Gabriele Paleotti
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Gabriele Paleotti (born at Bologna, 4 October 1522; died at Rome, 22 July 1597) was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop of Bologna.
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[edit] Life
Having acquired, in 1546, the title of Doctor of Civil and Canon Law, he was appointed to teach civil law. In 1549 he became canon of the cathedral, but he did not become a priest until later. He gave up teaching in 1555, and although he had many times refused the episcopal dignity, he became in 1556 auditor of the Rota.
Pope Pius IV sent him to the Council of Trent, where he played an important role. His Diarium, or journal, on the proceedings of the council, forms one of the most important documents for its history. The complete text is published in the third volume of the Concilium Tridentinum.[1][2].
After the council Paleotti became one of the commission of cardinals and prelates that served as a basis of the Congregation of the Council. On 12 March, 1565, he became cardinal, and on 13 January, 1567, was made Bishop of Bologna; he was also the first archbishop, for in 1582 this see became an archdiocese.
His biographers praise his introduction of the Tridentine reforms in his diocese, comparing his activity at Bologna to that of Charles Borromeo at Milan. The latter held him in high esteem. In 1589 Paleotti became Bishop of Albano and in 1591 Bishop of Sabina. There also he distinguished himself by his zeal for reform.
At the conclave in 1590 which elected Pope Gregory XIV, he obtained the votes of an important minority.
[edit] Works
His principal works are: "De nothis spuriisque filiis liber" (Bologna, 1850; Frankfort, 1573; The Hague, 1655); "De sacris et profanis imaginibus libri V" (Bologna, 1582; Ingoldstadt, 1594); "Episcopale Bononiensis civitatis" (Bologna, 1580), and "Archiepiscopale Bonoiensis civitatis" (Rome, 1594), remarkable works dealing with the good administration of a diocese; "De sacris consistorii consultationibus" (Ingolstadt, 1594; Rome, 1596); "De bono senectutis" (Rome, 1595).
[edit] Notes
- ^ Diariorum, Actorum, Epistularum, tractatuum nova collectio, edidit Societas Goerresiana (Freiburg; Vol. 1, ed. S. Merkle, p. XXXVI, Freiburg, 1901.
- ^ A résumé was published by Mendham (London, 1842) and Theiner ("Acta Concilii Tridentini", Agram, 1874, II, 523-580).
[edit] External links
- "Gabriele Paleotti". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
This article incorporates text from the entry Gabriele Paleotti in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
