Giovanni Gerolamo Morone
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Giovanni Gerolamo Morone (25 January 1509 – 1 December 1580) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Modena and the Diocese of Novara.
Quotes
[edit]- There are in these parts many reputed defenders of the Catholic faith who think that our religion consists in nothing but hatred of the Lutherans... and they are so wedded to this point of view that, without ever looking into the matter itself, they take in bad part not only all negotiations with the Lutherans, but every single word spoken about them which is not abusive.
Quotes about Giovanni Gerolamo Morone
[edit]- His career is that of a good man, struggling for the welfare of his Church against corruptions not essential to the system to which he was devoted.
- Few ecclesiastics in that century were so successful in retaining the esteem of men of all parties and all creeds as this large-minded and eminently able and honest churchman.

