Giangiacomo di Gambarana explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giangiacomo di Gambarana
Bishop of Albenga
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Albenga
Term:1518–1538
Predecessor:Giulio de' Medici
Successor:Girolamo Grimaldi
Death Date:1538
Death Place:Albenga, Italy

Giangiacomo di Gambarana (Joannes Jacobus ex comitibus Gambaranae) (died 1538) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Albenga (1518–1538).[1] [2]

Biography

Gambarana obtained the post of Protonotary Apostolic in the Roman Curia. He served as Governor of the City of Rome.

On 29 August 1529 he was appointed by Pope Clement VII as Vice-Legate of the Marches; he served until 1 July 1531.

On 5 May 1518, Giangiacomo di Gambarana was appointed during the papacy of Pope Leo X as Bishop of Albenga. In November 1523, Bishop di Gambarana presided over the transfer and enshrinement of the relics of the martyr Saint Calocero in the Church of Saint Calocero in Albenga.[3] On 1 June 1531, Bishop Gambarana held a diocesan synod with his clergy in the sacristy of the Cathedral.[4] He held the office of Bishop of Albenga until his death in 1538, while serving in other offices and other capacities.

He died in his native Pavia and was buried in the Church of S. Giacomo fuori le mura.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. III. 101 with note 6. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. Latin. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgambrng.html "Bishop Giangiacomo di Gambarana"
  3. Book: Domenico Navone. Dell'Ingaunia. secondo. 1855. Tommaso Craviotto. Albenga. Italian. 133–137.
  4. Book: Rossi, Girolamo . Storia della città e diocesi di Albenga. 1870. Tip. di T. Craviotto. Albenga. 264. Italian.
  5. Rossi, p. 264.