Gerolamo Ragazzoni or Gerolamo Regazzoni (1537 – 5 March 1592) was an Italian Renaissance humanist and Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1583–1586),

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Bishop of Famagusta (1561), ''(in Latin)'' and

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of ''Nazianzus'' (1561). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Gerolamo Ragazzoni was born in

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in 1537. On 15 January 1561, he was appointed during the papacy of

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of ''Nazianzus'' and

Bishop of Famagusta. On 10 December 1572, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Apostolic Administrator of Kisamos after the

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in 1570. On 19 September 1576, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as

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. In 1586, he resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to France. He served as Bishop of Bergamo until his death on 5 March 1592.

Works

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Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of: * François de La Rochefoucauld,

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(1585); * Guillaume Rose,

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(1584); and the

principal co-consecrator A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

of: * Alessandro Maria Sauli,

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(1570), * Giovanni Fontana,

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(1589 *

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of ''

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'' and

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(1591).

References

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