Salvatore Alepus (or Salvator Salapusj) (1503 in

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– 1568 in

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) was a

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, who ruled the

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in the sixteenth century.

Biography

He was the son of the nobles Gabriel and Catherine Manca-Pilo. He was educated at

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, and was still quite young when he received the title of Archbishop of Sassari on January 29, 1524. In 1532, he became embroiled in a trial, based on suspicion of being the murderer of a priest sent to

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. He received the

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, an ecclesiastical

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, in 1539. The reluctance of local clergy to accept the young prelate may have been shown when they immediately surrounded him with a court of scholars, lawyers, and artists, including: the poets Angelo Simone Figo, Gavino Sugner, Gavino Sassurello,

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and

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;

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, writer and poet;

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, scholar, lawyer, professor, and poet;

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, historian and jurist;

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, a lawyer;

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, a painter; and

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, a lawyer and secretary of the emperor.

Conflict

Among the causes of discontent in the Alepus'

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was the question of royal patronage, which had changed the relationship between secular and ecclesiastical power. The conflict between the

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and the archbishop lasted throughout his long episcopate, resulting in a formal lawsuit against the bishop on November 18, 1550. There were also conflicts related to administrative issues, which, until that time were canonical jurisdiction, but that Alepus had entrusted to an outsider, Bernardino Manconi. Despite these conflicts, the chapter rewarded Alepus with 1100 gold

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after the death of his mother in 1553 - ''in sussidio de grandes despensas ch’at suffertu in sa residentia ch’at fattu in su conziliu tridentinu.''

Writings

The philosopher

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dedicated his work written for the reopening of the

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in 1556 to Alepus. Alepus participated in the

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, which launched major reforms of the Church. He died in Sardinia, after leading the diocese for 44 years. Alepus was a great theologian and poet. In 1532, he published ''Homilia in Libellum certaminis beatorum martyrum Gavini, Proti et Ianuari''. He also wrote
Oratio in Concilio Tridentino habita
'.

References

*M. Ruzzu, ''La chiesa turritana dall'episcopato di Pietro Spano ad Alepus (1420–1566)'', Sassari, 1974 {{DEFAULTSORT:Alepus, Salvatore People from Sassari History of Sardinia 1568 deaths 1503 births