HYACINTH OF CASALE MONFERRATO. - Born at Casale to the counts Natta on 21 January 1575, died there on 18 January 1627. He studied letters at Pavia, sciences at Salamanca, and law at Bologna, and acquired a practical knowledge of diplomacy at the ducal court of Mantua. Having entered the Venetian Capuchins in 1601, he devoted himself with apostolic freedom to preaching, carrying out among the crowds a vigorous work of reform.
At the Diet of Regensburg in 1613, as theologian to Cardinal Madruzzi, he successfully opposed the policy of concessions to the Protestants, toward which the Emperor Matthias was inclined; he induced Ferdinand II to grant the Palatine electorate to the Duke of Bavaria, thereby preserving the majority for the Catholics and overcoming, through intense activity and frequent journeys to the courts of Europe, dangerous opposition from princes; he reconciled the dukes of Parma and Mantua; he persuaded Gregory XV to occupy the Valtellina with pontifical troops in order to preserve the balance of power and avert war among the European powers.
Besides political writings that have been lost, he left unpublished a Lenten sermon cycle; he composed several ascetical opuscules and a work on Franciscan poverty, translated into various languages.
Bibliography4 worksDavide da Portocruaro, P. G. da C. e la sua opera attraverso i dispacci degli embaccatori veneti (1621-27), Venezia 1929; id., P. G. da C. e
BIBL.: Davide da Portocruaro, P. G. da C. e la sua opera attraverso i dispacci degli embaccatori veneti (1621-27), Venezia 1929; id., P. G. da C. e una pace ignorata fra i duchi di Parma e Mantova, in Collectanea franciscana, 12 (1942), pp. 329-350, 417-29; G. Crisostomo da Cittadella, P. G. conte Natta da C. Ord. Min. Cap. nella sua predicazione, Verona [1948]; id., Corrispondenza epistolare fra mons. Agucchi e p. G. da C., in Collectanea franciscana, 18 (1948), pp. 285-300. For further bibliography cf. id., Biblioteca dei Frati Minori Cappuccini della provincia veneta, Padova 1944, pp. 126-28.
Giancrisostomo da Cittadella. “Giacinto da Casale Monferrato.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 308. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giacinto-da-casale-monferrato.
MLA
Giancrisostomo da Cittadella. “Giacinto da Casale Monferrato.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 308. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giacinto-da-casale-monferrato.
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author = {Giancrisostomo da Cittadella},
title = {Giacinto da Casale Monferrato},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giacinto-da-casale-monferrato}
}
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