1. He, too, came from a Roman family and perhaps in some way had been the patron of the young cardinal deacon of SS. 2. Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer. 3. Celestine had maintained power through an inner caucus of some seven to ten cardinals, a group that did not include the young Lothar, cardinal deacon of SS. 4. As a cardinal deacon, he became part of the papal civil service, acting on occasion as auditor of lawsuits and witnessing administrative acts of the curia. |