Branda da Castiglione

Branda, detail in Masaccio, Raising of the Son of Teophilus and Saint Peter Enthroned [it] in the Cappella Brancacci, Florence

Branda da Castiglione[1] (4 February 1350 in Castiglione Olona – 3 February 1443 in Castiglione Olona[2]) was an early Italian humanist, a papal diplomat and a Roman Catholic cardinal.[3]

  1. ^ Also Branda Castiglioni.
  2. ^ Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 33, no. 8. (in Latin)
  3. ^ He might also be termed a pseudo-Cardinal, since he was raised to the cardinalate by John XXIII, who was later declared an anti-pope.