Pope himself. Eugene IV determined to incarcerate the Patriarch. The manner in which he was caught at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome by its castellan, Antonio Rido of Padua, is recounted by Machiavelli The patriarch, having determined to go into Tuscany, prepared to leave Rome on the following day, and ordered the castellan to be upon the drawbridge of the fortress in the morning, for he wished to speak with him as he passed. Antonio perceived this to be the favourable moment, informed his people what they were to do, and awaited the arrival of the patriarch upon the bridge, which adjoined the building, and might for the purpose of security be raised or lowered as occasion required. The appointed time found him punctual; and Antonio, having drawn him, as if for the convenience of conversation, on to the bridge, gave a signal to his men, who immediately raised it, and in a moment the cardinal, from being a commander of armies, found himself a prisoner of the castellan. The patriarch's followers at first began to use threats, but being informed of the pope's directions they were appeased. The castellan comforting him with kind words, he replied, that "the great do not make each other prisoners to let them go again; and that those whom it is proper to take, it is not well to set free." He shortly afterwards died in prison. Vitelleschi died in 1440 and was succeeded by Ludovico Trevisan. The Vitelleschi clan retained considerable weight in Central Italy. Vitelleschi's nephew, (died 13 December 1463), bishop of Corneto and Montefiascone, was made a cardinal 6 April 1444. Giovanni Vitelleschi commissioned Filippo Lippi to paint the famous Madonna and Child Enthroned (now in Palazzo Barberini, Rome) for his palace in Tarquinia. References External links The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Machiavelli, History of Florence: chapters xxxv and xxxvi 1440 deaths 15th-century condottieri 15th-century Italian cardinals Latin Patriarchs of Alexandria People from the Province of Viterbo Year of birth unknown 1396 births 15th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Republic of Florence