Rinaldo Orsini (died 6 June 1374) was an Italian prelate during the Avignon Papacy. Born in the 1290s, he was a nephew of Cardinal Napoleone Orsini. He was appointed to succeed his uncle as the cardinal deacon of Sant'Adriano al Foro by Pope Clement VI on 17 December 1350.[1] He held nonresident ecclesiastical posts in Italy, Spain, the Low Countries and England, where he was the archdeacon of Leicester for three months in 1346–1347 and later dean of Salisbury.[1][2] He died during an epidemic at Avignon.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Pio 2013.
  2. ^ Cocks 1993, p. 30.

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