Most Reverend

Gerolamo Ragazzoni
Bishop of Bergamo
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Bergamo
In office1577–1592
PredecessorFederico Cornaro
SuccessorGiambattista Milani
Personal details
Born1537
Venice, Italy
Died5 March 1592 (age 55)
Bergamo, Italy
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1561)
Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta (1561)
Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (1572–1576)
Bishop of Novara (1576–1577)
Apostolic Nuncio to France (1583–1586)

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

  1. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 132–133. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 113. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 260–261. (in Latin)
  4. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 166. (in Latin)
  5. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 194. (in Latin)
  6. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 254 Note 1. (in Latin)
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gerolamo Ragazzoni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. [self-published]
  8. ↑ Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Gerolamo Regazzoni". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
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