Opizzo Fieschi

[4] The Latin patriarch of Antioch, Alberto Brescia Rezzato, died during the Council of Lyon and sometime before 22 July 1246 Pope Innocent named his nephew to succeed him.

[4] By then, he had secured papal approval of his authority over all bishops suffragan to the Greek patriarch of his city; upon arriving in Antioch, he excommunicated Euthymius, who was forced to flee.

"[8] A papal letter of 7 November 1252 directed him to recognize that Prince Bohemond had reached the age of majority and no longer required the regency of his mother, Luciana Segni.

[4] Letters of 30 March 1254 granted him the church of Nicosia and—on account of the expenses occasioned by his visits to the Roman Curia[4] where he was a professor of law[9]—a portion of the income of the late bishop of Norwich and half the subsidies being directed to the aid of Antioch.

[4] Supposedly, he supported the failed uprising on 1 January 1289; afterwards, he remained in his office but fled the city, daily administration being left to his vicar Bartolomeo da Reggio.