Sadoleto, Jacopo (1477–1547)

Italian humanist. He was an outstanding classical and philosophical scholar. He became bishop of Carpentras in 1517, and Pope Leo X made him one of his secretaries in the same year. He was made a cardinal in 1536. He made frequent efforts to reconcile the Protestants to the Roman Catholic Church. Sadoleto was born in Modena, Italy. He was educated at Ferrara University.