- Gabriele Paleotti
Gabriele Paleotti (
4 October 1522 -22 July 1597 ) was an Italian Cardinal andArchbishop of Bologna .Life
Paleotti was born at
Bologna . Having acquired, in 1546, the title of Doctor of Civil and Canon Law, he was appointed to teachcivil 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 1556auditor of the Rota .Pope Pius IV sent him to theCouncil 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". ["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) andAugustin Theiner ("Acta Concilii Tridentini", Agram, 1874, II, 523-580).] . He was, withMolanus andCharles Borromeo , one of the most influential writers to write filling out the brief decree of the Council on religious images with detailed instructions on theiriconography , proscribing as sin any frivolity, indecorum, and use of traditional depictions without scriptural foundation.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 made the latter's first archbishop, when in 1582 that 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 1591Bishop 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. He died in Rome in 1597.elected wrks
*De nothis spuriisque filiis liber" (1573)
*"De sacris et profanis imaginibus libri V" (1582)
*"Episcopale Bononiensis civitatis" (1580)
*"Archiepiscopale Bonoiensis civitatis" (1594)
*"De sacris consistorii consultationibusìì (1594)
*"De bono senectutis" (1595).Notes
External links
*CathEncy|title=Gabriele Paleotti|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11419a.htm
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