Luca Fieschi was a Genoese nobleman and from 1300 a Roman Catholic cardinal.
Tomb of Luca Fieschi in Genoa
Galvano presenting his works to the pope, from a manuscript once belonging to Fieschi
The 1304–1305 papal conclave was initiated after the death of Pope Benedict XI in July 1304. It took place in Perugia, the city in which Benedict XI had died, and proved to be a protracted affair. It
Luca Fieschi
…Fieschi received an English prebend formerly belonging to his cousin, Leonardo Fieschi, and incomes from the monasteries of Marola and Campagnola. In the 1304–1305 papal conclave, he supported Cardinal Matteo Rosso Orsini before the latter's death. He travelled to Lyon to attend the coronation of Clement V. At the invitation of…
Clemente V cappellone degli Spagnoli
The Cathedral of S. Lorenzo in Perugia, the city where the conclave was held
Philip IV wished to see a process similar to the Cadaver Synod initiated against the late Pope Boniface VIII; instead, Clement V made a wide array of concessions to Philip IV.