Draft:Applanus, Constantius
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Constantius Applanus was born in Milan to a noble family in the year 1442.[1] He became a Canon Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Savior of the Lateran, living under the Rule of St. Augustine.[2]
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In 1477, he was elected Procurator General of the Laterans in Rome before Pope Sixtus IV to sustain the cause and rights of his order, which, after the death of Pope Paul II in 1471, had been driven out of the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Although he could not obtain the return of the full possession the Canons Regular had previously enjoyed, he nevertheless succeeded in 1476 in having reaffirmed to them the title of Lateranensi together with their immunities, graces, and privileges. He held the office of Procurator General for the longest time among those procurators.[3] In 1483, the same Pope restored the church of S. Maria della Pace to the Canons by the bull Redemptoris nostri,[4] and he ordered its rebuilding, dedicating it to the Blessed Virgin and to the Saviour. The pope also appointed Constantius as its first prior. He is referred to as Dom Costanzo da Milano.
As Procurator General of the Congregation and prior of the monastery of S. Maria della Pace, 'Dom Costanzo da Milano' ordered on 5 February 1484 an inventory of the books belonging to the Procuration. The list consists of 133 books, of which 75 manuscripts and 58 printed incunabula.[5]
In 1494, Constantius Applanus held the office of Visitor General of the Lateran congregation, a high-ranking official position to conduct formal inspections of the various monasteries within the congregation.[6]
In 1496 he became the Abbot of San Pietro da Pò in Cremona, during which time he finalised the Soliloquia de humani arbitrii libertate ar potestate" (Soliloquies on the liberty and power of human will).[7] His work was published by Carolus de Darleriis in Cremona in 1496. Ascanio Maria Sforza, Cardinal of Pavia, is the dedicatee of the work. Ascanio Sforza (1455–1505) was a powerful Italian cardinal and a patron of the arts and letters during the Renaissance under pope Alexander VI. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church from 1492 until 1505 and he was also appointed Administrator of the See of Cremona on 28 July 1486 and occupied the post until his death.[8] The copy of this work now in The Pierpont Morgan Library is probably the very one presented to Cardinal Ascanius Maria Sforza, for the book was printed on vellum and the first page of text illuminated with a handsome border which includes the coat of arms of the Cardinal in the lower margin.[9]
In a passage in the Soliloquia Abbatis Applanus writes that he was appointed by his superiors and against his will to the poor, debt-burdened monastery of the Holy Sepulchre at Parma. He was then summoned at a general chapter near Ferrara (Monastery of Saint Lazarus) to receive the insignia of the priorship.
In 1497 he was Abbot at the Abbazia di Sant'Andrea in Vercelli.[10]
He held the office of Visitor General of the congregation for a second time in 1507, after which he died at the age of 66, around 1508.[11]