him treasurer of the Camera Apostolica. [2] He was one of the fourteen members of the reform committee of the Council of Constance (1414-1418), [4] where he supported the principle of Papal supremacy over Councilarism, [2] and was also the spiritual director of the beata Margherita di Savoia-Acaia. [2]
Enrico Scarampi died in 1440.