Jacopo Sadoleto

Jacopo Sadoleto (* July 12, 1477 in Modena, † October 18, 1547 in Rome ) was an Italian cardinal, humanist scholar and Catholic reformer during the Renaissance.

Life

After attaining an expert in classical languages ​​great reputation and had come out as a poet - of him that comes at the discovery of the Laocoon Group in 1506 authored work De Laocoontis statua - he founded in 1513 secretary to Pope Leo X., 1517 Bishop of Carpentras. 1536 Sadoleto was one of those reform- minded clergy, which Pope Paul III. on December 22, 1536 conferred the dignity of Cardinal. He received St. Peter in Chains Church as the title. 1537 he was appointed by the Pope to the nines Gasparo Contarini Commission. This dealt with the preparation of the themes of the Council of Trent. Sadoleto made ​​several attempts to regain Protestants to Catholicism. In 1539, he turned in a letter to the inhabitants of Geneva, but was rejected by John Calvin. As papal legate he tried unsuccessfully in 1542 to reconcile the Emperor Charles V and King Francis I to open a path to the convening of the general church council.