Gabriele Paleotti

Gabriele Paleotti ( born October 4, 1522 Bologna, † July 23, 1597 in Rome ) was an Italian bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Life

Gabriele Paleotti was born the second of five children and was baptized on October 12, 1522 at the Cathedral of Bologna. In 1546 he received his doctorate in civil and canon law ( Dr. iur. Utr. ).

First part of the Roman Curia and there auditor. Since 1562 consultant to the Council of Trent, where he worked out as such in 1563 a balanced reform bill. 1566, he was appointed in January to the bishop of Bologna and shortly thereafter received only priest and consecrated bishop by Charles Borromeo. Later - after collection of Bologna archdiocese was Cardinal - Archbishop Paleotti 1582 first. Paleotti received on 12 March 1565 by Pope Pius IV the cardinal's hat and was charged in May for the Cardinal Deacon of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo in September 1565 by Santi Giovanni e Paolo. 1566 ibid cardinal priest. 1572 by Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, 1587 San Lorenzo in Lucina. 1589 made ​​him the Pope to Cardinal Bishop of Albano, and in 1591 by Sabina.

His Discorso intorno all immagini sacre e profane (1582 ) was a landmark for the visual art of the Counter Reformation.