Ugo Rangone

Most Reverend

Ugo Rangone
Most Reverend; Ugo Rangone
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Reggio Emilia
In office	1510–1540
Predecessor	Gianluca Castellini
Successor	Marcello Cervini
Personal details
Died	25 August 1540; Reggio Emilia, Italy

Ugo Rangone (died 25 August 1540) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1510–1540).^[1]

Biography

On 18 October 1510, Ugo Rangone was appointed by Pope Julius II as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.^[1]^[2] He did not take possession of the diocese, however, until 5 July 1512, after the city had surrendered to Julius II and the Interdict was lifted. At the same time, he was appointed Prolegate in Piacenza and Parma, two cities which had been reclaimed by Pope Julius for the Papal States.^[3]

In February 1533, Rangone, who was serving as the Pope's Private Secretary,^[4] was sent as a papal nuncio by Pope Clement VII to Germany, to King Ferdinand and the German princes, to make arrangements for the projected ecumenical council.^[5]

Pope Paul III (1534–1549) sent Rangone as Legate to the Emperor Charles V in Spain.^[6]

On 15 January 1535, Bishop Rangone was appointed Vice-Chamberlain and Governor of the city of Rome. He served until May 1538.^[7]

He served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia until his death on 25 August 1540, in Modena. His body was carried to Reggio, where it was buried in the cathedral on 28 August.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 284. (in Latin)
^ Cheney, David M. "Bishop Ugo Rangone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}
^ Saccani, p. 116.
^ The Canons and Decrees of the Sacred and Œcumenical Council of Trent, Celebrated Under the Sovereign Pontiffs, Paul III., Julius III., and Pius IV. Translated by J. Waterworth. 1848. p. lvi. Hugo Laemmer (1875). Meletematum Romanorum mantissa (in Latin and Italian). Ratisbon: Georg Manz. pp. 141, note 1.
^ Anton Pieper (1894). Zur Entstehungsgeschichte der ständigen Nuntiaturen (in German). Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder. p. 93.
^ Saccani, p. 117.
^ Vinzenz Schweitzer, "Kardinal Bartolommeo Guidiccioni (1469-1549)," in: Römische Quartalschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und Kirchengeschichte (in German). Vol. 20. Rome: Herder. 1906. p. Geschichte. p. 49, with note 6.
^ Saccani, p. 117. Eubel, p. 284, and those who depend on him, e.g. Cappelletti, p. 392, mistake the date of burial in Reggio for the date of death in Modena.

Sources

Saccani, Giovanni (1902). I vescovi di Reggio-Emilia, Cronotassi, Reggio Emilia: Tip. Artigianelli 1902. pp. 115–117. (in Italian)
Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolo (1717). Italia sacra sive de Episcopis Italiae (in Latin). Vol. Tomus secundus (II) (secunda ed.). Venice: Apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 314–315.