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Pietro Del Monte
:''You may be looking for Pierre de Monte'' Pietro del Monte (Petrus de Monte Brixensis) ( 1400 – 1457) was a Venetian jurist, canonist and humanist. He studied at the University of Padua, as a student of Prodocimo de Conti and Giovan Francesco di Capodilista. He was papal collector in England from 1435–1440. Subsequently he was papal legate to France. He became Bishop of Brescia in 1442. Works *''Monarchia in qua generalium conciliorum materia de potestate prestantia & excellentia Romani pontificis & imperatoris plenissime discutitur '', Lugduni, 1512, Romae 1537 *''De unius legis veritate et sectarum falsitate opus utilissimum & perspicacissimum'', Mediulanum, 1522. * ** *''De potestate romani pontificis et generalis concilii'', (composed 1434, printed Rome, 1476) *''De Vitiorum inter se Differentia'' (composed 1438, unprinted), plagiarised from ''De Avaritia'' by Poggio Bracciolini External links *} 1400s births 1457 deaths 15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre De Monte
Fra' Pietro del Monte (1499 − 26 January 1572) was an Italian nobleman who was the 50th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John from 1568 to 1572. Pietro del Monte was born in Italy in 1499. His original name was Guido Lotti, but took the name San Savino del Monti in 1550. He was a nephew of Pope Julius III. Prior to his arrival in Malta he was a friar in Capua. He also fought in the siege of Rhodes of 1522. During the Great Siege of Malta of 1565, del Monte was in command of Fort Saint Michael in Senglea. For most of the siege, the fort was cut off from the bulk of the Order's forces in Birgu. Del Monte managed to hold the fort for 55 days until the arrival of de Toledo's relief force on 8 September. Del Monte was appointed as Grand Master on 23 August 1568, three days after his predecessor Jean Parisot de Valette's death. During his rule as Grand Master, del Ponte continued the construction of the new capital Valletta. In 1569, he built Del Monte Gate to a design by France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |