Also known as:
Italian: Giovan Battista Andrea, Giovanni Battista Andrea;
Latin: Gregorius Cortesius
CORTESE, GREGORIO. - Cardinal, reformer of the Benedictines and theologian, in the world Giovan Battista Andrea, b. at Modena in 1483 and d. at Rome on 21 Sept. 1548. Sent to Lérins in 1516 to reform that monastery, he transformed it into a sanctuary of piety and learning, annexing to it an academy for humanistic studies. Abbot at Lérins, Modena, Perugia, at S. Giorgio in Venice, at Praglia, at Polirone, he was finally visitor general of the Cassinese Congregation and apostolic visitor for all Italy. Summoned to Rome in 1536 to collaborate in the Reform, created cardinal on 2 June 1542 and on the following 6 Nov. bishop of Urbino, he was a member of the Congregation for the preparation of the Council of Trent. Less happy in poetry, he left short works on philosophy, theology, apologetics, Holy Scripture, patristics, ecclesiastical history and on profane matters, but much was lost and much remains unpublished. The edition of his works was edited by Giovanni Gradenigo, bishop of Ceneda: Greg. Cortesi, monachi cassinatis et S. R. E. Cardinalis, omnia, quae hucusque colligi potuerunt, apera ab eo scripta sive ad illum spectantia (2 vols., Padua 1774).
Bibliography10 worksG. A. Gradenigo, Biografia, in Opera Cortesi, I, Padua 1774; G. Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana, VII, parte 1ª, I, II, Rome 17
BIBL.: G. A. Gradenigo, Biografia, in Opera Cortesi, I, Padua 1774; G. Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana, VII, parte 1ª, I, II, Rome 1784, cap. 1, nn. 16-17, pp. 285-89; A. G. Ansari, Vie de G. C., Paris 1786; G. Prandi, Elogio storico del card. G. C., Pavia 1788; F. Dittrich, s. v. in Kirchenlex., III, coll. 1135-39; Huter, II, 1499-1500; M. Ott, s. v. in Cath. Enc., IV, pp. 400-401; Anon., s. v. in Enc. eur. -americ., XV, pp. 1047-48; Pastor, V, pp. 135-36; V. Schweitzer, s. v. in LTNK, III, col. 57.
Zollini, Vito. “Cortese, gregorio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 665. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/cortese-gregorio.
MLA
Zollini, Vito. “Cortese, gregorio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 665. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cortese-gregorio.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_cortese_gregorio,
author = {Zollini, Vito},
title = {Cortese, gregorio},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {665},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cortese-gregorio}
}
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