Zacharias Ferreri

Zacharias Ferreri or Ferrari (1479–1524) was an Italian monk and papal legate, Latin poet and ecclesiastical writer.

Most Reverend Zacharias Ferrari
Bishop of Guardialfiera
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Guardialfiera
In office	1519 and 1521–1524
Predecessor	Valentinus de Valentiuis
Successor	Girolamo Vascheri
Personal details
Died	1524 Guardialfiera, Italy
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia (1518–1519)

Ferreri was born in Vicenza to a noble family. As a student in Padua, he became a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Monte Cassino. However, at the age of 25 he left the monastery and moved to Rome.[1] He finished his education receiving master's degrees in law and theology. He served Pope Julius II but soon joined ranks of his opponents and attended the Conciliabulum of Pisa in 1511. For these activities he was excommunicated in 1513.[1] He made peace with the new Pope Leo X and was tasked with preparing a new, shorter and more convenient, edition of the breviary.[2] In 1518 he became titular Bishop of Sebaste in Cilicia and was nominated to become Bishop of Guardialfiera.[1][3][4][5][6] He renounced the nomination two months later, but kept the title and rights.[1][7] In 1520–21 he was sent as a papal legate to the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In Poland he mediated a truce in the Polish–Teutonic War (1519–21) and campaigned against the spread of Lutheranism.[8] In Lithuania he investigated evidence for the canonization of Saint Casimir. His planned journey to the Grand Duchy of Moscow was cancelled. In 1521, he returned to Rome and continued working on the breviary. After the death of Pope Leo X on 1 December 1521, he claimed his rights as Bishop of Guardialfiera then occupied by Valentinus de Valentiuis.[7] His breviary was published after his death in 1524.[1]

Bibliography

• Apologia sacri Pisani consilii (1511; regarding the Conciliabulum of Pisa)
• Lugdunense somnium, Lugdunense somnium somnium Lugdunense somnium de Leonis X ad summum pontificatum divina promotione (panegyric poem for Pope Leo X)
• Vita Beati Casimiri Confessoris (1521; regarding canonization of Saint Casimir)
• Hymni novi ecclesiastici (1525; revised breviary)

References

1. Čiurinskas, Mintautas (2004). Ankstyvieji šv Kazimiero "gyvenimai" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Aidai. p. 6. ISBN 9789955656012.
2. Batiffol, Pierre (1912). History of the Roman Breviary. Longmans, Green. p. 178. OCLC 679005.
3. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 294. (in Latin)
4. Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 206–207. (in Latin)
5. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Zacharias Ferrari, O. Carm". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
6. Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Zacharias Ferrari, O. Carm". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
7. "FERRERI, Zaccaria". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 1 July 2018.
8. Małłek, Janusz (2006). "Poland in the face of the Lutheranisation of Prussia". In Mol, Johannes A.; Militzer, Klaus; Nicholson, Helen J. (eds.). The Military Orders and the Reformation: Choices, State Building, and the Weight of Tradition. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 32. ISBN 9789065509130.

External links

• (in Italian) FERRERI, Zaccaria in Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 46 (1996)
• Cheney, David M. "Sebaste in Cilicia (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Sebaste in Phrygia". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Guardialfiera (Guardia)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Guardialfiera (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}