Caracciolo, Niccolo Misquino

Caracciolo, Niccolo Misquino (or Moschino), inquisitor-general of Sicily, who died at' Rome in 1389, was cardinal and legate a latere at Perugia after 1378. His main efforts were to heal the schism brought about by the election of Robert of Geneva against Urban VI, and he wrote, for this purpose, De Vera Canonica Electione Urbani VI. .He also wrote, Summa de Pcenitentia: — Tractatus de Incarnatione Verbi. See Kaulen, in Wetzer u. Welte's Kirchen-Lexikon, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)