Bessarion Basilios Cardinal , O.S.B.M. †

Deceased

Titular Archbishop of Thebae

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina

Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli

Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Note(s): (Nicaea of the Greeks)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1403		Born
1423²	19.9	Entered	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
1437²	33.9	Appointed	Archbishop
11 Nov 1437	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop
18 Dec 1439	36.9	Elevated to Cardinal
1440²	36.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
8 Jan 1440	37.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
5 May 1447	44.3	Appointed	Administrator of Manfredonia, Italy
5 Mar 1449	46.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
28 Mar 1449	46.2	Appointed	Administrator of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
7 Apr 1449	46.2	Resigned	Administrator of Manfredonia, Italy
23 Apr 1449	46.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
21 Oct 1449	46.8	Appointed	Administrator of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
13 Mar 1458	55.1	Resigned	Administrator of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
26 Jul 1458	55.5	Appointed	Administrator of Pamplona, Spain
25 Oct 1458	55.8	Resigned	Administrator of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
18 May 1462	59.3	Resigned	Administrator of Pamplona, Spain
Apr 1463³	60.2	Appointed	Titular Patriarch of Constantinople
14 Oct 1468	65.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
18 Nov 1472	69.8	Died	Titular Archbishop of Thebae

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Bessarion Basilios
(VIAF: 100183781; WikiData: Q299446)
Bessarion Basilios Cardinal O.S.B.M. (born 2 Jan 1403, died 18 Nov 1472) Titular Archbishop of Thebae

Consistory - 1439: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1447: Participated
Conclave - 1455: Participated
Conclave - 1458: Participated
Conclave - 1464: Participated
Conclave - 1471: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Trebizond, Greece
Death Place Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Ss. XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a bishop for 35.0 years
a cardinal for 32.9 years

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Barthelemy Barbarigo † (1467)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Trebizond, Greece
Death Place	Ravenna, Archdiocese of Ravenna, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Ss. XII Apostoli, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Dec 1439
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Number 16,876

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