Egidio Foscarari O.P. ( Latin: Aegidius Foscherarius) (January 27, 1512 in Bologna – December 23, 1564 in Rome) was an Italian Dominican theologian who was Bishop of Modena (1550-1564).

Biography

Egidio Foscarari was born at Bologna, January 27, 1512. He entered the Dominican Order, and in 1544 became

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and inquisitor at his native place. In 1546 he was appointed Master of the Sacred Palace (official papal theologian) by

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, and was one of the examiners of the '' Spiritual Exercises'' of Ignatius Loyola. He was appointed Bishop of

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on 23 May 1550 by Pope Paul III, by arrangement with

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. He attended the sessions of the Council of Trent in 1551 and 1552. Arrested by the Roman Inquisition in January 1558, he spent seven months in the

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, only to be completely exonerated on 1 January 1560, after the death of Pope Paul IV. He again attended the Council of Trent in 1562 and 1563. He assisted Francisco Foreiro and

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in preparing the Roman Catechism, and correcting the

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and

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. He died in Rome on 23 December 1564, according to his tombstone in Santa Maria sopra Minerva. He was frugal, modest, and austere, and devoted much time and money to the poor and to the reclamation of the vicious classes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foscarari, Egidio Italian Dominicans Bishops of Bologna 1512 births 1564 deaths Bishops of Modena Victims of the Inquisition 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops