Deposition of Thomas de Amanatis of Pistoia

Sede Vacante 1378 Deposition of Thomas de Amanatis of Pistoia, Cardinal of Naples (1385-1396) Cardinal Priest of S. Prassede, of the Avignon Obedience Tommaso de Amanatis: Stephanus Baluzius [Étienne Baluze], Vitae Paparum Avinionensium Volume 1 (Paris: apud Franciscum Muguet 1693), columns 1337-1340. • • • • • • • • • • He was a doctor of laws. He came to Avignon in the reign of Urban V. He himself says he had known Bartolomeo Prignano for ten years (1370-1380) In 1372 he was named as one of the executors of the Testament of Cardinal Philippus Cabassola, Bishop of Sabina, who died at Perugia on August 27, 1372. In 1374 Gregory XI made him Auditor of the Sacred Palace and sent him to Germany as ambassador to Emperor Charles IV. He returned to the Curia, which was then in Rome, on November 15, 1377. In 1380 he was made Archbishop of Naples by Clement VII (Robert of Geneva). In 1383, Clement VII sent him as Apostolic Nuncio to England, or so it is said. But England was more hostile to Clement than Urban VI was, and, if appointed, it is doubtful he served. In July, 1385, Clement VII made him Cardinal Priest with the title of S. Prassede. In 1394 he participated in the Conclave that elected Benedict XIII (Cardinal Pedro de Luna). In 1395 he was among those questioned by the French dukes at Avignon about the "via cessionis" as a way to heal the schism. He favored the "via cessionis", and said so in a letter to the King on October 11, 1395. He died on December 6, 1396 Bonifatius de Amanatis also gave a deposition: Baluzius I, 1286. He was used as an ambassador by Clement VII, and was made a Cardinal Deacon on December 21, 1397 by Benedict XIII, with the Deaconry of S. Andriano. He died at Aigues Mortes on July 19, 1399 (Baluzius I, 1339-1341; Eubel I, 30). Frater Angelus de Spoleto, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, gave a deposition in February 19, 1380 [Baluzius I, 1454] RUMOR: In Medieval Latin, 'rumor' means 'a tumult', 'turba', 'tumultus', 'jurgium' . RUMORIZARE: 'rumor seu tumultum excitare': Du Cange, Glossarium Mediae et Infimae Latinitatis VII, s.v.