Giovanni Mincio da Morrovalle

Giovanni Mincio may also be antipope Benedict X

Giovanni Minio or Mincio, of Morrovalle or Murrovale (died August 1312) was an Italian Franciscan who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor[1], cardinal-bishop of Porto (1302), Protector of the Order of Friars Minors (1307) and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1311).[2]

According to Giorgio Vasari, it was Mincio who commissioned Giotto for his frescoes of Francis of Assisi.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ History of the Franciscan Movement (3)
  2. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 15, 1302
  3. ^ [1] (Italian).
Preceded by
Raymond de Gaufredi		 Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor
1296–1304		 Succeeded by
Gonsalvus Hispanus