MAFFEI, BERNARDINO. - Cardinal, b. in Bergamo in 1514, d. in Rome on 1 August 1553. He studied law in Padua and became secretary of Cardinal A. Farnese, with whom he remained even when the latter was elected pontiff (Paul III), and he was entrusted with the education of the cardinal-nephew, Alessandro Farnese.
Appointed bishop of Massa Marittima (1547), then archbishop of Chieti (1549) and cardinal, he had a decisive influence in the election of Julius III (1550), under whom he worked actively for the reform of the conclave and of the University of Rome. He compiled an elegant Commentarium in Ciceronis epistolas and, the fruit of lengthy research, published a vast work, De inscriptionibus et imaginibus antiquorum numismatum.
Bibliography4 worksP. Bonamici, De claris pontificum epistolarum scriptoribus, Rome 1753, p. 237; G. Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana, VII, II, Mo
BIBL.: P. Bonamici, De claris pontificum epistolarum scriptoribus, Rome 1753, p. 237; G. Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana, VII, II, Modena 1772, p. 214; Concilium Tridentinum, I, II, IV, X, Freiburg im Br. 1901-37, see index (it contains M.'s correspondence with Marcello Cervini); Pastor, V-VI, see index.
Sannazzaro, Piero. “Maffei, bernardino.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1811. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/maffei-bernardino.
MLA
Sannazzaro, Piero. “Maffei, bernardino.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1811. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/maffei-bernardino.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_maffei_bernardino,
author = {Sannazzaro, Piero},
title = {Maffei, bernardino},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {1811},
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/maffei-bernardino}
}
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