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Scipione Rebiba (3 February 1504 – 23 July 1577) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is of particular ecclesiastical significance since more than 95% of all living Catholic bishops trace their episcopal lineage back to him. ==Biography== Scipione Rebiba was born in the village (borgo, vico) of San Marco d'Alunzio, in Sicily. He studied in Palermo, enjoying a benefice in the Church of S. Maria dei Miracoli.〔Lorenzo Cardella, ''Memorie de' Cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa'' IV (Roma 1793), p. 347.〕 He was appointed titular Bishop of Amyclae (a suffragan of Patras in the Peloponnesus) by Pope Paul III on 16 March 1541, on the recommendation of Bishop Gian Pietro Carafa, so that he could serve as Carafa's auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Chieti. On February 22, 1549, Cardinal Carafa was named by Pope Paul III to be Archbishop of Naples, but the opposition of the Emperor Charles V prevented him from taking possession of his see until July of 1551. Cardinal Carafa, who was active in Rome as one of the six cardinals of the Roman Inquisition (1542-1555), nonetheless retained possession of the See of Naples, and in 1551 appointed his friend Scipio Rebiba as his Vicar to administer the diocese on his behalf. Rebiba was also promoted in the episcopacy to the see of Motula on 12 October 1551.〔G. Gulik and C. Eubel, ''Hierarchia catholica'' editio altera (curavit J. Schmitz-Kallenberg) (Monasterii 1935), 251. He held the See until 13 April 1556, when he was translated to Pisa.〕 He was thus a bishop of a See in the Kingdom of Naples. With the full support of the head of the Inquisition in Rome, Rebiba introduced the Roman Inquisition into Naples and was granted the office of Commissary of the Roman Inquisition.〔H. C. Lea, ''The Inquisition in its Spanish Dependencies'' (New York 1922), p. 78.〕 Rebiba was immediately appointed Governor of Rome (5 July 1555) after his patron, Gian Paolo Carafa, was elected pope on 23 May 1555.〔Niccolò del Re, ''Monsignor Governatore di Roma'' (Roma: Istituto di studi Romani 1972), 60, 84-85.〕 He served only a few months, until the next Consistory for the elevation of cardinals. Rebiba was created a cardinal during the consistory of 20 December 1555. He was assigned the Church of S. Pudenziana, which he held from 24 January 1556 until February 7, 1565, when he was translated to the Church of S. Anastasia.〔G. Gulik and C. Eubel, ''Hierarchia catholica'' editio altera (curavit J. Schmitz-Kallenberg) (Monasterii 1935), 35 and 69. (Cardinal Title--S. Anastasia (GCatholic) )〕 These translations had to do with the prestige of a particular church as well as with its disposable income. Rebiba was appointed Archbishop of Pisa by Paul IV on 13 April 1556 and took possession of that metropolitan see on 29 April 1556, through a procurator.〔 In the consistory of 9 April 1556, just before he was appointed Archbishop of Pisa, Rebiba was named legate before King Philip II in Brussels to congratulate him for the short-lived Treaty of Vaucelles with King Henry II of France. He received the legatine cross on 11 May 1556 and left Rome for Brussels on 30 May 1556. However, while he was traveling, relations with Spain worsened and the legation was revoked. He returned to Rome in September 1556,]].〔''Cesaris S.R.E. Cardinalis Baronii Annales Ecclesiastici'' (ed. A. Theiner) Vol. 33 (Paris 1878), p. 546-547 (Paulus IV annus II, § 2 and 4): ''reque infecta tandem Romam inglorius reversus sit'' ('the matter not accomplished, he finally returned ingloriously to Rome').