FOSCARARI, EGIDIO. - Dominican bishop and theologian, b. in Bologna on 27 Jan. 1512, d. in Rome on 23 Dec. 1564. He entered religious life in Bologna on 14 March 1526, and studied and taught for several years in his city. Inquisitor and prior in Bologna (1546-47), master of the Sacred Palace (3 Apr. 1547), he was lastly bishop of Modena (1550). An example of goodness and simplicity to all, he worked hard to combat misery and immorality. Unjustly accused of heresy, for some months (21 Jan. - 18 Aug. 1558) he was a prisoner in Castel Sant'Angelo. His full innocence was officially recognized only in 1560. He took part in the Council of Trent (1551-52; 1562-63), where he maintained that the residence of bishops should be declared of divine precept; he was a member of the Commission for the compilation of the Index, together with other Dominicans (Marini and Foretro), and had a large part in the compilation of the Roman Catechism and in the revision of the Breviary and the Missal.

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BIBL.: Quatif-Echard, II, pp. 184-86; G. Fantuzzi, Notizie degli scrittori bolognesi, III, Bologna 1785, pp. 247-52; J. Taurisano, Hierarchia O. P., Rome 1916, pp. 32-33; P. Paschini, Il Catechismo del Concilio di Trento, ibid. 1923; Pastor, VII (v. index).

Alfonso D'Amato

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Foscarari, Egidio

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