Anastasius Germonius

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Most Reverend

Anastasio Germonio
Archbishop of Tarentaise
Church
Domenico Pinelli (seniore)
Personal details
Born27 Feb 1551
Mondovì, Italy
Died4 Aug 1627 (age 76)
Madrid, Spain
De sacrorum immunitatibus, 1623

Anastasius Germonius (Anastasio Germonio in Italian and Anastase Germon in French) (1551 – 4 August 1627) was an Italian

archbishop of Tarantaise, who belonged to the family of the marquises of Ceve, in Piedmont, where he was born.[1]

Biography

Anastasio Germonio was born on 27 Feb 1551 in Mondovì, Italy.[2] On 12 Nov 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of

Archbishop of Tarentaise.[3][2]
On 30 Dec 1607, he was
co-consecrators.[2]

As

Duke of Savoy at the court of Rome under Clement VIII and Paul V, and was ambassador to Spain under Kings Philip III and IV.[1]

He served as Archbishop of Tarentaise until his death on 4 Aug 1627 in Madrid, Spain.[3][2]

Germonius is best known for his treatise on ambassadors, De legatis principum et populorum libri tres (Rome, 1627). According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "[t]he book is diffuse, pedantic and somewhat heavy in style, but valuable historically as written by a theorist who was also an expert man of affairs."[1]

Works

  • De sacrorum immunitatibus (in Latin). Rome: erede Bartolomeo Zanetti. 1623.
  • Paratitla super quinque libros Decretalium (in Latin). Rome: erede Bartolomeo Zanetti. 1623.
  • De legatis principum et populorum libri tres, Rome, 1627.

References

  1. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Germonius, Anastasius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 901.
  2. ^
    [self-published]
  3. ^ a b Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 326. (in Latin)

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Archbishop of Tarentaise

1607–1627 		Succeeded by
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