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Atti del Convegno di Studi Gian Matteo Giberti (1495-1543). Edited by Marco Agostini and Giovanna Baldissin Molli. (Cittadella-Padova, Verona: Biblos Edizioni. 2012. Pp. 216. euro25,00 paperback. ISBN 978-88-6448-031-2.)
This volume, which is enriched by numerous images, collects the proceedings of the congress that was held at Verona on December 2-3, 2009, to reassess the figure of the reforming bishop Gian Matteo Giberti in close correlation with the overall experiences of the sixteenth century.
Giberti was invested with major positions in the Roman Curia during the pontificates of Leo X and Clement VII. However, he was suspected of heterodoxy and was part of the Roman Oratory of Divino Amore. His pro-French policies did not sit well after the Sack of Rome by imperial troops in 1527, and he also was affected by the new political...