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Apostolic Nunciature To France
The Apostolic Nunciature to France is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in France. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador. History of the Nunciature The early twentieth century was a very difficult time in France-Vatican relations because of tensions over Church-State separation (laïcité) and anticlericalism, which were condemned by Pius X, and which led to the freezing of relations. However, relations were renewed after the First World War and had very much improved, after the Second World War, under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle. There was controversy over relations under the Vichy regime, because the regime rewarded the Church even though some bishops sometimes opposed antisemitism. Relations with the Sarkozy government were relatively good, given the fact that the government has announced an end to the ban on recognition of higher Christian institutions. On 30 Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Trivulzio, Iuniore
Antonio Trivulzio the Younger (It.:''Antonio Trivulzio, iuniore'') (d. 1559) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. Biography Antonio Trivulzio was born in Milan ca. 1514, the son of Gerolamo Teodoro Trviulzio and Antonia da Barbiano. He was the nephew of Cardinal Scaramuccia Trivulzio and the cousin of Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio. He studied law in Milan. On 7 June 1535 he was elected to be Bishop of Toulon. He traveled to Rome where he became a referendary of the Apostolic Signatura and domestic prelate of His Holiness ca. 1539. From 1544 to 1547 he served as vice-legate in Avignon. He opposed allowing Protestants to settle in Comtat Venaissin and supported the King of France's expulsion of Protestants from Cabrières-d'Avignon and Mérindol. He was vice-legate in Perugia from 1549 to June 1550. On 25 April 1550 he was made nuncio for the Kingdom of France. Pope Paul IV made him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 15 March 1557. On 18 May 1557 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maffeo Barberini
Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking, and was also a prominent patron of the arts and a reformer of Church missions. However, the massive debts incurred during his pontificate greatly weakened his successors, who were unable to maintain the papacy's longstanding political and military influence in Europe. He was also an opponent of Copernicanism and involved in the Galileo affair. He is the last pope to date to take the pontifical name "Urban". Biography Early life He was born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini in April 1568 to Antonio Barberini, a Florentine nobleman, and Camilla Barbadoro. He was born at Barberino Val d'Elsa in "Tafania" house. His father died when he was only three years old and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri
Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri (1566–1610) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography On 20 May 1601, he was consecrated bishop by Mariano Pierbenedetti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro, with Napoleone Comitoli, Bishop of Perugia, and Tommaso Vannini, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, serving as co-consecrators. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Virgilio Fiorenzi Virgilio Fiorenzi or Virgilio Fiorentini (1560–1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nocera Umbra (1605–1644). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Virgilio Fiorenzi was born in Perugia, Italy in 1560. On 27 Jun 1605, he was appoint ..., Bishop of Nocera Umbra (1605). References 1566 births 1610 deaths 17th-century Italian cardinals Apostolic Nuncios to France Inquisitors of Malta {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspare Silingardi
Gaspare (also ''Gaspero'', ''Gasperino'' and ''Gasparro'') is an Italian male given name, the literal translation of the English name Casper and Jasper (French Gaspard, Scandinavian Kasper and Jesper). The name is rare in contemporary times, but was common enough in the past such that it is the root of a number of Italian surnames, such as ''De Gasperi'', '' Gasperini'', '' Gasparini'', and '' Gasparri''. It may refer to: Given name *Gasparo Angiolini *Gaspare Ambrosini *Gasparo Berti *Gaspare Colosimo *Gasparo Contarini *Gaspare Finali (1829–1949), Italian academic and politician *Gasparo Gozzi *Gaspare DiGregorio * Gaspare "Gap" Mangione *Gaspare Messina *Gaspare Pacchierotti *Gasparo da Salò *Gaspare Spontini *Gasparo Tagliacozzi Surname *Oronzo Vito Gasparo Oronzo Vito Gasparo (1903–1969), was an Visual art of the United States, American artist often known for Surrealism, surreal townscape painting, design, and crafts. Background Oronzo Vito Gasparo was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Gonzaga (bishop Of Mantua)
