Hieronymus Aleander

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Hieronymus Aleander was a 16th-century Italian cardinal, humanist scholar, and papal diplomat known for his leading role in opposing Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.

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instanceOf Catholic cardinal
Italian person
Renaissance humanist
classical scholar
human
papal diplomat
theologian
appointedBy Pope Leo X NERFINISHED
Pope Paul III NERFINISHED
birthDate 1480-02-13
birthPlace Motta di Livenza NERFINISHED
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
cardinalateCreatedBy Pope Paul III NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Venice NERFINISHED
deathDate 1542-02-01
deathPlace Papal States
Rome
educatedAt University of Padua NERFINISHED
University of Paris NERFINISHED
era Renaissance
fieldOfWork biblical studies
classical philology
humanism
knownFor efforts against the Protestant Reformation
leading opposition to Martin Luther
role at the Diet of Worms (1521)
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Latin
memberOf Roman Curia NERFINISHED
name Girolamo Aleandro NERFINISHED
Hieronymus Aleander NERFINISHED
notableWork Greek and Hebrew grammatical works
editions of classical authors
occupation cardinal
diplomat
scholar
theologian
opposed Martin Luther NERFINISHED
Protestant Reformation NERFINISHED
participatedIn Diet of Worms NERFINISHED
Edict of Worms proceedings
positionHeld Apostolic nuncio at the Diet of Worms
archbishop of Brindisi
cardinal-priest of San Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane
librarian to Cardinal Georges d’Amboise
papal nuncio to Germany
rector of the University of Paris
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
yearOfCardinalate 1538

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Aleander, papal nuncio alsoKnownAs Hieronymus Aleander