The chapter focuses on the Venetian cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone, who served as nuncio and later as cardinal legate in the Empire and in Poland. At a crucial moment in the history of the Church, he proved capable of deciphering the evolving nature of multiconfessional reality, grasping the challenges it posed to the papacy and seeking to render them intelligible to the Curia, so that Rome might come to recognize the need to develop new strategies and forms of negotiation with heretics, as well as a different political lexicon.
“Setting Reality Before One’s Eyes”. Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone (1524-1584) and Multiconfessional Europe / Bonora, E.. - (2026), pp. 31-65.
“Setting Reality Before One’s Eyes”. Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone (1524-1584) and Multiconfessional Europe
Bonora Elena
2026-01-01
Abstract
The chapter focuses on the Venetian cardinal Giovanni Francesco Commendone, who served as nuncio and later as cardinal legate in the Empire and in Poland. At a crucial moment in the history of the Church, he proved capable of deciphering the evolving nature of multiconfessional reality, grasping the challenges it posed to the papacy and seeking to render them intelligible to the Curia, so that Rome might come to recognize the need to develop new strategies and forms of negotiation with heretics, as well as a different political lexicon.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
