Girolamo Gastaldi Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Girolamo Gastaldi
Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia
Archbishop of Benevento
Church:Catholic Church
Consecration:12 May 1680
Consecrated By:Girolamo Boncompagni
Birth Date:1616
Birth Place:Taggia, Italy
Death Date:8 Apr 1685 (age 69)

Girolamo Gastaldi (1616–1685) was a Roman Catholic cardinal.[1]

Biography

On 12 May 1680, was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Boncompagni, Archbishop of Bologna, with Carlo Molza, Bishop of Modena, and Augusto Bellincini, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, serving as co-consecrators.[2]

He is known for his treatise on the political and legal measures taken to control the plague, Tractatus de Avertenda et Profliganda Peste, Politico-Legalis, published in 1656.[3]

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salvador Miranda (historian). Miranda . Salvador . GASTALDI, Girolamo (1616-1685). The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church . 29 February 2016. Florida International University. 53276621.
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Girolamo Cardinal Gastaldi . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.
  3. https://library.law.yale.edu/news/epidemics-and-quarantines-17th-century-rome Epidemics and quarantines in 17th-century Rome