GHISLERI (CONSIGLIERI), PAOLO. - Born in Rome in 1499 to Bartolomeo and Maria De' Stati and died there in holiness on 14 April 1557. An active member of the Oratory of Divine Love, he formed a friendship with Gian Pietro Carafa and together with him joined St. Cajetan of Thiene in founding the new Order of the Theatine Regular Clerics (14 September 1524).
When Carafa was created cardinal by Paul III (1536), G. lived with him as a confrere and a valuable collaborator in the affairs of the Reform and in preparing the return of the Theatines to Rome, from which they had departed during the days of the Sack (1527). When Carafa himself became Pope Paul IV, he kept G. with him in the Vatican as secret chamberlain and master of the chamber and wished him "in pectore" for the cardinal's purple, an honor that G. declined, continuing to live under the rigorous Theatine Rule. He was also a canon of the Vatican Basilica, and the Pope entrusted to him the task of restoring to it new splendor in divine worship. There he was honorably buried by the will and at the expense of Paul IV himself.
Bibliography4 worksA. Caracciolo, De vita Pauli Quarti Pont. Max. Collectanea historica..., Cologne 1612, pp. 275-81; G. Silos, Historiarum Clericorum Regulari
BIBL.: A. Caracciolo, De vita Pauli Quarti Pont. Max. Collectanea historica..., Cologne 1612, pp. 275-81; G. Silos, Historiarum Clericorum Regularium..., I, Rome-Palermo 1650, pp. 1-3 and 8; G. Magenis, Vita di s. Gaetano, Venice 1726, pp. 129-31; Pastor, IV-VI, passim: Relazione del p. A. Prato, in Regnum Dei, Collectanea Theatina, 4 (1945), p. 4 ff.
Andreu, Francesco. “Ghisleri (Consiglieri), paolo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 306–307. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/ghisleri-consiglieri-paolo.
MLA
Andreu, Francesco. “Ghisleri (Consiglieri), paolo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 306–307. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ghisleri-consiglieri-paolo.
BibTeX
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author = {Andreu, Francesco},
title = {Ghisleri (Consiglieri), paolo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {306--307},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ghisleri-consiglieri-paolo}
}
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