Alessandro Geraldini

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Most Reverend

Alessandro Geraldini
Bishop of Santo Domingo
Church
Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1496-1516)
Coat of armsAlessandro Geraldini's coat of arms

Alessandro Geraldini (also Gerardini or Gueraldini) (1455 – March 8, 1524) was a

Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1496-1516);[1] and in 1519, at 64 years of age, he traveled to the Spanish settlements in the New World, and became Bishop of Santo Domingo (1516-1524).[2]

Biography

Geraldini was born in Amelia, in the region of Umbria in Italy. As a young man, he went to Spain, where he served against the Portuguese in 1475/1476. He entered the Church and was entrusted with the education of the princesses of the royal family. While at court, he supported Columbus, who had come to present to the sovereigns of Castile and Aragon his plan for discovering a new road to India and the Far East.

In 1496, he was appointed by the King of Spain and confirmed by

Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino.[3][4]
On November 23, 1516, he was nominated by the King of Spain and confirmed by
Catharine of Aragon, treatises on politics and education, and an important account of his voyage to the Antilles. Geraldini served as Bishop of Santo Domigo until his death on March 8, 1524.[3]

Geraldini attended one of the sessions of the Fifth Council of the Lateran in 1516, likely making him the first cleric from the Western Hemisphere to attend a Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council.[5]

References

  1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 271. (in Latin)
  2. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 187 note 2. (in Latin)
  3. ^
    [self-published]
  4. [self-published]
  5. ^ Hefele, Hergenroether and Leclercq. Histoire des conciles, vol. VIII/1 (Paris, 1917), pp. 522-523

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Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino

1496-1516 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Santo Domingo
1516-1524 		Succeeded by
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