LAUREO, VINCENZO. - Cardinal, b. at Tropea in Calabria on 28 March 1525 to Antonello and Raimonda Milliaris.
He studied at Padua and from there went to Rome, and stayed successively with Cardinals Parisi, Gaddi, and Francesco di Tournon, with whom he went to France to the king of Navarre, whom he assisted at his death; with Cardinal Ippolito d'Este he returned to Rome in 1565. He was elected by Pius V bishop of Mondovì on 20 Jan. 1566, and on 29 Aug. 1566 he was sent as nuncio to Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, but he was unable to enter that kingdom, because of the triumph of the Protestants. He was sent as nuncio to Poland in 1573 and then accredited to King Stephen Báthory on 6 Nov. 1576, and proved a valuable aid to the Sovereign in restoring Catholicism in the country (Pastor, IX, p. 674 ff.). He remained in Poland until 1578. In Sept. 1580 he was sent as nuncio to Savoy to provide for the state of the country after the death of Emmanuel Philibert (30 Aug.), and he was there when in Dec. 1583 he was created cardinal. In Oct. 1587 he renounced the see of Mondovì, which he could not govern because of his many duties in the Curia, where he enjoyed great authority. A great friend of the Jesuits; he was protector of the Ministers of the Sick, whom he also benefited at his death. He died in Rome on 17 Dec. 1592 and was buried at S. Clemente.
Bibliography3 worksR. Tritonii, Vita V. Laurei card., Bologna 1599; A. Ciacconio, Vitae et res gestae Pontificum Roman. etc., IV, Rome 1677, p. 89 ff.; Pastor,
BIBL.: R. Tritonii, Vita V. Laurei card., Bologna 1599; A. Ciacconio, Vitae et res gestae Pontificum Roman. etc., IV, Rome 1677, p. 89 ff.; Pastor, X, passim.
Paschini, Pio. “Laureo, vincenzo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 963. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/laureo-vincenzo.
MLA
Paschini, Pio. “Laureo, vincenzo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 963. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/laureo-vincenzo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_laureo_vincenzo,
author = {Paschini, Pio},
title = {Laureo, vincenzo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {963},
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/laureo-vincenzo}
}
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