DEL FOSSO (FOSSO), GASPARE. - Archbishop, b. at Rogliano (Cosenza) on 6 Jan. 1496, d. at Reggio Calabria on 29 Dec. 1592. He entered the Order of the Minims, in which he was elected general in 1535 and then in 1541; from 1544 he was procurator general, until on 13 May 1548 he was appointed bishop of Scala. From there he was transferred to Calvi in Campania on 22 Apr. 1551 and then to the archbishopric of Reggio Calabria on 17 July 1560. On 21 Feb. 1561 he was sent by Cardinal Charles Borromeo to take part in the Council of Trent, even though heretical movements were disturbing Calabria, and he delivered the opening address there on 18 Jan. 1562, taking an active part in the sessions and remaining until nearly the end despite his insistent requests to return to his diocese; he did not, however, sign its acts.

He was one of the most illustrious architects of the Catholic reform in Calabria and promoted there the establishment of the first seminary.

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BIBL.: L. Dony d'Attichy, Histoire générale de l'Ordre sacré des Alinimes, Paris 1623, p. 224 ff.; F. Monteleone, Aspetti della riforma e controriforma in Calabria, Vibo Valentia 1930, pp. 60, 150.

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Del Fosso (Fosso), Gaspare

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