Giulio Magnani
Giulio Magnani | |
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| Bishop of Calvi Risorta | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Calvi Risorta |
| Appointed | 17 July 1560 |
| Term ended | 25 Sept 1565 |
| Predecessor | Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso |
| Successor | Paolo Terracino |
| Other post(s) | Minister General of Friars Minor Conventual |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 28 July 1560 (Bishop) by Pompeo Zambeccari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1505 |
| Died | 25 September 1565 (aged 60) Teano, Kingdom of Naples |
Giulio Magnani (Latin: Julius Magnanus; June 1505 – 25 September 1565) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1560–1565).
Biography[edit]
Giulio Magnani was born in Piacenza in June 1505.[1] He entered the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He earned a Doctorate of Sacred Theology and in 1549 became Attorney General of his order.[2] In 1551 he was appointed Vicar general of the Friars Minor Conventual and in Genoa in 1553 he was elected Minister General, an office he maintained up to 1559.[3]
Giulio Magnani participated to Council of Trent, including also the sessions in the years 1545–1547 as delegate of his order.[2] He was remembered as a gentle, erudite and austere man.[2]
On 17 July 1560, he was appointed by Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Calvi Risorta.[4] The episcopal consecration followed on 28 July 1560 in the Basilica of the Santi Apostoli in Rome by the hands of Pompeo Zambeccari.[1]
Since 1560, he served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta until his death occurred in Teano on 25 September 1565.[1] He was buried in the church of San Francesco in Teano.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c David Cheney. "Bishop Giulio Magnani". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Odoardi, Giovanni (1943). "I francescani minori conventuali al concilio di trento". Il Concilio di Trento: Rivista commemorativa del 4. Centenario (in Italian). 2 (3). Trento: Curia Arcivescovile: 308.
- ^ P. R. Varesco (1949). "I Frati Minori al concilio di Trento". Archivum Franciscanum Historicum (in Italian). 42. Claras Aquas: Collegio s. Bonaventura: 130.
- ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 147–148.
- ^ Ricca, Antonio (1835). Osservazioni del barone A. Ricca sulle risposte del signor Zona parte 2 (in Italian). Vol. 2. Napoli: dalla Stamperia dei fratelli Reale. pp. 138–140.
