Most Reverend Giorgio Andreasi | |
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Bishop of Reggio Emilia | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Reggio Emilia |
In office | 1544–1549 |
Predecessor | Marcello Cervini |
Successor | Giambattista Grossi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1467 |
Died | 22 January 1549 (age 82) Reggio Emilia, Italy |
Previous post(s) |
Bishop of Chiusi (1538–1544) Apostolic Nuncio to Venice (1540–1542) |
Giorgio Andreasi (1467–1549) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1544–1549), [1] Apostolic Nuncio to Venice (1540–1542), and Bishop of Chiusi (1538–1544). [2]
Giorgio Andreasi was born in Mantua, Italy in 1467. [3] [4] He had an elder brother, Lodovico, who was born in 1462, and was a Consistorial Advocate in Rome under Pope Julius II; he died in 1506. [5]
He began his career as secretary to Cardinal Francesco Sforza, the brother of the Duke of Milan. He was elected Archpriest of the cathedral Chapter of Milan. [6]
Andreasi was a Protonotary Apostolic, and was the ambassador (orator) of the Duke of Milan to the Emperor Charles V, and then to Pope Clement VII, at least from 1529 to 1532. [7]
On 20 March 1538, he was appointed by Pope Paul III to the diocese of Chiusi. [2] [3]
On 22 February 1540, he was appointed by Pope Paul III as Papal Legate in Venice; he was recalled on 18 April 1542. [8]
He attended the Council of Trent. [9]
On 2 April 1544, he was transferred by Paul III to the diocese of Reggio Emilia. [1] [3] In 1545 and again in 1548, assisted by his Vicars, Bishop Andreasi made official Visitations of the religious institutions in his diocese. Due to his advancing age, Bishop Andreasi was granted a Coadjutor on 14 December 1545, his own nephew Giovanni Battista Grossi. Grossi was not in major Holy Orders, and consequently his powers were limited. [10]
He died on 22 January 1549 at the age of nearly eighty-two, [1] [11] and after a public viewing for two days, his remains were taken to Mantua for burial. He was originally interred in the Carmelite church in Mantua, with a monument by Prospero Clemente of Reggio, but when the Carmelites were suppressed in 1785, his monument was moved to the church of S. Andrea. [12]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Girolamo Foscari, Bishop of Torcello (1542). [3]