Girolamo Ghinucci
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Girolamo Ghinucci [1] (Siena1480-1541) was an Italian papal administrator, diplomat and Cardinal.
He was Secretary to Pope Julius II. He was Bishop of Worcester from 1522, to 1535, when he was deprived of the position by Henry VIII of England. In the same year he was made a Cardinal by Pope Paul III.
Previously, he had been bishop of Ascoli Pisceno from 1512 to 1518. He was then papal nuncio in England, where Henry VIII retained him for a period as advisor[2], and ambassador to Spain.
He was involved, with Silvester Prierias, in the papal reaction to Martin Luther after 1518.[3] He was an active participant in both the Fifth Lateran Council and the Council of Trent, and as a cardinal sat on reforming bodies.
He maintained English contacts through Richard Croke.[4]
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- ^ Jerome or Geronimo de Ghinucci, Hieronymus Ghinucci, Girolamo Ginucci
- ^ Ghinucci advised on Henry’s moves to divorce Catherine of Aragon: see Henry VIII by A. F. Pollard, online text at Gutenberg.
- ^ [1]: … the chief judge of the Curia, Auditor Girolamo Ghinucci, a jurist, and Sylvester Mazzolini da Prierio who was the magister sacri palate, the pope's official expert on questions of faith were appointed to investigate Luther's crimes. [2]: Ghinucci drafted Luther's summons to Rome.
- ^ Correspondence quoted at [3].
