Global InformationGiovanni Barbavara information
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2023) |
Most Reverend Giovanni Barbavara | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Tortona | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Tortona |
| In office | 1437–1460 |
| Predecessor | Enrico Rampini |
| Successor | Michele Marliani |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1460 Tortona, Italy |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Como (1435–1437) |
Giovanni (Michele) Barbavara (died 1460) was a Roman Catholic prelate, and member of a noble Novara family. He was closely related to Francesco Barbavara who was the chancellor to the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti. He was the brother of Marcolino Barbavara, who was the Milanese ambassador to Rome, Francesco Barbavara II and Pietro Barbavara, apostolic protonotary.[citation needed] Another close relative was Antonio Barbavara the Abbot of the Abbey of Saints Nazario and Celso. In the village of Villareale, east of Cassolnovo, where his family had a castle, there is a road named after him. He reportedly attended the Papal Council of Basel.[citation needed] He was a teacher in the University of Pavia from (1429-1434) and later he served as Bishop of Como (1435–1437) and Bishop of Tortona (1437–1460).[1][2]
- ^ Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 140.
Barbavara was a cleric of the diocese of Novara. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure ('Doctor of Canon and Civil Law'). He was transferred to the diocese of Tortona (suffragan of Milan) on 6 March 1437. Eubel, II, p. 140, with note 1.
(in Latin) - ^ "Bishop Giovanni Barbavara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017. [self-published]