Pelagio Galvani

Pelagio Galvani^[1] (b. ca. 1165, Guimaraes, d. January 29, 1240, Montecassino) was a Portuguese Benedictine, Cardinal, and canon lawyer.^[2] He became a papal legate and leader of the Fifth Crusade.

He entered the Order of Benedictines in 1178 and studied theology in Paris. Pope Innocent III created him Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio in 1205 (or in March 1206). Later, he was promoted to the rank of Cardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia (1210), and finally opted for the suburbicarian see of Albano in 1212 (or 1213). He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Constantinople in 1213. Dispatched by Pope Honorius III to lead the Fifth Crusade at Damietta in Egypt, he made a poor strategic decision in turning down peace offers made by Al-Kamil. He became dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals at the election to the papacy of Cardinal Ugolino Conti (Pope Gregory IX) on March 19 1227^[3]. He died at Montecassino, most probably on January 29 1240, although some sources indicate that he died in the early 1230s^[4].

References

Joseph P. Donovan (1950), Pelagius and the Fifth Crusade
Biographical entry
Araldica Vaticana

Notes

^ Pelagio Galvão, Pelayo Gaytan, Pelagio di Santa Lucia, Pelagius of Albano, Pelagius of St Lucia, Pelagius Albanensis.

^ http://faculty.cua.edu/Pennington/1140i-p.htm

^ He was Cardinal-Bishop next to Ugolino Conti in the order of seniority.

^ Donovan ("Pelagius and the Fifth Crusade") indicates that he died on January 30, 1230. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1929 on the page 112 claims that he was still alive in October 1232, and on the page 118 says that Jacques de Vitry, the next dean of the Sacred College, assumed that post in 1240, which indirectly suggests that Galvani died in that year. Konrad Eubel, HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII AEVI vol. I, p. 35, and Araldica Vaticana say that he died before October 1232 or on January 29, 1240. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae, p. XXII, claims that he died on January 29, 1240. The catalogs of the bishops of Albano on The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church and on Vatican History confirm that he occupied the see of Albano until 1240. G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni vol. 28, p. 155 also says that he died in 1240. Although he did not subscribe any papal bulls issued after January 26, 1230, it can be explained by the fact that he probably retired to the abbey of Montecassino in the last years of his life.

[1] Pelagio Galvão, Pelayo Gaytan, Pelagio di Santa Lucia, Pelagius of Albano, Pelagius of St Lucia, Pelagius Albanensis.

[2] ttp://faculty.cua.edu/Pennington/1140i-p.htm

[3] He was Cardinal-Bishop next to Ugolino Conti in the order of seniority.

[4] Donovan ("Pelagius and the Fifth Crusade") indicates that he died on January 30, 1230. "Essai de liste générale des cardinaux. Les cardinaux du XIIIè siècle". Annuaire Pontifical Catholique 1929 on the page 112 claims that he was still alive in October 1232, and on the page 118 says that Jacques de Vitry, the next dean of the Sacred College, assumed that post in 1240, which indirectly suggests that Galvani died in that year. Konrad Eubel, HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII AEVI vol. I, p. 35, and Araldica Vaticana say that he died before October 1232 or on January 29, 1240. Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae, p. XXII, claims that he died on January 29, 1240. The catalogs of the bishops of Albano on The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church and on Vatican History confirm that he occupied the see of Albano until 1240. G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni vol. 28, p. 155 also says that he died in 1240. Although he did not subscribe any papal bulls issued after January 26, 1230, it can be explained by the fact that he probably retired to the abbey of Montecassino in the last years of his life.

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