Battista Pallavicino
Italian Roman Catholic prelate
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Battista Pallavicino (died 12 May 1466) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1444–1466).[1]
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Reggio Emilia
Inoffice1444–1466
PredecessorGiacomo Antonio della Torre
Most Reverend Battista Pallavicino | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Reggio Emilia | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Reggio Emilia |
| In office | 1444–1466 |
| Predecessor | Giacomo Antonio della Torre |
| Successor | Antonio Beltrando |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 12 May 1466 |
Biography
On 19 October 1444, Battista Pallavicino was appointed during the papacy of Pope Eugene IV as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.[2]
He died suddenly of apoplexy (a brain hemorrhage) on 12 May 1466, and was buried in the crypt of the cathedral of Reggio Emilia.[3]
Works
Battista Pallavicino was the author of a number of works:[4]
- Baptistae Marchionis Pallavicini Episcopi Regiensis Historia flendae Crucis, et funeris Domini nostri Jesu Christi, ad Eugenium IV S. P. Parma 1477.
- Epistola ad Albertum Parisium Reipubl. Bonon. Cancellarium. Regii die 1 Decembris 1465.
- Baptistae Pallavicini Epistola ad patruum suum, data in Siena l'anno 1443.
- Ejusdem B. M. P. Fabula. It begins "Jam senior dura forte jacet leo". [twenty-eight poems in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
- B. Palavicini Ep. Regien. ad Pium II Pont. Max. Gratulatio cum pollicitatione liberali. It begins, "Maxime Christicolum recto quo bella jubente".
- Baptistae Marchionis Pallavicini Episcopi Regien. Salutano cum deprecatione in Mariam gratia plenam ad illustrem atque inclytum D. Nicolaum Esten. It begins, "Virgo decus mundi", {in hexameters]. Regìi sexto Aprilis mcccclviiiI .
