Giovanni Morone

Giovanni Morone (born Jan. 25, 1509, Milan [Italy]—died Dec. 1, 1580, Rome) was an Italian cardinal, one of the greatest diplomats of the Protestant Reformation, and the last president of the Council of Trent—the 19th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic church—which convened between 1545 and 1563 at Trento to restore church morale and doctrines challenged by the Reformation. Morone was named bishop of Modena in 1529. In 1536 Pope Paul III sent him as...