Giles, Of Viterbo

, a learned general of the Augustines, and cardinal, was so called from the place of his birth. He was well skilled in languages, and much consulted by the learned of his age on that account. He opened the Lateran council under Julius II. 1512, and conducted several affairs of importance for Leo X. He died November 12, 1532, at Rome. This cardinal left “Commentaries” on some of the ** Psalms;“” Remarks on the First Three Chapters of Genesis“” Dialogues, Epistles, and Odes,“in praise of Pontanus, &c. which may be found in Martenne’s” Amplissima Collectio," and contained many useful notices respecting the state of learning and events of his time. ²