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Gerolamo Ragazzoni

Gerolamo RagazzoniorGerolamo 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 BishopofNazianzus (1561).^[6]

Gerolamo Ragazzoni was born in Venice, Italy in 1537.^[7][8] On 15 January 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IVasTitular BishopofNazianzus and Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta.^[6][5][7] On 10 December 1572, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIIIasApostolic 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]

• 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.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:^[7]

• François de La Rochefoucauld, Bishop of Clermont (1585);
• Guillaume Rose, Bishop of Senlis (1584);

and the principal co-consecrator of:^[7]

• Alessandro Maria Sauli, Bishop of Aleria (1570),
• Giovanni Fontana, Coadjutor Bishop of Ferrara (1589
• Alberto Valier, Titular BishopofFamagusta and Coadjutor Bishop of Verona (1591).

• Brunelli, Giampiero (2016). "RAGAZZONI, Girolamo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 86: Querenghi–Rensi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Famagusta". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Famagusta (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to France". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature France". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Kisamos (Cisamo)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Cisamus (Greece)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Novara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Novara (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Bergamo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Bergamo (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholicism

Italy

Greece

France

Cyprus