The
consecration of Tommaso Parentucelli – Pope Nicholas V
A couple of years ago, information was discovered which stated
that Tommaso Cardinal Parentucelli, Bishop of Bologna, who was elected pope with
the name of Nicholas V on 6 March 1447, had received episcopal ordination after
his election.
This past week I received a message from Mr. Tomasz Karlikowski in
which he inquired about the possibility that Nicholas V received episcopal
ordination as Bishop of Bologna rather than after his election as pope. He
asked some interesting questions and provided some new insights on the College
of Cardinals and papal elections in the first half of the second millennium. I am grateful to him for his interesting and thought-provoking contribution.
Consulting some of the excellent digitized manuscripts on the website
of the Vatican Library (
Therefore, the search for information concerning the episcopal
ordination of Tommaso Cardinal Parentucelli, Bishop of Bologna and future Pope Nicholas V, continues.
