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Cornelio Musso

Cornelio Musso

16th-century Roman Catholic bishop

Cornelio Musso (or Cornelius) (1511–1574) was an Italian Friar Minor Conventual, Bishop of Bitonto (1544–1574), Bishop of Bertinoro (1541–1544),[1] and prominent at the Council of Trent. He was, perhaps, the most renowned orator of his day, styled the "Italian Demosthenes". Returning to ancient patristic models, he raised the homily to a high form of perfection.

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Title page of Musso’s "Comment. in epist. ad Romanos" (Venice, 1588)

Biography

Musso was born at Piacenza. On 14 Nov 1541, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Bertinoro.[1][2] On 27 Oct 1544, he was transferred by Pope Paul III to the Diocese of Bitonto.[1][2] He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death on 13 Jan 1574.[1][2] He was among the first three bishops present at the Council of Trent, where he delivered the inaugural oration, distinguishing himself especially at the debates on justification. In 1560 he was sent as papal legate to Emperor Ferdinand.

He wrote: "De divina historia libri tres" (Venice, 1585; 1587); "Comment. in epist. ad Romanos" (Venice, 1588); "De operibus sex dierum" (Venice, 1598). His "Conciones evangeliorum" and "Sermones" (ed. by Jos. Musso, Venice, 1580) were translated into Latin by Michael ab Isselt (Cologne, 1594).

He served as Bishop of Bitonto until his death on 13 Jan 1574.[1][2] Musso was buried in the Basilica of Santi Apostoli, the Curia of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, in Rome.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

and the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 138–139. (in Latin)
  2. [2]
    Cheney, David M. "Bishop Cornelio Musso, O.F.M. Conv. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved December 18, 2021. [self-published]
  • Gaudentius Guggenbichler, Beiträge z. Kirchengesch. d. 16. und 17. Jahrh. (Bozen, 1880), 48 sqq.
  • Manuale dei Minori Conventuali, 324 sq.
  • Pallavicino, Istoria de concilio di Trento (Rome, 1883), passim
  • Keppler in Theologische Quartalschrift (Tübingen, 1892), 98
  • Hugo von Hurter, Nomenclator Lit., III (3rd ed.), 84 sqq.
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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Cornelius Musso". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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