〕 after Philip II decided to declare war against Pope Paul IV and start occupying territory of the Papal States, an act which, according to Philip II, was for the benefit of the Church. In a letter to the Princess Dowager of Portugal, Regent of Spain, dated 22 September 1556, Francisco de Vargas wrote: Rebiba was one of seven cardinals named to a commission charged with preparing a peace agreement. The efforts were later abandoned by a decision of Paul IV, and the war continued. On 27 August 1557, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba and Viceroy of Naples, was at the walls of Rome, ready to lead his troops for a final assault. On 13 September 1557, Cardinal Carlo Carafa, the Pope's nephew and principal minister, signed a peace agreement, accepting all of the duke's conditions.〔 In 1557, Cardinal Giovanni Morone had been arrested on orders of Paul IV, and imprisoned in the Castel S. Angelo. A long list of charges was put together,〔Costantino Corvisieri, "Compendio dei processi del Santo Uffizio di Roma (da Paolo III a Paolo IV)," ''Archivio della Società romana di storia patria'' 3 (1880), 449-471〕 but the principal ones were heresy and dealing with Lutherans. Paul IV appointed a committee of Cardinals to examine the prisoner, Cardinals Ghislieri () (the future Pius IV), Scipione Rebiba, Jean Suau de Rieumes, and Alessandro Farnese. The Committee cleared Cardinal Morone of all the charges.〔Cesare Cantù, "Il Cardinale Giovanni Morone," ''Illustri Italiani'' Volume II (Milano: Brigola 1873), 421-442.〕 Nonetheless, Paul IV, who had been the Inquisitor General when the charges were being compiled, issued a bull, refusing to accept the findings of his own commission,〔Cantu, 440-442.〕 and Cardinal Morone was kept in prison in the Castel S. Angelo, under suspicion of the Pope personally. When Paul IV died, the innocent Cardinal was still in the Castel S. Angelo. His release was ordered by the College of Cardinals at their first Congregation during the Sede Vacante of 1559.〔F. Sforza-Pallavicino, ''Istoria del Concilio di Trento'', Book 14, chapter 10. (Sede Vacante and Conclave of 18 August--26 December, 1559 (J. P. Adams) )〕 In 1559, after the death of Paul IV (Carafa), the new Pope, Pius IV, authorized a number of arrests of persons accused of various crimes during the administration of Paul IV. Among them were Cardinal Carlo Carafa, the Nephew of Paul IV, and Cardinal Scipione Rebiba. They were sent to the Castel S. Angelo and imprisoned. Cardinal Rebiba was eventually released. Cardinal Carafa was strangled, on orders of Pius IV, on 4 March 1561.〔Gaetano Moroni, ''Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica'' Volume 56 (Venezia 1852), p.265. George Duruy, ''Le Cardinal Carlo Carafa (1519-1561): Étude sur le Pontificat de Paul IV'' (Paris 1882), pp. 304, 308-314. Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, ''Relazione della morte del Card.e D. Carlo Caraffa nipote di Papa Paolo Quarto strangolato in Castel S. Angelo p(er) ordine di Papa Pio Quarto, descritta dal Card.e Pallavicino'' (ms. Vat. Lat. 8665) (''Forcella, Catalogo dei manoscritti relativi alla storia di Roma'' I (Roma 1879), p. 242 no. 677 )〕 On 7 October 1566, Rebiba opted for the Church of S. Angelo in Pescheria,〔(Cardinal Deaconry--S. Angelo in Pescheria (GCatholic) )〕 but, since the church had the rank of a Deaconry, it was temporarily raised to the rank of a ''titulus'' of a cardinal priest for his benefit. He continued to administer that church until 3 July 1570, when he opted for the ''titulus'' of Santa Maria in Trastevere.〔(Cardinal title--S. Maria in Trastevere (GCatholic) )〕 Cardinal Rebiba participated in the Conclave of 1565-1566, after the death of Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo de' Medici), which elected Cardinal Michael Ghislieri as Pius V.〔(Sede Vacante and Conclave of 9 December, 1565--7 January, 1566 (J. P. Adams) )〕 He also voted in the Conclave of 1572, held upon the death of Pius V, which elected Gregory XIII (Ugo Boncompagni).〔(Sede Vacante and Conclave of 1 May--14 May, 1572 (J. P. Adams) )〕 Rebiba was appointed Bishop of Albano on 8 April 1573, and Bishop of Sabina in 1574. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scipione Rebiba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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