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CARNESECCHI, PIETRO (1508-1567)

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CARNESECCHI, PIETRO (1508-1567)

CARNESECCHI, PIETRO (1508-1567) , See also:

ITALIAN

Italian humanist, was the son of a Florentine See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, who under the patronage of the See also:

Medici, and especially of Giovanni de' Medici as See also:

Pope See also:

Clement VII., rapidly See also:

rose to high See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office at the papal See also:

court. He came into See also:

TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with the new learning at the See also:

house of his maternal See also:

UNCLE

uncle, See also:

CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Bernardo Dovizzi, in See also:

Rome. At the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-five he held several See also:

rich livings, had been See also:

NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary and protonotary to the See also:

CURIA

Curia, and was first secretary to the pope, in which capacity he conducted the See also:

correspondence with the nuncios (among them See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

Pier See also:

PAOLO (GIROLAMO GASPARE)5 (1532-1600)

Paolo Bergerio in See also:

Germany) and a See also:

HOST

host of other duties. By his conduct at the See also:

CONFERENCE

conference with See also:

Francis I. at See also:

MARSEILLES

Marseilles he won the favour of See also:

Catherine de' Medici and other influential personages at the See also:

French court, who in later days befriended him. He made the acquaintance of the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish reformer Juan de See also:

VALDES, JUAN DE (c. 1500-1541)

Valdes at Rome, and got to know him as a theologian at See also:

Naples, being especially See also:

DRAWN

drawn to him through the appreciation expressed by Bernardino See also:

OCHINO, BERNARDINO (1487-1564)

Ochino, and through their mutual friendship with the See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Julia See also:

Gonzaga, whose spiritual adviser he became after the See also:

DEATH

death of Valdes. He became a leading spirit in the See also:

LITERARY

literary and religious circle that gathered See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round Valdes in Naples, and that aimed at effecting from within the spiritual See also:

reformation of the See also:

church. Under Valdes' See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence he whole-heartedly accepted See also:

LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther's See also:

DOCTRINE

doctrine of See also:

JUSTIFICATION

justification by faith, though he repudiated a policy of See also:

SCHISM

schism. When the See also:

MOVEMENT

movement of suppression began, Carnesecchi was implicated. For a See also:

time he found shelter with his See also:

friends in See also:

Paris, and from 1552 he was in See also:

Venice leading the party of reform in that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city. In 1557 he was cited (for the second time) before the tribunal in Rome, but refused to appear. The death of See also:

Paul IV. and the See also:

ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

PIUS

Pius IV. in 1559 made his position easier, and he came to live in Rome. With the accession of Pius V.

(See also:

Michael Ghislieri) in 1565 the See also:

INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition renewed its activities with fiercer zeal than ever. Carnesecchi was in Venice when the See also:

NEWS

news reached him, and betook himself to See also:

Florence, where, thinking himself safe, he was betrayed by Cosimo, the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke, who wished to See also:

CURRY

curry favour with the pope. From See also:

JULY

July 1566 he See also:

LAY

lay in See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison over a See also:

YEAR

year. On the 21st of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1567 See also:

SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of degradation and death was passed on him and sixteen others, ambassadors from Florence vainly kneeling to the pope for some mitigation, and on the 1st of See also:

OCTOBER

October he was publicly beheaded and then burned.

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