Most Reverend Pietro Barozzi | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Padua | |
 Bartolomeo Montagna, Portraits of bishop Giovanni Battista Michiel (left) and bishop Pietro Barozzi (right), Padua | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Predecessor | Hieronymus Landus |
| Successor | Sisto Gara della Rovere |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1471 by Pope Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1441 |
| Died | 10 January 1507 Padua, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Belluno (1471 - 1487) |
Pietro Barozzi (1441 - 1507) was an Italian Catholic and humanist bishop.
Biography
Son of the senator Ludovico, began to study Latin and Greek letters with his companions Pietro Delfino and Leonardo Loredan, all pupils of the master Pierleone Leoni, then he studied at the University of Padua where he graduated in jurisprudence. In 1471 he was bishop of Belluno and in 1487 Bishop of Padua later. [1] [2] [3]
He devoted particular attention to architectural studies, which he put into practice in rearranging and decorating public and ecclesiastical structures, influenced by the style of Alberti.[4] Among his works was the frescoed chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli.[3]
In recent times he is considered influential in humanism, Hubert Jedin describes him as an exemplary bishop.[5]
For his initiative the Monte di Pietà was established in Padua.[3] Between 1500 and 1506 he was the chancellor of the University of Padua.[6]
He died in 1507. The erudite bishop Pietro Barozzi left a large collection of juridical, theological works, of Greek, Latin and vulgar classics humanist authors,[3][7] some manuscript was emigrated to England.[8]
References
- ^ Varanini 2015, p. 531.
- ^ King 2009, p. 26.
- ^ a b c d Mixson & Roest 2015, p. 33.
- ^ Arfanotti & 2004-2005.
- ^ Archivum Historiae Pontificiae, p. 467.
- ^ Tiraboschi 1781, p. 169.
- ^ Scipione & Dondi-Orologio 1805, p. 218.
- ^ Mitsis 2020, p. 623.
Sources
- Varanini, Gian Maria (2015-04-17). Itinerario per la Terraferma veneziana (in Italian). Viella Libreria Editrice. p. 531. ISBN 978-88-6728-369-9.
- King, Margaret L. (2009-05-15). The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello. University of Chicago Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-226-43627-2.
- Mixson, James; Roest, Bert (2015-06-02). A Companion to Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages and Beyond. BRILL. p. 33. ISBN 978-90-04-29752-4.
- Arfanotti, Elisabetta (2004–2005). Un cultore dell'Alberti: Pietro Barozzi (2-3ª ed.). Moderni e Antichi.
- Archivum Historiae Pontificiae. Vol. 17. See also Pietroantonio Gios, L'attività pastorale del vescovo Pietro Barozzi a Padova (1407-1507) Istituto per la Storia Ecclesiastica Padovana, 1977. Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 467.
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- Tiraboschi, Girolamo (1781). Storia della letteratura italiana dell' abate Girolamo Tiraboschi,... Tomo primo [ - Tomo decimo] (Vol 6 ed.). Muccis. p. 169.
- Mitsis, Phillip (2020). Oxford Handbook of Epicurus and Epicureanism Oxford Handbooks. Oxford University Press. p. 623. ISBN 9780197521991.
- Scipione, Francesco; Dondi-Orologio, Marchese (1805). Serie cronologico-istorica dei canonici di Padova. Stamp: del Seminario. p. 218.
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