Gabriele Paleotti
Gabriele Paleotti (born October 4, 1522 in Bologna , † July 23, 1597 in Rome ) was an Italian bishop and cardinal of the Roman Church . From 1566 until his death he was bishop or archbishop of Bologna .
Life
Gabriele Paleotti was born the second of five children and was baptized on October 12, 1522 in the Cathedral of Bologna . In 1546 he received his doctorate in civil and church law ( Dr. iur. Utr. ).
After working as a professor of civil law, he became a lawyer at the Chamber of the Senate of Bologna in 1552. In 1556 he went to Rome and initially worked as an auditor at the Roman Curia . From 1562 he was consultor at the Council of Trent , where he worked out a balanced reform proposal as such in 1563. In January 1566 he was appointed bishop of Bologna and shortly afterwards received first the priests - and then the episcopal ordination by Charles Borromeo . Later - after Bologna became an archdiocese - Cardinal Paleotti became its first archbishop in 1582 .
Paleotti received the cardinal's hat from Pope Pius IV on March 12, 1565 and was made cardinal deacon by Santi Nereo ed Achilleo in May and by Santi Giovanni e Paolo in September 1565 . In 1566 he became a cardinal priest there , in 1572 he moved to the titular church of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti , and in 1587 to San Lorenzo in Lucina . In 1589 the Pope appointed him Cardinal Bishop of Albano and in 1591 of Sabina. In the second conclave of 1590 he was considered a candidate for the papal throne and was supported by Cardinal Scipione Gonzaga .
His Discorso intorno alle immagini sacre e profane (1582) pointed the way for the fine arts of the Counter-Reformation .
literature
- Paolo Prodi : Paleotti, Gabriele. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 80: Ottone I-Pansa. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2014.
Web links
- Works by and about Gabriele Paleotti in the German Digital Library
- Paleotti, Gabriele. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed July 24, 2016.
- Publications by Gabriele Paleotti in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
- Standard entry in the Opac of the SBN
Individual evidence
- ^ Gino Benzoni: Gonzaga, Scipione. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 57. Rome 2001.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Prospero Santacroce |
Cardinal Bishop of Albano 1589–1591 |
Michele Bonelli |
| Tolomeo Gallio |
Cardinal Bishop of Sabina 1591–1597 |
Ludovico I. Madruzzi |
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Archbishop of Bologna 1582–1597 |
Alfonso Paleotti |
| Ranuccio Farnese |
Bishop of Bologna 1566–1582 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paleotti, Gabriele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cardinal of the Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1522 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1597 |
| Place of death | Rome |