Paolo Giovio

Paolo Giovio
Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani
Portrait (1552–1568)
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Nocera de' Pagani
In office1528–1552
PredecessorDomenico Giacobazzi
SuccessorGiulio Giovio
Orders
Consecration17 Apr 1533
by Gabriele Mascioli Foschi
Personal details
Born19 April 1483
Died11 December 1552(1552-12-11) (aged 69)
Florence

Paolo Giovio (also spelled Paulo Jovio; Latin: Paulus Jovius; 19 April 1483 – 11 December 1552)[1] was an Italian physician, historian, biographer, and prelate.

  1. ^ Thompson Cooper (1873). A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: and More Particularly of ... Great Britain and Ireland. Bell. p. 607.