Giovanni Tiepolo ( la, Ioannes Thiepolus; 1570 – 1631) was Patriarch of Venice from 1619 to his death.

Life

He was born in

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on 12 April 1570 to the patrician Agostino di Nicolò e da Laura Bragadin di Giovanni. As soon as he was of age, he tried to pursuit a politica career as usual in noble venetian families, but without success. He followed his religious calling and became part of the clergy. Probably with the support of Doge

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, on 27 December 1603 he was appointed

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, i.e. the main chaplain of the

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. During the Venetian Interdict of 1606 and 1607, a hard crisis between the

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and the

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, Tiepolo strongly supported the Republic. On 10 October 1619, after the patriarch of Venice Francesco Vendramin died, the

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elected Tiepolo as his successor. The choice was validated by Pope Paul V on 20 November. Giovanni Tiepolo was consecrated bishop in Venice on 8 November by the Nuncio in Venice, Sigismondo Donati. One of the first act of Tiepolo as Patriarch was the condemnation of the forced monastic vows of young girls. Hee also compiled as critic catalog of Venetian saints and blessed and made their images to be painted in the church of the

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. In April 1622 he visited Rome. During the

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he organized devotional events, such as penitential processions and Eucharistic adorations. However for the

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of 1631 he forbade public events and he forceed the

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to assist the plague-ridden. On 1 April 1631 he blessed the first stone of the new church named

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to be built to ask God to end the plague, notwithstanding that this church was to be built on the ground where the patriarchal

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was located. He died of plague in Venice on 7 May 1631 after 13 days of illness, and he was buried in the cathedral of San Pietro di Castello in Venice.

Works

Giovanni Tiepolo was an author of many religious books, such as: *''Vita del b. Giacomo Salomone nobile venetiano religioso dell'Ordine di S. Domenico e protettore della città di Forlì'', Venezia 1691 *''Considerationi sopra la Passione di N.S. Giesu Christo, nelle quali si mostra il modo cosi di meditarla, come di imitarla'', Venezia 1610 *''Il riabbellimento dell'anima dalle nuoue macchie contratte doppo il battesimo'', Venezia 1612 *''Trattato della tribulatione'', Venezia 1612 *''Trattato dell'inuocatione, et veneratione de santi'', Venezia 1613 *''Breue compendio dell'arti christiane, nel quale si contengono li piu importanti essercitij spirituali'', Venice 1615 *''Trattato delle santissime reliquie, vltimamente ritrouate nel santuario della chiesa di San Marco'', Venezia 1617 *''Discorsi, et considerationi sopra il santissimo sacramento dell'altare'', Venezia 1618 *''Trattato dell'imagine della gloriosa Vergine dipinta da San Luca. Conseruata già molti secoli nella ducal Chiesa di San Marco della città di Venetia'', Venezia 1618 *''Breue trascorso sopra il misterio dell'aspettatione del parto di Maria Vergine'', Roma 1622 *''Dell'ira di Dio, e de' flagelli e calamita' che per essa vengono al mondo'', Venezia 1632 Giovanni Tiepolo is also known as

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of ancient manuscripts, and among them a Chronicle of Venice covering the years from 421 to 1538.

References

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