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Jaume Francesc Folc de Cardona i de Gandia [1] (1405-1 December 1466) was a Catholic cardinal. He was bishop of Urgell, then in the Principality of Catalonia, and the 22nd president of the Generalitat de Catalunya between 1443 and 1446.
He was chosen as a cardinal by Pope Pius II on 18 December 1461.
Canon and Archedian in Barcelona, perpetual administrator of the abbey of Santa Maria de Solsona and ecclesiastical deputy of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia. In 1445 he was appointed Bishop of Vich. He was a pontifical endorsement of Pope Nicholas V. In 1549 he was transferred to the Diocese of Girona and in 1461 to Urgell.
Pope Pius II created him cardinal in the consistory of 18 December 1461. Cardona never went to Rome to receive the cardinal cape and did not participate in the conclave of 1464 (election of Paul II).
Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death.
Pope Pius III, born Francesco Todeschini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 September 1503 to his death. At just twenty-six days, he had one of the shortest pontificates in papal history.
The Diocese of Urgell is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Catalonia (Spain) and Andorra in the historical County of Urgell, with origins in the fifth century AD or possibly earlier. It is based in the region of the historical Catalan County of Urgell, though it has different borders. The seat and Cathedral of the bishop are situated in la Seu d'Urgell town. The state of Andorra is a part of this diocese.
Borrell II was Count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona from 945 and Count of Urgell from 948.
Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, or Giacomo Piccolomini was an Italian Renaissance cardinal and humanist.
The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia is an ecclesiastical territory located within the Metropolitan City of Rome in Italy. It is one of the seven suburbicarian dioceses. The incumbent Bishop is cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Since 1150, its bishop has been the Dean of the College of Cardinals. Its Cathedral is Basilica di Sant'Aurea.
The Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri–Segni is one of the Latin suburbicarian dioceses, Catholic dioceses in Italy close to Rome with a special status and a cardinal bishop, the bishop of Velletri–Segni. Historically, the see of Velletri was combined with the see of Ostia from 1060 to 1914.
The Diocese of Luçon is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its see is Luçon Cathedral in the commune of Luçon. The diocese comprises the department of Vendée. Created in 1317 out of the diocese of Poitiers, its existence was interrupted during the French Revolution, but it was restored in 1821, along with the Bourbon restoration.
Juan Baptista Benlloch i Vivó was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Burgos from 1919, who was elevated to the cardinalate in 1921, and who, as Co-Prince of Andorra, composed the text for "El Gran Carlemany", that country's national anthem.
Giorgio Fieschi was an Italian cardinal, of the counts of Lavagna.
The Diocese of Foligno is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Umbria, Italy. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.
Salvador Casañas y Pagés was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Barcelona from 1901 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1895.
The Diocese of Girona is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Girona in the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain.
Filippo Calandrini was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and half-brother of Pope Nicholas V.
Pedro Folc de Cardona, an illegitimate son of Joan Ramon Folc de Cardona y de Prades, 3rd Count of Cardona, was bishop of Urgell (1472–1515), president of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1482–85), editor of the Usatges de Barcelona (1505), viceroy of Catalonia (1521–23) and archbishop of Tarragona (1515–30).
John Ramon III Folch de Cardona i de Prades,, was a Catalan nobleman. John Ramon's titles included Count of Prades (5th), Count of Cardona, Viscount of Vilamur, Baron of Entença, Admiral of Aragon, Captain general of Catalonia as well as Viceroy of Sicily from 1477 to 1479.
Burkhard von Weisbriach (1420/23–1466) was a German Roman Catholic cardinal and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1461 until his death.
Bartolomeo Roverella (1406–1476) was an Italian Roman Catholic Bishop and cardinal.
Joan Margarit i Pau, or in Spanish Juan Margarit y Pau, was a prominent Catalan prelate, a bishop of Girona and a cardinal.
Enrique de Cardona y Enríquez (1485–1530) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.
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