Pietro Gallocia

Pietro Gallocia or Galluzzi (born ca. 1120/30, Rome - died 1211, Rome) was an Italian cardinal.

He was apostolic subdeacon and governor of Campagna in the pontificate of Pope Alexander III (1159-1181). Pope Lucius III created him Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere in 1185 [Some sources identified cardinal Pietro of S. Nicola created in 1185 with cardinal Pietro Diana, who became cardinal-priest of S. Cecilia in 1188] , and Pope Clement III named him Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1190. He participated in the papal election, 1185, papal election, October 1187, papal election, December 1187, papal election, 1191 and papal election, 1198. Papal legate in Constantinople 1192-1193.

In 1204 he consecrated King Peter II of Aragon, who was solemnly crowned by the Pope Innocent III. He became Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals in April 1206. He died at Rome at very advanced age.

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*Gaetano Moroni: "Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni. Vol. XXVIII", Tipografia Emiliana, Venezia, 1840 - 1861 (page 152) [http://www.cortedeirossi.it/libro/biblio/moroni.htm]
*I.S.Robinson, "The Papacy, 1073-1198: Continuity and Innovation", Cambridge 1990