 He was still Legate and Regent under Honorius IV (1285-1287).He continued as Legate in Sicily-South Italy (Trani, Messana), 1288-1289 

In 1290, he was in France on a diplomatic mission with Benedetto Gaetani, on behalf of Pope Nicholas IV, principally to settle differences between France and Aragon and England.The dispatch of Cardinal Gerardo was announced to King Philip IV in a letter of Pope Nicholas dated March 23, 1290.