The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary

The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Biographical Dictionary
[Antipope] Paschal III (1164-1168)
Pseudocardinal bishops

(1) 1. STRUMA, O.S.B.Vall., János (?-ca. 1179)

Birth. (No date found), Sirmium, Hungary (now Srémska Mitrovica, Voivodina, Serbia).

Education. Entered, at a young age, the Congregation Vallombrosan of the Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines), at the monastery of Struma (or Strumi), valley of the Arno, near Arezzo.

Priesthood. Ordained (no further information found). Abbot of the monastery of Struma (or Sturma).

Episcopate. Elected bishop of Albano toward 1165; he was an intruding bishop.

Cardinalate. Created pseudocardinal bishop (1). Subscribed papal bulls issued between April 13, 1166 and February 26, 1168.

Antipapacy. Elected antipope on November 20, 1168. Took the name Callistus III. Created eleven pseudocardinals. After the Treaty of Venice on August 1, 1177 between Pope Alexander III and Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa, the antipope went to Frascati to make his submission to the pope on August 29, 1178; the pope invited him to his table and named him rector (governor) of Benevento.

Death. Ca. 1179, Benevento. Buried in Benevento.

Bibliography. Brixius, Johannes Matthias. Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181. Berlin : R. Trenkel, 1912, p. 68-69, no. 1; Del Re, Niccolò. "Callisto III, antipapa." Mondo vaticano. Passato e presente. Città del Vaticano : Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1995, p. 607-608; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 150; Kelly, John Norman Davidson. The Oxford Dictionary of Popes. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986, p. 180; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 150; Gams, Pius Bonifatius. Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae. 3 v. in 1. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1957, p. XXII; Jordan, Karl. "Callisto III, antipapa." Enciclopedia dei papi. 3 vols. Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 2000, II. 305; Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1956. 2 v. Reprint. Originally published : Lipsiae : Veit et comp., 1885-1888. Original t.p. included : Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia : ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Editionem secundam correctam et auctam edidit Philippus Jaffè ; auspiciis Gulielmi Wattenbach; curaverunt S. Loewenfeld, F. Kaltenbrunner, P. Ewald, II, 426.

Link. Biography, in English (Britannica); biography, in English; biographical entry, in German; biography, in Hungarian, under "Callistus, III".

(1) This is according to "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928, p. 150; Francesco Cristofori, Cronotasi dei cardinali di Santa Romana Chiesa (Rome : Tipografia de Propaganda Fide, 1888), p. ; and Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni (103 vols. in 53. Venezia : Tipografia Emiliana, 1840-1861), say that he was created cardinal priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai monti in 1163.

(2) 2. MARINO (?-?)

Birth. (No date or place found). His name is also listed as Martino.

Education. (No information found).

Episcopate. Bishop of Frascati.

Cardinalate. Created pseudocardinal bishop. Subscribed papal bulls issued between August 6, 1167 and February 26, 1168. He adhered himself to Antipope Callistus III, who named him chancellor. Subscribed, as chancellor, papal bulls issued between August 29, 1170 and March 24, 1174.

Death. (No date or place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Brixius, Johannes Matthias. Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181. Berlin : R. Trenkel, 1912, p. 69, no. 4; "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 150Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1956. 2 v. Reprint. Originally published : Lipsiae : Veit et comp., 1885-1888. Original t.p. included : Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia : ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Editionem secundam correctam et auctam edidit Philippus Jaffè ; auspiciis Gulielmi Wattenbach; curaverunt S. Loewenfeld, F. Kaltenbrunner, P. Ewald, II, 426 and 429.

(3) 3. VIBIANO (?-?)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Episcopate. Bishop of Palestrina.

Cardinalate. Created pseudocardinal bishop. Subscribed a papal bull dated February 26, 1168. He adhered himself to Antipope Callistus III. Subscribed papal bulls issued between April 15, 1172 and April 26, 1173.

Death. (No date or place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. Brixius, Johannes Matthias. Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181. Berlin : R. Trenkel, 1912, p. 69, no. 8."Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 150Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1956. 2 v. Reprint. Originally published : Lipsiae : Veit et comp., 1885-1888. Original t.p. included : Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia : ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Editionem secundam correctam et auctam edidit Philippus Jaffè ; auspiciis Gulielmi Wattenbach; curaverunt S. Loewenfeld, F. Kaltenbrunner, P. Ewald, II, 426 and 429.

(4) 4. RICCARDO (?-?)

Birth. (No date or place found).

Education. (No information found).

Episcopate. Bishop of Civita Castellana.

Cardinalate. Created pseudocardinal bishop. Subscribed a papal bull dated February 26, 1168.

Death. (No date or place found). Buried (no information found).

Bibliography. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1928. Paris : Maison de la Bonne Presse, 1928, p. 150Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab conditio Ecclesia. Ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1956. 2 v. Reprint. Originally published : Lipsiae : Veit et comp., 1885-1888. Original t.p. included : Regesta pontificum Romanorum ab condita ecclesia : ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. Editionem secundam correctam et auctam edidit Philippus Jaffè ; auspiciis Gulielmi Wattenbach; curaverunt S. Loewenfeld, F. Kaltenbrunner, P. Ewald, II, 426.