Giovanni Barbavara
Most Reverend Giovanni Barbavara | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Tortona | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Tortona |
| In office | 1437–1460 |
| Predecessor | |
| Successor | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1460 Tortona, Italy |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Como (1435–1437) |
Giovanni (Michele) Barbavara (died 1460) was a Roman Catholic prelate, and member of a noble Novara family. He was closely related to who was the chancellor to the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti. He was the brother of , who was the Milanese ambassador to Rome, and Pietro Barbavara, apostolic protonotary.[citation needed] Another close relative was the Abbot of the Abbey of Saints Nazario and Celso and the alleged author of the world famous Voynich cipher manuscript, in the opinion of Mark Knowles(which Bishop Giovanni may also have been involved with writing).[citation needed] In the village of , east of Cassolnovo, where his family had a castle, there is a road named after him. He reportedly attended the Papal Council of Basel.[citation needed] He was a teacher in the University of Pavia from (1429-1434) and later he served as Bishop of Como (1435–1437) and Bishop of Tortona (1437–1460).[1][2]
Biography[]
On 13 June 1435, Giovanni Barbavara, the son of Giacomo Barbavara, was appointed during the papacy of Pope Eugene IV as Bishop of Como.[1][2] On 6 March 1437, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Eugene IV as Bishop of Tortona.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Tortona until his death in 1460.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 140.
Barbavara was a cleric of the diocese of Novara. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure ('Doctor of Canon and Civil Law'). He was transferred to the diocese of Tortona (suffragan of Milan) on 6 March 1437. Eubel, II, p. 140, with note 1.
|volume=has extra text (help) (in Latin) - ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Bishop Giovanni Barbavara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017. [self-published]
External links and additional sources[]
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Como". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Como (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Tortona". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Tortona (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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