Italian Roman Catholic prelate (1537–1592)
Gerolamo Ragazzoni or Gerolamo Regazzoni (1537 – 5 March 1592) was an Italian renaissance humanist and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bergamo (1577–1592),[1][2]Apostolic Nuncio to France (1583–1586), Bishop of Novara (1576–1577),[3] Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (1572–1576),[4] Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta (1561),[5]and Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1561).[6]
Biography
Gerolamo Ragazzoni was born in Venice, Italy in 1537.[7][8]On 15 January 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta.[6][5][7]
On 10 December 1572, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos[4][7] after the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1570.
On 19 September 1576, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Novara.[3][7]
On 19 July 1577, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Bergamo.[1][2][7]
In 1583, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Apostolic Nuncio to France.[7]
In 1586, he resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France.[7]
He served as Bishop of Bergamo until his death on 5 March 1592.[1][2][7]
Works
- Ragazzoni, Gerolamo (1555). In epistolas Ciceronis familiares commentarius: in quo breuissime, quo quaeque earum ordine scripta sit, ex ipsa potissimum historia demonstratur (in Latin). Venetiis: apud Paulum Manutium Aldi F. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- Ragazzoni, Gerolamo (1556). Le Filippiche di Marco T. Cicerone contra Marco Antonio, fatte volgari (in Italian). Venezia: Paolo Manuzio. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- Ragazzoni, Gerolamo (1563). Oratio habita in sessione nona, et ultima, sacri Concilii Tridentini (in Latin). Brixiae: ad instantiam Io. Baptistae Bozole. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[7]
and the principal co-consecrator of:[7]
References
- ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 132–133. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 113. (in Latin)
- ^ a b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 260–261. (in Latin)
- ^ a b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 166. (in Latin)
- ^ a b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 194. (in Latin)
- ^ a b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 254 Note 1. (in Latin)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gerolamo Ragazzoni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. [self-published]
- ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Gerolamo Regazzoni". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
External links and additional sources
- Brunelli, Giampiero (2016). "RAGAZZONI, Girolamo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 86: Querenghi–Rensi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Famagusta". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Famagusta (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to France". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature France". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Kisamos (Cisamo)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Cisamus (Greece)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Novara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Novara (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Bergamo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Bergamo (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