Francesco Gonzaga O.F.M. Obs. (died 2 March 1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Mantua (1593–1620), Apostolic Nuncio to France (1596–1599), Bishop of Pavia (1593), and Bishop of Cefalù (1587–1593). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Early life He was born as fifth son of Carlo Gonzaga, Marquis of Gazzuolo, Count of San Martino and his wife Emilia Cauzzi Gonzaga, natural daughter of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua by his lover Isabella Boschetti. Biography Francesco Gonzaga was ordained a priest in the Order of Observant Friars Minor. On 26 October 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Cefalù. On 15 November 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Andreasi, Bishop of Mantova, with Jacopo Roveglio, Bishop of Feltre, and Matteo Brumani, Titular Bishop of ''Nicomedia'', serving as co-consecrators. On 29 January 1593, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Pavia. On 30 April 159 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfrancesco Morosini
Giovan Francesco Morosini or ''Gianfrancesco Morosini'' (30 September 1537 – 14 January 1596) was a Venetian Catholic cardinal who served as Bishop of Brescia and Apostolic Nuncio in France. Life Giovanni Francesco Morosini was born in Venice on 30 September 1537. He was the son of the Venetian patricians Pietro Morosini and Cornelia Corner, sister of cardinals Luigi and Federico Corner. His father, member of the Council of Ten, committed suicide on 21 March 1570. Still young, he accompanied a relative in France, Alvise Badoer, who had been appointed extraordinary ambassador to that kingdom on behalf of the Republic of Venice. When he returned home, he was sent by the Republic of Venice to Charles II, Archduke of Austria, and on 1 May 1568 he was sent to the court of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, always as legate, leaving Turin on 29 September 1570. In June 1573 Morosini was sent to Henry of Valois to pay homage to him on behalf of the Republic of Venice in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girolamo Ragazzoni
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), ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Apostolic Nuncio to France (1583–1586), Bishop of Novara (1576–1577), ''(in Latin)'' Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (1572–1576), ''(in Latin)'' Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta (1561), ''(in Latin)'' and Titular Bishop of ''Nazianzus'' (1561). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Gerolamo Ragazzoni was born in Venice, Italy in 1537. On 15 January 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Titular Bishop of ''Nazianzus'' and Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta. On 10 December 1572, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos 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. On 19 July 1577, he was appointed during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Castelli (cardinal)
Giovanni Battista Castello (1500 or 1509–1569 or 1579) was an Italian historical painter. Born in Gandino near Bergamo, he is ordinarily termed Il Bergamasco to distinguish him from the other painter (of miniatures) with the identical name from school of Genoa. His best-known works are the paintings on the vault of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato. - article He was an and as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonmaria Salviati
Antonio Maria Salviati (January 21, 1537 – April 26, 1602) was a Republic of Florence, Florentine Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Salviati was born in Florence, son of Lorenzo Salviati and Costanza Conti, the nephew of cardinals Bernardo Salviati and Giovanni Salviati. His grandmother was Lucrezia de' Medici (1470–1553), Lucrezia de' Medici, sister of pope Leo X and eldest daughter of Lorenzo il Magnifico. In 1561 he was appointed as bishop of Saint-Papoul in France, and later was apostolic nuncio in the same country. Pope Gregory XIII created him as cardinal on December 12, 1583. After becoming Cardinal he went in charge of the Camillians, Ministers to the Sick. Salviati was mostly known for having been a benefactor. In Rome, he refounded the Arcispedale of San Giacomo degli Incurabili (rebuilding the annexed baroque-style San Giacomo in Augusta, Church of San Giacomo in Augusta) and founded the Collegio Salviati at his own expense at the end of 16th century, then he g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Mirto Frangipani
Fabio Mirto Frangipani (died 17 March 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Nazareth'' (1572–1587) and Bishop of Caiazzo (1537–1572)."Archbishop Fabio Mirto Frangipani" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 Biography On 10 July 1537, he was appointed during the papacy of as .[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Beltramini
Francesco Beltramini (1522–1575) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (1564–1575) ''(in Latin)'' and Apostolic Nuncio to France (1565–1566). Biography Francesco Beltramini was born in Colle Val d'Elsa, Italy in 1522. On 21 Jun 1564, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze. On 29 Jul 1565, he was consecrated bishop by Jean Suau, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Ascanio Albertini, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, serving as co-consecrators. In Oct 1565, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul IV as Apostolic Nuncio to France; he resigned from this position on 25 Mar 1566. He served as Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze until his death in 1575 in Terracina, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
