Ludovico Prodocator

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File:Gian cristoforo romano (attr.), tomba del cardinale ludovico podocataro, 1490 ca. 03.jpg
Prodocator's monumental tomb, attributed to Giovanni Cristoforo Romano

Ludovico Prodocator or Podochatero, Podocatharo, Podocatharus, Podacatharus, Podocathro (? in Cyprus – 24 August 1504) was a Greek Cypriot cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was bishop of Capaccio.

between 1430 and 1431 in Nicosia, on the island of Cyprus, to a member of an illustrious family of Greek origin closely linked to the Lusignan dynasty.[1] He was private secretary and possibly physician to Rodrigo Borgia, later Alexander VI, and also to Innocent VIII. He rose through the church hierarchy and was made cardinal on 19 February 1500 by Pope Alexander VI. In September 1503, he was considered likely to be elected to the papacy.[2] However, Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini was elected as Pius III. He is buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo.[3]

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  1. Elisa Andretta, PODOCATARO, Ludovico, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 84, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2015
  2. This claim is refuted by the Diary of the conclave, kept by Johann Burchard, the Papal Master of Ceremonies. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Burchard records that Prodocator received only two votes, and those as a third-choice candidate. J. P. Adams, Sede Vacante 1503, I: August 18, 1503—September 22, 1503; retrieved 4 January 2018.
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