Albinus (cardinal)

Albinus^[1] (died 1197) was an Italian Cardinal of the late twelfth century. An Augustinian regular canon, he was Bishop of Albano from 1189 to 1197.^[2]

He was a legate and an important figure of the papal curia. He was also the author of the Gesta pauperis scolaris, a major source of the Liber Censuum. In politics, he was on good terms with Tancred of Lecce^[3]

He was created cardinal-deacon in 1182,^[4] and cardinal-priest with the title of S. Croce in Gerusalemme in 1185.^[5]

References

• Uta-Renate Blumenthal, "Cardinal Albinus of Albano and the Digesta pauperis scolaris Albini: Codex Ottob. lat. 3057." Archivum Historiae Pontificiae (1978): 82-98

Notes

1. Albini, Albino.
2. .
3. I. S. Robinson, in David Luscombe and Jonathan Riley-Smith, The New Cambridge Medieval History IV , p. 382; Bruno W. Häuptli (2005). "Tankred von Lecce". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 25. Nordhausen: Bautz. cols. 1373–1382. ISBN 3-88309-332-7.
4. , as Domnus Albini, Albino da Milano.
5. The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Titles