Dionisio Laurerio

Dionisio Neagrus Laurerio OSM (* 1497 in Benevento, Italy, † September 17, 1542 in Rome ) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Dionisio Laurerio was the son of a small family of Florence. At an early age he entered the Order of the Servites, a, he studied in seminaries of the Order and gained a PhD in 1521. After his ordination, he worked as a lecturer in philosophy, metaphysics, mathematics, and theology at the Universities of Perugia and Bologna. From 1526 to 1529 he was in Rome and has become an excellent orator.

Papal Nuncio and Superior General

On May 18, 1528, the Order of the Servites Chapter elected him procurator ( financial manager ). In 1534, Pope Clement VII sent him ( 1523-1534 ) to London between the Holy See and King Henry VIII of England to mediate. During this mission, the friendship with Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the future Pope Paul III was born. ( 1534-1549 ). On January 22, 1535, he was appointed vicar-general of his order. The Order Chapter elected him to the Assembly in Budrio on 27 April 1535 the Superior General of the Servites. He had to be asked not elected superiors and laid already in 1542, at the meeting convened by him religious chapter, this office down. On October 23, 1536 appointed Paul III. Laurerio Apostolic Nuncio to Scotland, but he was never in Scotland but governed from Paris tasks. In the years 1537-1538 he supported, but not very successfully, in France the expansion of Servitenklöster.

Bishop and cardinal

On 19 December 1539, he was called by Pope Paul III. elevated to cardinal and received on December 22, 1539 the "Red Hat". Since January 28, 1540 he was Cardinal Priest of San Marcello, the monastery church of the Servites in Rome. On February 13, 1540, he was appointed Archbishop of Urbino. During his episcopate, he joined an increasingly for a quality cast of ecclesiastical offices and promoted appropriate people. As Bishop of Urbino he accompanied the Pope on several meetings, he became his personal advisor and was appointed to important committees.

Grand Inquisitor and power

On July 4, 1542 he was appointed Paul III. to the first six members of the Sacra Congregatione Romanae et universalis Inquisitionis. From 1540 to 1542 he was a member of the Pontifical Court. On August 11, 1542, he was appointed papal legate in the Archdiocese of Benevento and the Campania region administrator of the church. Also in 1542 his income and assets of the Archdiocese of Benevento " ( in commendam ) " have been transferred.