Ottaviano (Attaviano) degli Ubaldini ( Italian. Ottaviano degli Ubaldini ; ca. 1213/1214, Mugello, near Florence - March 5/13, 1273 , Rome ) - Cardinal , gibellin , the most influential person in the papal curia of his time. At the time of Ottaviano, speaking simply “cardinal”, it was his name that was meant. He was known as an atheist who denied the existence of the soul . The phrase was attributed to him: "If there is a soul, then I destroyed it for the sake of the Ghibellines . "
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Biography
Ottaviano was the third of five children of Ugolino Ubaldini and his wife Adala.
In his youth he studied law at the University of Bologna .
The papal chaplain . Apostolic Subdeacon ; was ordained by Pope Gregory IX personally. The canon of the cathedral chapter of Bologna from November 4, 1230 to April 19, 1233. Archdeacon of the cathedral chapter until March 15, 1236. Auditor of the Apostolic Palace . On February 21, 1240, the Bologna Cathedral Chapter Ottaviano put the Bishop of Bologna.
Erected to the Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Via Lata in the consistory on May 28, 1244. Signed papal bulls issued between September 27, 1244 and July 22, 1254; April 9, 1255 and July 3, 1260; January 23, 1262 and February 16, 1263; February 26, 1265 and February 28, 1268.
Having joined the Pope and several cardinals in Genoa , he went to Lyon , where he took part in the work of the ecumenical council ( 1245 ). In 1246, Ottaviano granted the rights to vacant benefices in Tuscany . On March 8, 1247, he was sent from Lyon as a legate to Lombardy and Romagna to restrain the advance of Emperor Frederick II . In this mission, he was supported by Gregorio da Montelongo . Crossed the Alps with a small escort, since Duke Amadeus of Savoy , an ally of the emperor, did not miss the army recruited by the cardinal; in 1251, Ottaviano returned to Rome.
Governor of the Diocese of Rimini between 1249 and 1250 He was again appointed as a legate to Lombardy, Romagna and Aquileia in November 1251; returned February 25, 1253. Took part in the papal elections of 1254, in which Alexander IV was elected. Directed by legate a latere to Sicily between January 25 and 29, 1255; he sent Rufino da Piacenza, the papal chaplain and penitentiary as his representative of the Franciscan, and stayed with Alexander IV in Naples to take part in the battle against Manfred personally. Ottaviano was defeated; he signed a peace treaty with Manfred, not ratified by the pope. Then the cardinal was accused of treason. Later, he was accused of Florence in collusion with Tezauro Beccaria , Who had the goal of transferring the rule to the giants.
Patron of the Camaldolian and Vallombrosian Benedictine congregations. Legate to France approx. 1260 He opposed the transfer of the Sicilian crown to Charles of Anjou . He participated in the papal elections of 1261 and 1264-1265. In the election of 1268-1271 he was one of six cardinals entrusted with the election of the pope. Accompanied the new Pope Gregory X from Viterbo to Rome.
He died in Rome. Ottaviano's body was transported to Mugello and buried in the outer portico of the church of Santa Maria di Faña.
Dante is placed in the sixth circle ( heretics ) of Hell along with the Emperor Frederick II and others.
And Federic the Second lay down in this pit
And the cardinal; I will only mention these. [one]
Known brother Ottaviano Ubaldino degli Ubaldini , the owner of the castle Pila ( Pila ). In Dante, he is in the sixth circle of the purgatory among the gluttons .
Notes
- ↑ Hell. Song X. 118-120.
Literature
- Dante Alighieri. Divine Comedy / Dante Alighieri; translation from Italian M. L. Lozinsky . - M .: AST: AST MOSCOW: Transitbook, 2006.
Links
- Salvador Miranda. Ottaviano Ubaldini (English) . The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . Circulation date August 19, 2010. Archived March 16, 2012.