Berardo Eroli (1409–1479) (called the Cardinal of Spoleto) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Berardo Eroli was born in Narni in 1409.[1] He was from an otherwise obscure family.[1] He studied at Rome, becoming a doctor of both laws.[1]
He was made a Referendary by Pope Nicholas V, who admitted him to the Apostolic Palace.[1] Nicholas later made him auditor of the Roman Rota.[1]
He was elected Bishop of Spoleto on 13 November 1448.[1] He served as Vicar of Rome during the pontificates of Pope Nicholas V and Pope Callixtus III.[1] He later became a regent of the Apostolic Chancellery.[1]
In the consistory celebrated in Siena on 5 March 1460, Pope Pius II made him a cardinal priest.[1] He received the red hat on 8 March 1460 and the titular church of Santa Sabina on 19 March 1460.[1]
He was appointed legate a latere to Perugia, leaving for the city on 27 August 1462.[1] He rejoined Pope Pius II at Terni in June 1464 and accompanied the pope to Ancona.[1] He did not participate in the papal conclave of 1464 that elected Pope Paul II.[1]
In August 1465, Eroli, along with Cardinals Basilios Bessarion and Juan Carvajal was part of a commission sent to the Kingdom of Bohemia to regulate its affairs.[1]
On 3 January 1466 he was elected Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.[1] He was reelected to a second term on 24 January 1467.[1]
He participated in the papal conclave of 1471 that elected Pope Sixtus IV.[1] He opted to become a cardinal bishop, receiving the suburbicarian see of Sabina on 23 May 1474.[1] He again served as Vicar of Rome in 1475.[1]
He died in Rome on 2 April 1479.[1] He is buried in St. Peter's Basilica.[1]
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