Marco Girolamo Vida: Difference between revisions

Marco was born at [[Cremona]], then part of the [[Duchy of Milan]]. He was the son of the consular (patrician) Guglielmo Vida, and Leona Oscasale. He had two brothers: Giorgio, a captain in the service of the [[Republic of Venice]], and Girolamo, a canon of the cathedral chapter of Cremona. He also had three sisters: Lucia, Elena, and a third whose name is unknown.<ref>Lancetti, p. 11.</ref>

 

 

Vida joined the court of [[Pope Leo X]] and was given the [[Priory]] of San Silvestro at [[Frascati]]<ref>Lancetti, pp. 30-31.</ref> [[Pope Clement VII]] appointed him a ''[[Protonotary Apostolic]]''.<ref>Lancetti, p. 36.</ref> He became bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia|Alba]] on 7 February 1533.<ref>His predecessor, Giuliano Visconti, had died on 5 January 1533. The ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' article is out-of-date. {{cite book|last1=Eubel|first1=Conradus (ed.)|last2=Gulik|first2=Guilelmus|title=Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|page=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft/page/100 100]|edition=second|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol02eubeuoft}}</ref> In 1544, however, the diocese and the entire marquisate of Monseratto were occupied by the armies of [[Francis I of France]], as part of his [[Italian War of 1542–46|long war with the Spanish]], and the Bishop was forced to retreat to his benefices in Cremona.<ref>Lancetti, p. 44.</ref> Bishop Vida attended the [[Council of Trent]] in May and June 1546, and again in March 1547.<ref>Lancetti, p. 52. Eubel, p. 100 note 4.</ref> In 1549 and 1550 he became involved in a controversy between his native Cremona and the city of [[Pavia]], helping to prepare the brief for his fellow citizens to be argued before the Spanish governor of [[Milan]], [[Ferrante Gonzaga]].<ref>Lancetti, pp. 53-54.</ref> The written defense was published as the ''Cremonensium Orationes III'' of clear [[Cicero]]nian influence.