Giacomo Antonio della Torre
Most Reverend Giacomo Antonio della Torre | |
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Bishop of Cremona | |
Church | Catholic Church |
In office | 1476–1486 |
Predecessor | Giovanni Stefano Botticelli |
Successor | Ascanio Maria Sforza |
Orders | |
Consecration |
16 August 1439 by Antonio Bernieri (bishop) |
Personal details | |
Died |
1486 Cremona, Italy |
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Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1439–1444) Bishop of Modena (1444–1463) Bishop of Parma (1463–1476) |
Giacomo Antonio della Torre or Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre (died 1486) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cremona (1476–1486),[1] Bishop of Parma (1463–1476), Bishop of Modena (1444–1463),[2] and Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1439–1444).[3][4]
Biography
Della Torre was born in the territory of Modena,[5] and held a degree in the Arts, and was a Doctor of Medicine.[6] Because of his intellectual gifts he was a favorite of Pope Eugene IV.[7]
On 16 January 1439, Giacomo Antonio della Torre was appointed by Pope Eugene as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.[8][9][10] On 16 August 1439, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Bernieri (bishop), Bishop of Lodi, with Delfino della Pergola, Bishop of Parma, and Pier-Simone Brunetti, Auxiliary Bishop of Parma serving as co-consecrators.[9]
On 19 October 1444, he was appointed Bishop of Modena by Pope Eugene.[11]
On 24 September 1463, he was transferred to the diocese of Parma by Pope Pius II, at the same time as the Bishop of Parma, Delfino della Pergola, was transferred to Modena.[12]
On 15 January 1476, Pope Sixtus IV transferred him to the diocese of Cremona.[1][9] He served as Bishop of Cremona until his death in 1486.[13]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giacomo de Suressi (Sulixio), Archbishop of Craina (1483).[9]
References
- 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 139. (in Latin)
- ↑ Eubel, p. 197.
- ↑ Eubel, p. 222.
- ↑ Di Zio, Tiziana. "DELLA TORRE, Giacomo Antonio" Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 37 (1989); retrieved: 13 October 2018. (in Italian)
- ↑ According to Ughelli, p. 131: in Mutinensibus alpibus. According to Gasparo Sillingardi (1606). Catalogus omnium episcoporum Mutinensium (in Latin). Modena: Joannes Maria de Verdis. p. 121. , Scipioni successit Jacobus Antonius a Turre, loco ignobili in montibus Mutinensibus oriundus, qui licet obscuros habuerit natales....
- ↑ Eubel, p. 222, note 1.
- ↑ Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolò (1717). Italia sacra sive De Episcopis Italiae, et insularum adjacentium (in Latin). Tomus II. Venice: apud Sebastianum Coleti. p. 131. : ob egregias animi dotes, Eugenio IV. Pontifici in paucis charus.
- ↑ Ughelli, p. 131: ab eodem Pontifice Regiensis adlectus Episcopus. Eubel, p. 222.
- 1 2 3 4 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- ↑ Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Giacomo Antonio della Torre". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
- ↑ Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1859). Le chiese d'Italia: dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Tomo decimoquinto (15). Venezia: G. Antonelli. p. 285. Eubel, p. 197.
- ↑ Cappelletti, p. 285. Eubel, II, p. 197, 213.
- ↑ Eubel, II, p. 139. Cheney. "Bishop Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Della Torre died before 28 July 1486, on which date an Apostolic Administrator, Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza, was appointed.
Sources and external links
- Allodi, Giovanni Maria (1856). Serie cronologica dei vescovi di Parma con alcuni cenni sui principali avvenimenti civili (in Italian). Volume I. Parma: P. Fiaccadori. pp. 767–789.
- Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by Tebaldo da Sesso |
Bishop of Reggio Emilia 1439–1444 |
Succeeded by Battista Pallavicino |
Preceded by Scipione Manenti |
Bishop of Modena 1444–1463 |
Succeeded by Delfino della Pergola |
Preceded by Delfino della Pergola |
Bishop of Parma 1463–1476 |
Succeeded by Sagramoro Sagramori |
Preceded by Giovanni Stefano Botticelli |
Bishop of Cremona 1476–1486 |
Succeeded by Ascanio Maria Sforza |