The Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals was the treasurer of the College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church. The title is based on an Italian word for chamberlain, a word no longer used in secular contexts. The position existed from at least 1272 until 1997, when it was allowed to lapse.
The Camerlengo administered all property, fees, funds and revenue belonging to the College of Cardinals, celebrated the requiem Mass for a deceased cardinal and was charged with the registry of the Acta Consistoralia.
It is believed that the post was created by Pope Eugene III in 1150, but there is no documentary proof of its existence before the pontificate of Pope Innocent III, or perhaps even before the year 1272.
Contents
List of Camerlengos of the Sacred College of Cardinals
1198 to 1439
Cencio Savelli (1198–1216)
(1217–1271 – no information found)
Guillaume de Bray (1272–1282)
(1283–1287 no information found)
Pietro Peregrosso (1288–1295)
Hugh Aycelin (1295–1297)
Robert de Pontigny (1298–1305)
Jean Lemoine (1305–1310)
Etienne de Suissy (1310–1311)
Nicolas de Freauville (1312–1313)
Berengar Fredol the Younger (1313–1323)
Guillaume Teste (1323–1326)
Pierre d'Arrabloy (1326–1331)
Pedro Gómez de Barroso (1331–1340)
Imbert du Puy (1340–1348)
Guillaume Court (1348–1361)
Hugues Roger (1361–1363)
Guillaume Aigrefeuille (seniore) (1363–1369)
Guillaume Aigrefeuille (iuniore) (from 1369)
Amedeo Saluzzo (1409–1419)
Francesco Lando (1419–1427)
Antonio Panciera (1428–1431)
Lucido Conti (1431–1437)
Angelotto Fosco (1437)
Domenico Capranica (1438)
Prospero Colonna (1439)