, one of the most learned divines in the sixteenth century, was born
, one of the most
learned divines in the sixteenth century, was born at the
castle of Chiaria, near Brescia, 1495. He entered among
the religious of Mount Cassino, and appeared with great
distinction at the council of Trent. Paul III. gave him
the archbishopric of Fuligno, where he died May 28, 1555,
aged sixty, in great reputation for sanctity. He left:
“Scholia in Biblia,
” Venice, 1564, fol. “Scholia in
N. Test.
” 1544, 8vo, two learned and very useful works,
for correcting the text of the Vulgate, and explaining difficult passages in the Scripture; one folio volume of Latin
Sermons, and two in 4to. His Letters, with two “Opuscula,
” vyere published at Modena,