Giacomo Simonetta

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Giacomo Simonetta (also Giacomo Simoneta , * 1475 in Milan , † November 1, 1539 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church .

Giacomo Simonetta was a member of the Roman Curia and also Bishop of Pesaro from 1528 to 1537, in which his nephew Ludovico Simonetta succeeded him from Perugia (1535 to 1538). Simonetta was Bishop of Lodi from 1536 to 1537 , but resigned from this office so that his nephew Giovanni Simonetta could take over this diocese. He was bishop of Sutri and Nepi from 1538 to 1539 .

Pope Clement VII commissioned him to investigate the marriage of Henry VIII of England , after he had actually intended Paolo Capizucchi for it, but who was no longer in Rome. After his investigation, Simonetta came to the conclusion that the marriage could not be declared null and void .

In May 1535 it was created by Pope Paul III. cardinal and gave him the titular church of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane . Simonetta was a pioneer of ecclesiastical reform and from 1535 sat on a dedicated commission (together with the Cardinals Giovanni Piccolomini , Lorenzo Campeggi , Girolamo Ghinucci , Gasparo Contarini , Alessandro Cesarini and Rodolfo Pio de Carpi). In November 1537 he became a cardinal priest of Sant'Apollinare . In 1538 he was a member of the cardinals commission for planning and convening a reform council . With him this commission also included the cardinals Giovanni Domenico De Cupis , Lorenzo Campeggi, Girolamo Ghinucci, Gasparo Contarini, Gian Pietro Carafa , Giacomo Sadoleto , Alessandro Cesarini and Reginald Pole .

He mediated successfully between the cities of Florence and Siena , which fought over control of Montepulciano .

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SURNAME Simonetta, Giacomo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simoneta, Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cardinal
DATE OF BIRTH 1475
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1539
Place of death Rome