Jacopo Sadoleto
Jacopo Sadoleto ( July 12, 1477 in Modena , † October 18, 1547 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal , humanist scholar and Catholic reformer during the Renaissance .
Life
After he had achieved great renown as a specialist in classical languages and had also emerged as a poet - he was the author of De Laocoontis statua , written on the occasion of the discovery of the Laocoon group in 1506 - he became secretary to Pope Leo X in 1513 , and also bishop in 1517 by Carpentras . In 1536 Sadoleto was one of those reform-minded clergymen whom Pope Paul III. on December 22, 1536 awarded the cardinal dignity. He received San Pietro in Vincoli as the titular church . In 1537 he was appointed by the Pope to the Nine Commission under Gasparo Contarini . This dealt with the preparation of the subjects of the Council of Trent . Sadoleto made some attempts to win Protestants back to Catholicism . In 1539 he wrote a letter to the residents of Geneva , but was rejected by John Calvin . As papal envoy in 1542 he tried in vain to reconcile Emperor Charles V and King Francis I in order to open a way for the convening of the general church council.
literature
- Richard M. Douglas: Jacopo Sadoleto 1477-1547. Humanist and Reformer. Cambridge (MA) 1959.
- Wolfgang Reinhard : The reform in the Diocese of Carpentras under the bishops Jacopo Sadoleto, Paolo Sadoleto, Jacopo Sacrati and Francesco Sadoleto 1517–1596 . Aschendorff, Münster 1966.
- Erich Wenneker : Jacopo Sadoleto. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1164-1169.
Web links
- Biography - Jacquet Sadolet (French)
- Sadoleto, Jacopo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jacopo Sadoleto: De Laocoontis statua , edited, introduced and translated by Gregor Maurach .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sadoleto, Jacopo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1477 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Modena |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1547 |
| Place of death | Rome |