Cardinal Graziano da Pisa | |
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| Cardinal-Deacon | |
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| Church | Santi Cosma e Damiano (1178-1205) |
| Orders | |
| Created cardinal | 3 March 1178 by Pope Alexander III |
| Rank | Cardinal Deacon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pisa |
| Died | 1205 Rome |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Residence | Pisa, Bologna, Rome, Velletri, Verona |
| Occupation | diplomat, bureaucrat |
| Profession | lawyer (title of Magister) |
| Education | University of Bologna |
Graziano da Pisa (Gratianus Pisanus) (died 1205) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was a native of Pisa,[1] and the nephew of Pope Eugenius III (1145-1153).[2] He had studied law in Bologna, and held the rank of Magister. He was a prominent official in the papal chancery, and an accomplished papal diplomat.
- ^ Kartusch, p. 151.
- ^ John of Salisbury, Epistola CCXCI (Gaudeo, si tamen), in: J.A. Giles (ed.), Joannis Sarisberiensis Opera Omnia Vol. II: Epistolae (Oxford: J.H. Parker 1848), p. 216.