GALLIO, TOLOMEO. - Cardinal, b. at Cernobbio in 1526, d. at Rome on 3 February 1607. Secretary of Cardinal Gian Angelo Medici, he was appointed by the latter, once he had become pope (Pius IV), archbishop of Manfredonia (1560) and then cardinal (1565), and he held diplomatic assignments.
Under Gregory XIII he was the Pope's private secretary and secretary of State, acquiring very great influence at court. In diplomatic relations he pursued a markedly pro-Spanish policy, an attitude he maintained throughout his life. Under Sixtus V he was a member of various congregations, especially that of the Council, and he advocated the establishment of seminaries. In the various conclaves in which he took part, he was one of the papabili of the Spanish government. Extremely wealthy, he had the Villa d'Este built at Cernobbio and another at Frascati.
Bibliography2 worksP. O. v. Törne, Ptolomé G. cardinal de Couro, Helsingfors 1907; Pastor, VII-XII (especially IX, passim: Pastor uses the form Galli). Piero S
BIBL.: P. O. v. Törne, Ptolomé G. cardinal de Couro, Helsingfors 1907; Pastor, VII-XII (especially IX, passim: Pastor uses the form Galli).
Piero Sannazzaro
Sannazzaro, Piero. “Gallio, tolomeo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1904. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/gallio-tolomeo.
MLA
Sannazzaro, Piero. “Gallio, tolomeo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1904. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gallio-tolomeo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_gallio_tolomeo,
author = {Sannazzaro, Piero},
title = {Gallio, tolomeo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1904},
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/gallio-tolomeo}
}
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