Zacharias Ferreri
Zacharias Ferreri (1479–1524) was Italian monk and papal legate, Latin poet and ecclesiastical writer.
Ferreri was born in Vicenza to a noble family. As a student in Padua, he became a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Monte Cassino. However, at the age of 25 he left the monastery and moved to Rome.[1] He finished his education receiving master's degrees in law and theology. He served Pope Julius II but soon joined ranks of his opponents and attended the Conciliabulum of Pisa in 1511. For these activities he was excommunicated in 1513.[1] He made peace with the new Pope Leo X and was tasked with preparing a new, shorter and more convenient, edition of the breviary.[2] In 1518 he became titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia and was nominated to become Bishop of Guardialfiera. He refused the nomination, but kept the title and rights.[1] In 1520–21 he was sent as a papal legate to the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In Poland he mediated a truce in the Polish–Teutonic War (1519–21) and campaigned against the spread of Lutheranism.[3] In Lithuania he investigated evidence for the canonization of Saint Casimir. His planned journey to the Grand Duchy of Moscow was cancelled. He returned to Rome and continued working on the breviary. It was finished and published after his death.[1]
Bibliography
- Apologia sacri Pisani consilii (1511; regarding the Conciliabulum of Pisa)
- Lugdunense somnium, Lugdunense somnium somnium Lugdunense somnium de Leonis X ad summum pontificatum divina promotione (panegyric poem for Pope Leo X)
- Vita Beati Casimiri Confessoris (1521; regarding canonization of Saint Casimir)
- Hymni novi ecclesiastici (1525; revised breviary)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Čiurinskas, Mintautas (2004). Ankstyvieji šv Kazimiero "gyvenimai" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Aidai. p. 6. ISBN 9789955656012.
- ↑ Batiffol, Pierre (1912). History of the Roman Breviary. Longmans, Green. p. 178. OCLC 679005.
- ↑ Małłek, Janusz (2006). "Poland in the face of the Lutheranisation of Prussia". In Mol, Johannes A.; Militzer, Klaus; Nicholson, Helen J. The Military Orders and the Reformation: Choices, State Building, and the Weight of Tradition. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 32. ISBN 9789065509130.
External links
- (in Italian) FERRERI, Zaccaria in Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 46 (1996)