Giorgio Andreasi (1467–1549) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1544–1549),

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(1540–1542), and

Bishop of Chiusi The former Italian Catholic Diocese of Chiusi-Pienza, in Tuscany, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza. The Diocese of Chiusi (''Clusinus'') was at first immediately subject to the Holy See ...

(1538–1544).Eubel III, p. 171.

Biography

Giorgio Andreasi was born in

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...

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in 1467. He had an elder brother, Lodovico, who was born in 1462, and was a Consistorial Advocate in Rome under

Pope Julius II Pope Julius II ( la, Iulius II; it, Giulio II; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 144321 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1503 to his death in February 1513. Nicknamed the Warrior Pope or th ...

; he died in 1506. He began his career as secretary to Cardinal Francesco Sforza, the brother of the Duke of Milan. He was elected Archpriest of the cathedral Chapter of Milan. Andreasi was a Protonotary Apostolic, and was the ambassador (''orator'') of the Duke of Milan to the Emperor Charles V, and then to

Pope Clement VII Pope Clement VII ( la, Clemens VII; it, Clemente VII; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the ...

, at least from 1529 to 1532. On 20 March 1538, he was appointed by

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...

to the diocese of

Chiusi Chiusi (Etruscan: ''Clevsin''; Umbrian: ''Camars''; Ancient Greek: ''Klysion'', ''Κλύσιον''; Latin: ''Clusium'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. History Clusium (''Clevsin'' in Etruscan) was one of t ...

. On 22 February 1540, he was appointed by Pope Paul III as

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in Venice; he was recalled on 18 April 1542. He attended the

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. On 2 April 1544, he was transferred by Paul III to the diocese of

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. In 1545 and again in 1548, assisted by his Vicars, Bishop Andreasi made official Visitations of the religious institutions in his diocese. Due to his advancing age, Bishop Andreasi was granted a Coadjutor on 14 December 1545, his own nephew Giovanni Battista Grossi. Grossi was not in major Holy Orders, and consequently his powers were limited. He died on 22 January 1549 at the age of nearly eighty-two, and after a public viewing for two days, his remains were taken to Mantua for burial. He was originally interred in the Carmelite church in Mantua, with a monument by Prospero Clemente of Reggio, but when the Carmelites were suppressed in 1785, his monument was moved to the church of S. Andrea. While bishop, he was the

principal co-consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

Girolamo Foscari Girolamo Foscari (1505–1563) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Torcello (1526–1563). ''(in Latin)''Bishop of Torcello The Diocese of Torcello or Diocese of Turris (Latin: ''Dioecesis Torcellanus'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Torcello in the province of Venice in northeastern Italy. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Patriarchate of Venice.< ...

(1542).

References

External links and additional sources

* Saccani, Giovanni (1902)
''I vescovi di Reggio-Emilia, Cronotassi''
Reggio Emilia: Tip. Artigianelli 1902. * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreasi, Giorgio 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Paul III 1467 births 1549 deaths Clergy from Mantua Bishops of Chiusi