"The Pastoral Writings and Sacred Art Patronage of Patriarch Giovanni Tiepolo (1619-1631). A Preliminary Investigation," Studi veneziani, LXII-LXIV (Dec. 2011), 193-224 (original) (raw)

a Preliminary invesTigaTion* helen deborah Walberg T he career of the patrician cleric giovanni Tiepolo has retained a low profile among scholars of venetian culture and history. only two notable studiosi, gaetano cozzi and antonio niero, have studied and published aspects of the life and the political and ecclesiastical career of Tiepolo, who was a lifelong exponent of venetian nationalism in the religious sphere. a third, oliver logan, examined several of Tiepolo's publications within the larger context of counter reformation pastoral writings and theology. 1 To date, cozzi's desire for a thorough investigation of the life of this prolific cleric has remained unrealized. 2 This is unfortunate, for Tiepolo's career, his publications, and his art and architectural patronage are intimately related to one of the more fascinating periods in venice's early modern history -the three decades after the Papal interdict of 1605-1607. * i am grateful to dr. matteo casini for his support and observations during the writing of this article. The archival research was funded in part by two generous grants from the gladys Krieble delmas foundation. The following abbreviations will be used : asv : archivio di stato di venezia ; bnm : Biblioteca nazionale marciana ; bmc : Biblioteca del museo correr. 1 g. cozzi, Giuspatronato del doge e prerogative del primicerio sulla capella ducale di San Marco (secoli xvi-xviii) : Controversie con i Procuratori di San Marco de supra e i patriarchi di Venezia, « atti dell'istituto veneto di science lettere ed arti », cli, 1992-1993, pp. 1-69 ; idem, Note su Giovanni Tiepolo, Primicerio di S. Marco e Patriarca di Venezia : L'unità ideale della chiesa veneziana, in Chiesa società e stato a Venezia. Miscellanea di studi in onore di Silvio Tramontin, a cura di B. Bertolli, venezia, 1994, pp. 121-150 ; idem, Il giuspatronato del doge su San Marco : diritto originario o concessione pontificia ?, in San Marco : aspetti storici e agiografici, atti del convegno internazionale di studi, venezia 26-29 aprile 1994, a cura di a. niero, venezia, 1996, pp. 727-742 ; a. niero, Tiepolo, Jean, in Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique. Paris, 1991, vol. xv, cols. 935-946 ; idem, Il corpus tiepolesco dei santi e beati veneziani in l. moretti, a. niero, P. rossi, La Chiesa del Tintoretto. Madonna dell'