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List of camerlengos of the Sacred College of Cardinals

ecclesiastical officer responsible for the financial administration of the College of Cardinals

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Source revisionAug 25, 2026
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The Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals was the treasurer of the College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church. The title is based on an Italian word for chamberlain, a word no longer used in secular contexts. The position existed from at least 1272 until 1997, when it was allowed to lapse.

The Camerlengo administered all property, fees, funds and revenue belonging to the College of Cardinals, celebrated the requiem Mass for a deceased cardinal and was charged with the registry of the Acta Consistoralia.

It is believed that the post was created by Pope Eugene III in 1150, but there is no documentary proof of its existence before the pontificate of Pope Innocent III, or perhaps even before the year 1272.

List of Camerlengos of the Sacred College of Cardinals

1198 to 1439

Cencio Savelli (1198–1216)

(1217–1271 – no information found)

Guillaume de Bray (1272–1282)

(1283–1287 no information found)

Pietro Peregrosso (1288–1295)

Hugh Aycelin (1295–1297)

Robert de Pontigny (1298–1305)

Jean Lemoine (1305–1310)

Etienne de Suissy (1310–1311)

Nicolas de Freauville (1312–1313)

Berengar Fredol the Younger (1313–1323)

Guillaume Teste (1323–1326)

Pierre d'Arrabloy (1326–1331)

Pedro Gómez de Barroso (1331–1340)

Imbert du Puy (1340–1348)

Guillaume Court (1348–1361)

Hugues Roger (1361–1363)

Guillaume Aigrefeuille (seniore) (1363–1369)

Guillaume Aigrefeuille (iuniore) (from 1369)

Amedeo Saluzzo (1409–1419)

Francesco Lando (1419–1427)

Antonio Panciera (1428–1431)

Lucido Conti (1431–1437)

Angelotto Fosco (1437)

Domenico Capranica (1438)

Prospero Colonna (1439)

1440 to 1499

1500 to 1600

1600 to 1700

1700 to 1801

1801 to 1900

1900 to 1997

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General and cited references

Cardinals camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (by S. Miranda)

Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevi, vol. I-III, 1913.

Johann Peter Kirsch, Die Finanzverwaltung des Kardinalkollegiums im XIII. und XIV. Jahrhundert (Münster 1895).

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