Paolo Bisanti
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Paolo Bisanti (
Life
Paolo Bisanti was born in Kotor in 1529 to a local noble family: his uncle Trifone had been bishop of that town till 1540. Luca, Paolo's older brother, became bishop of Kotor after the uncle, and, as usual among the poor bishops, Luca entered in service to the Grimani family and served as Vicar of the Patriarchate of Aquileia between 1547 and 1556.[1]
Paolo graduated in
In 1578 he resigned the bishopric and was appointed by Vicar of the
The Patriarchate of Aquileia bordered territories with a Protestant presence, so Paolo Bisanti was particularly active in implementing the measures of the Council of Trent, and in reforming the clergy.[2] According to J. Gruden, his 1581 pastoral visit marked the beginning of the Catholic resistance against the onslaught of Protestantism in Slovenia.[4]
He was author of several Latin treatises in the field of ecclesiastical law.[5] In 1584 he summoned a synod in Udine.[4] After the appointment of Francesco Barbaro as coadjutor of the Patriarch, the office of Bisanti lost importance. He died in Udine on 4 March 1587.[6]
References
- ^ a b Salimbeni, Fulvio (1977). "Introduzione". Le lettere di Paolo Bisanti, vicario generale del patriarca di Aquileia (1577-1587) (in Italian). Roma: Edizioni di storia e letteratura. pp. xiv–xxx.
- ^ ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- ^ Paolin, Giovanna. "Bisanti Paolo (1529–1587)" (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico dei Friulani. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Marušič, Branko. "Bisanti, Paolo (1529–1587)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski biografski leksikon. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Bizanti" (in Croatian). Hrvatska enciklopedija, mrežno izdanje. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ David Cheney. "Bishop Paolo Bisanti". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 12 September 2020.