Niccolò Fortiguerra

Niccolò Fortiguerra (also spelled Forteguerri) (1419 — 1473)[1] was an Italian papal legate, military commander, and Cardinal.

[note 1] Born at Pistoia, he was related to Pope Pius II and is counted as a cardinal-nephew.

Fortiguerra was unable to participate in the Papal conclave, 1464, which elected Pope Paul II.

He died at Viterbo in 1473 and was buried at his titular church in Rome, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.

The Cathedral of Pistoia has a cenotaph Monument to Niccolò Fortiguerri, partially sculpted in the 15th century by Verrochio.