Giovanni VI Grimani (8 July 1506,

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- 3 October 1593, Venice) was an Italian bishop and

patriarch of Aquileia The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate (bishop), primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholicism, Independent Catholic Chur ...

Life

Nephew of Cardinal

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, brother of

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and a member of the Venetian noble family of the Grimani, he was the fourth son of Gerolamo Grimani and Elena Priuli. He was

bishop of Ceneda The Diocese of Vittorio Veneto ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis Venetorum) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with capital in Vittorio Veneto. It was historically known as Diocese of Ceneda, the name being changed in 1939.

from 1520 to 1531 and from 1540 to 1545. He served as patriarch of Aquileia between 1545 and 1550 and 1585 and 1593. As patriarch he initiated two diocesan synods in 1565 and 1584.Giacomo Marcuzzi, ''Sinodi Aquileiesi'', Udine, Tipografia del Patronato, 1910, pp. 212-236 He was not made a cardinal since he was suspected of welcoming some

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ideas contrary to Catholic orthodoxy. He defended himself in person against these accusations in person at the

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in 1563. An educated man and keen collector of classical art, he also commissioned the expansion of the

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, in which he gathered important artworks. He also promoted cultural development in the city.

Note

Bibliography

* Pio Paschini, ''Giovanni Grimani accusato d'eresia'', in Pio Paschini, ''Tre illustri prelati del Rimascimento. Ermolao Barbaro, Adriano Castellesi, Giovanni Grimani'', Facultas theologica Pontifici Athenaei Lateranensis, 1957, pp. 133–196

External links

*http://www.friul.net/dizionario_biografico/index.php?id=2022&x=1 *http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-grimani_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimani, Giovanni 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice 1506 births 1593 deaths Patriarchs of Aquileia