Angelo Capranica

Angelo Capranica (c. 1415 -1478) (called the Cardinal of Santa Croce or the Cardinal of Rieti) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.

Angelo Capranica was born in Rome around 1415, the son of de Niccoló Pantagati da Capranica and his wife, Iacobella. He was the younger brother of Domenico Capranica, who became a cardinal in 1423 but was not recognized as such by Pope Eugene IV until much later.

Angelo was elected Archbishop of Manfredonia on March 17, 1438. This may have been tied to his brother’s reconciliation with the pope. Angelo was transferred to the see of Ascoli Piceno by Pope Nicholas V on May 4, 1447, and then to the see of Rieti on September 25, 1450. Angelo also served as governor of Cesena and of Foligno. Shortly after his brother's death in August 1458, Pope Pius II named him governor of Bologna in September 1458. Shortly before his death, Domenico had founded a seminary in his palace, the Almo Collegio Capranica; the younger Capranica expanded the palace and opened it to students in 1460.

In the consistory celebrated in Siena on March 5, 1460, Pope Pius II made Capranica a cardinal priest. Capranica entered Siena on March 21, 1460, receiving the red hat later that day. On March 26, 1460, he received the titular church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, his brother's former title.

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