Ludovico Prodocator

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

Relief of his arms on his funeral monument

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.[1] However, Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini was elected as Pius III. He is buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo.[2]

References

1. This claim is refuted by the Diary of the conclave, kept by Johann Burchard, the Papal Master of Ceremonies. Johann Burchard (1885). Johannis Bruchardi Argentinensis capelle pontificie sacrorum rituum magistri diarium: 1500-1506 (in French and Latin). Tome III. Paris: E. Leroux. pp. 273–276. Burchard records that Podocotar 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.
2. Gerald Stanley Davies (1916). Renascence: the sculptured tombs of the fifteenth century in Rome. J. Murray. p. 302. 1504.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Vallo della Lucania". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Vallo della Lucania (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 18, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Benevento (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}