Pietro Gozze Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Pietro Gozze
Bishop of Ston
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Ston
Term:1551–1564
Predecessor:Tommaso Cervino
Successor:Boniface of Ragusa
Birth Date:1493
Birth Place:Dubrovnik, Croatia
Death Date:1564
Death Place:Ston, Croatia

Pietro Gozze or Petar Gučetić (1493–1564),[1] called Doctor Illyricus,[2] was a Ragusan Catholic prelate who served as the bishop of Ston (1551–1564).[3] [4] [5]

Gozze was born in Dubrovnik (Ragusa) in the republic of Ragusa in 1493. The term Illyricus indicates that he was a Croat.[1] He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. Before he became a bishop, he held professorships at the University of Paris and the University of Louvain.[2] On 25 February 1551, he was appointed by Pope Julius III to the diocese of Ston. He served until his death in 1564.

Notes and References

  1. [John Van Antwerp Fine Jr.]
  2. Book: Ilić, Luka . Theologian of Sin and Grace: The Process of Radicalization in the Theology of Matthias Flacius Illyricus . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht . 2014 .
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgozzo.html Catholic-hierarchy.org: "Bishop Pietro de Gozzo, O.P."
  4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds584.html "Diocese of Stagno (Ston)(Sagona)"
  5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1641.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Ston"