Council of Venice
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The concilio di Veneto or sinodo a Venezia 1550 was a meeting in Venice
of the anabaptist
radicals of Northern Italy.
It had been preceded by the antitrinitarian Collegia Vicentina (Lat. Vicenza colloquia) in Vicenza
in which Lelio Sozzini took a leading role in 1546.
In late 1549 or early 1550 Anabaptists began to assemble again in Vicenza.
In September 1550 Sixty Anabaptist leaders, including 20 or 30 exiles from Switzerland, assembled in Venice.
Under the impetus of two followers of Servetus, "Camillo Renato
" (Paolo Ricci) and a "Tiziano" (possibly Lorenzo Tizzano) the synod agreed on a set of anti-Trinitarian principles.
The exact attendance list is unknown, since the conclusions were published anonymously, but various significant figures were likely to have been among the sixty. Among the names suggested is Celio Secondo Curione
.
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
of the anabaptist
Anabaptist
Anabaptists are Protestant Christians of the Radical Reformation of 16th-century Europe, and their direct descendants, particularly the Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites....
radicals of Northern Italy.
It had been preceded by the antitrinitarian Collegia Vicentina (Lat. Vicenza colloquia) in Vicenza
Vicenza
Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione...
in which Lelio Sozzini took a leading role in 1546.
In late 1549 or early 1550 Anabaptists began to assemble again in Vicenza.
In September 1550 Sixty Anabaptist leaders, including 20 or 30 exiles from Switzerland, assembled in Venice.
Under the impetus of two followers of Servetus, "Camillo Renato
Camillo Renato
Paolo Ricci was a former Franciscan, then Anabaptist and Antitrinitarian. He also adopted an academic pseudeonym Lisia Fileno , Fileno Lunardi, and finally the baptismal name Camillo Renato.-Paolo Lysias Philaenus Ricci:He was born Paolo Ricci and became a Franciscan...
" (Paolo Ricci) and a "Tiziano" (possibly Lorenzo Tizzano) the synod agreed on a set of anti-Trinitarian principles.
The exact attendance list is unknown, since the conclusions were published anonymously, but various significant figures were likely to have been among the sixty. Among the names suggested is Celio Secondo Curione
Celio Secondo Curione
Celio Secondo Curione was an Italian humanist, grammarian and suspected antitrinitarian.thumb|160px|Celio Secondo Curione-Works :* Pasquillus ecstaticus et Marphorius. Basel, 1544....
.