Gentile Portino da Montefiore | |
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Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti | |
Other post(s) | Major Penitentiary |
Orders | |
Created cardinal | 2 March 1300 by Pope Boniface VIII |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1240 |
Died | 27 October 1312 (aged c. 72) Lucca, Republic of Lucca |
Buried | Chapel of St. Louis, Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi |
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Gentile Portino da Montefiore (also Gentile Partino di Montefiore, Latin: Gentilis de Monteflorum; c. 1240 – 27 October 1312) was an Italian Franciscan friar and prelate, who was created Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti by Pope Boniface VIII in 1300. He served as Major Penitentiary of the Roman Curia from 1302 to 1305. Pope Clement V sent him to Hungary as a papal legate in 1308, with the primary task of assuring the Angevins the Hungarian throne. Gentile built the San Martino Chapel in the Lower Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. He was buried in the neighboring Chapel of St. Louis.