Matteo Rosso Orsini [SEP] place of death
Matteo Rosso Orsini
Matteo Rosso Orsini (1178–1246), called the Great, was an Italian politician, the father of Pope Nicholas III. He was named "senatore" of the City of Rome by Pope Gregory IX in 1241: in this capacity he took a firm stand against the ventures in Italy of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, and defeated him in 1243.
He was an effective lord of the Eternal City during sede vacante of 1241 and had a considerable influence on the papal election of that year,
the brother of Cardinal Jacopo Savelli. The troublemaker from the Conclave of 1281 in Viterbo, Riccardo Annibaldi, was compelled to do penance at the residence of Cardinal Matteo Rosso Orsini. Charles finally died on 7 January 1285. His creature, Pope Martin, was desolate and abandoned. Martin IV died at Perugia on 28 March 1285, after a three-day illness. At the time of his death there were eighteen cardinals, fifteen of whom attended the Conclave of 1285. This was Cardinal Matteo Rosso Orsini's eighth Conclave.