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Giacomo Antonio della Torre or Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre (died 1486) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cremona (1476–1486), Bishop of Parma (1463–1476), Bishop of Modena (1444–1463), and Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1439–1444).

Biography

Della Torre was born in the territory of Modena, and held a degree in the Arts, and was a Doctor of Medicine. Because of his intellectual gifts he was a favorite of Pope Eugene IV.

On 16 January 1439, Giacomo Antonio della Torre was appointed by Pope Eugene as Bishop of Reggio Emilia. On 16 August 1439, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Bernieri (bishop), Bishop of Lodi, with Delfino della Pergola, Bishop of Parma, and Pier-Simone Brunetti, Auxiliary Bishop of Parma serving as co-consecrators.

On 19 October 1444, he was appointed Bishop of Modena by Pope Eugene.

On 24 September 1463, he was transferred to the diocese of Parma by Pope Pius II, at the same time as the Bishop of Parma, Delfino della Pergola, was transferred to Modena.

On 15 January 1476, Pope Sixtus IV transferred him to the diocese of Cremona. He served as Bishop of Cremona until his death in 1486.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giacomo de Suressi (Sulixio), Archbishop of Craina (1483).

References

1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 139. (in Latin)
2. Eubel, p. 197.
3. Eubel, p. 222.
4. Di Zio, "DELLA TORRE, Giacomo Antonio".
5. According to Ughelli, p. 131: in Mutinensibus alpibus. According to Gasparo Sillingardi (1606). Catalogus omnium episcoporum Mutinensium (in Latin). Modena: Joannes Maria de Verdis. p. 121., Scipioni successit Jacobus Antonius a Turre, loco ignobili in montibus Mutinensibus oriundus, qui licet obscuros habuerit natales.... Di Zio, "DELLA TORRE, Giacomo Antonio", draws attention to efforts to connect Della Torre's ancestry with more prestigious families, such as the Torriani of Valsassina: "Tale opinione non è condivisa dall'Ughelli e dal Tiraboschi, che gli attribuiscono bassi natali".
6. Eubel, p. 222, note 1.
7. Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolò (1717). Italia sacra sive De Episcopis Italiae, et insularum adjacentium (in Latin). Vol. Tomus II. Venice: apud Sebastianum Coleti. p. 131.: ob egregias animi dotes, Eugenio IV. Pontifici in paucis charus.
8. Ughelli, p. 131: ab eodem Pontifice Regiensis adlectus Episcopus. Eubel, p. 222.
9. ^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
10. Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Giacomo Antonio della Torre". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
11. Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1859). Le chiese d'Italia: dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. Tomo decimoquinto (15). Venezia: G. Antonelli. p. 285. Eubel, p. 197.
12. Cappelletti, p. 285. Eubel, II, p. 197, 213.
13. Eubel, II, p. 139. Cheney. "Bishop Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Della Torre died before 28 July 1486, on which date an Apostolic Administrator, Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza, was appointed.

Sources and external links

• Allodi, Giovanni Maria (1856). Serie cronologica dei vescovi di Parma con alcuni cenni sui principali avvenimenti civili (in Italian). Vol. I. Parma: P. Fiaccadori. pp. 767–789.
• Di Zio, Tiziana. "DELLA TORRE, Giacomo Antonio" Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 37 (1989); retrieved: 13 October 2018. (in Italian)
• Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)

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