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Gerolamo Ragazzoni or Gerolamo Regazzoni (1537 – 5 March 1592) was an Italian renaissance humanist and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bergamo (1577–1592),
Apostolic Nuncio to France (1583–1586),
Bishop of Novara (1576–1577),
Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos (1572–1576),
Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta (1561),
and Titular Bishop of Nazianzus (1561).




Biography


Gerolamo Ragazzoni was born in Venice, Italy in 1537.
On 15 January 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Titular Bishop of Nazianzus and Coadjutor Bishop of Famagusta.
On 10 December 1572, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos after the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1570.
On 19 September 1576, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Novara.
On 19 July 1577, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Bergamo.
In 1583, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Apostolic Nuncio to France.
In 1586, he resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France.
He served as Bishop of Bergamo until his death on 5 March 1592.




Works


Ragazzoni, Gerolamo (1555). In epistolas Ciceronis familiares commentarius: in quo breuissime, quo quaeque earum ordine scripta sit, ex ipsa potissimum historia demonstratur (in Latin). Venetiis: apud Paulum Manutium Aldi F. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
Ragazzoni, Gerolamo (1556). Le Filippiche di Marco T. Cicerone contra Marco Antonio, fatte volgari (in Italian). Venezia: Paolo Manuzio. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
Ragazzoni, Gerolamo (1563). Oratio habita in sessione nona, et ultima, sacri Concilii Tridentini (in Latin). Brixiae: ad instantiam Io. Baptistae Bozole. Retrieved 5 July 2019.




Episcopal succession


While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

François de La Rochefoucauld, Bishop of Clermont (1585);
Guillaume Rose, Bishop of Senlis (1584);
and the principal co-consecrator of:

Alessandro Maria Sauli, Bishop of Aleria (1570),
Giovanni Fontana, Coadjutor Bishop of Ferrara (1589
Alberto Valier, Titular Bishop of Famagusta and Coadjutor Bishop of Verona (1591).




References






External links and additional sources


Brunelli, Giampiero (2016). "RAGAZZONI, Girolamo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 86: Querenghi–Rensi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Famagusta". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Famagusta (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Cheney, David M. "Nunciature to France". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Chow, Gabriel. "Apostolic Nunciature France". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Kisamos (Cisamo)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Cisamus (Greece)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Novara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Novara (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Bergamo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Bergamo (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]

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• Gerolamo Ragazzoni
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• Vittore de Franceschi
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo
• Pomponio Cotta
• Romolo Archinto
• Giovanni Fontana (bishop of Ferrara)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Famagusta
• Federico Cornaro (1531–1590)
• François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal)