Girolamo Ghinucci

Girolamo Ghinucci ^[1] (Siena, 1480–1541) was an Italian papal administrator, diplomat and Cardinal.

He was Secretary to Pope Julius II. He was Bishop of Worcester (the last of the Italian absentees to hold the see). He was bishop 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 Piceno 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]

Notes

^ 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]: Ghinucci drafted Luther's summons to Rome.
^ Correspondence quoted at [2].

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Preceded by Silvestro de' Gigli	Bishop of Worcester 1522–1535	Succeeded by Hugh Latimer

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Name	Ghinucci, Girolamo
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Date of birth	1480
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Date of death	1541
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