Musso, Cornelius
Musso, Cornelius
Friar Minor Conventual, Bishop of Bitonto, prominent at the Council of Trent; born at Piacenza 1511; died 1574. He was, perhaps, the most renowned orator of his day, and has been justly styled the “Italian Demosthenes”. Returning to ancient patristic models, he has raised the homily to its highest form of perfection. 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 of Isselt (Cologne, 1594). Musso was buried in the Church of the Twelve Apostles, Rome.
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GAUDENTIUS, 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; HURTER, Nomenclator Lit., III (3rd ed.), 84 sqq.
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Musso, Cornelius
a famous Italian pulpit orator, was born at Placentia in 1511, and, after entering holy orders, rose rapidly to distinction in the Church. He was made bishop of Bertinoro, then of Bitonto, towards the close of the 16th century. HIe distinguished himself at the Council of Trent, and seems to have enjoyed popular favor to an unusual degree, for medals were struck in his honor, and other distinctions of like character were paid him. He died at Rome January 9, 1574. He is the author of Sermons on the Creed (Venice, 1590, 4to). See Bayle, Hist. Diet. s.v.; Genesis Biog. Dict. 11:154; Musso, Vita di Cornelio Musso (1586) ; Blackwood, 1869, 1:211; Wessenberg, Die Grossen Kirchenversammlungen d. 15 u. 16 Jahrh. 3:160, 161.