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Niccolo Albergati <ref name="term_18761" />

<p> an [[Italian]] cardinal, was born at [[Bologna]] in 1375. At the age of twenty he entered the Order of Chartreux, and distinguished himself by his doctrines in favor of the absolute sovereignty of the pope. Martin V made him bishop of Bologna; then cardinal of St. Croix of Jerusalem; and sent him as apostolic nuncio to [[France]] in order to mediate between [[Charles]] VI and Henry V, king of England. He was several times expelled from his bishopric by the people of Bologna, and was obliged to take refuge in Rome. In 1431 [[Eugenius]] IV sent him to preside at the [[Council]] of Basle. Here he encountered strong opposition against his doctrines concerning the pope, and returned to Rome with his mission unaccomplished. In 1433 he went to [[Basle]] with three associate cardinals, who, with hin. governed the seventeenth session of the council. New dissensions arose, and Albergati obtained, in 1437, a bull from the pope transferring the council to Ferrara. This was the occasion of a new schism. The prelates who assembled at Ferrara, Jan. 10, 1438, declared null all that was done by those who remained at Basle. The Council of [[Ferrara]] was broken up by a pestilence, and nothing was decided concerning the union of the Church East and West. Albergati was appointed penitentiary; then treasurer of the pope; and died shortly after at Sienna, May 9,1443. [[Benedict]] XIV canonized him in 1745. See Rugger, Testimonia de Nic. Albergato (Rom. 1744); Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. </p>

 

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