Giacomo Antonio della Torre or Jacopo-Antonio dalla Torre (died 1486) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cremona (1476–1486), (in Latin) Bishop of Parma (1463–1476), Bishop of Modena (1444–1463),Eubel, p. 197. and Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1439–1444).Eubel, p. 222.Di Zio, "DELLA TORRE, Giacomo Antonio".
Biography Della Torre was born in the territory of Modena,According to Ughelli, p. 131: in Mutinensibus alpibus. According to , Scipioni successit Jacobus Antonius a Turre, loco ignobili in montibus Mutinensibus oriundus, qui licet obscuros habuerit natales.... Di Zio, "DELLA TORRE, Giacomo Antonio", draws attention to efforts to connect Della Torre's ancestry with more prestigious families, such as the Torriani of Valsassina: "Tale opinione non è condivisa dall'Ughelli e dal Tiraboschi, che gli attribuiscono bassi natali". and held a degree in the Arts, and was a Doctor of Medicine.Eubel, p. 222, note 1. Because of his intellectual gifts he was a favorite of Pope Eugene IV.: ob egregias animi dotes, Eugenio IV. Pontifici in paucis charus.
On 16 January 1439, Giacomo Antonio della Torre was appointed by Pope Eugene as Bishop of Reggio Emilia.Ughelli, p. 131: ab eodem Pontifice Regiensis adlectus Episcopus. Eubel, p. 222. On 16 August 1439, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Bernieri (bishop), Bishop of Lodi, with Delfino della Pergola, Bishop of Parma, and Pier-Simone Brunetti, Auxiliary Bishop of Parma serving as co-consecrators.
On 19 October 1444, he was appointed Bishop of Modena by Pope Eugene. Eubel, p. 197.
On 24 September 1463, he was transferred to the diocese of Parma by Pope Pius II, at the same time as the Bishop of Parma, Delfino della Pergola, was transferred to Modena.Cappelletti, p. 285. Eubel, II, p. 197, 213.
On 15 January 1476, Pope Sixtus IV transferred him to the diocese of Cremona. He served as Bishop of Cremona until his death in 1486.Eubel, II, p. 139. Della Torre died before 28 July 1486, on which date an Apostolic Administrator, Cardinal Ascanio Maria Sforza, was appointed.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giacomo de Suressi (Sulixio), Archbishop of Craina (1483).
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Sources and external links
Di Zio, Tiziana. "DELLA TORRE, Giacomo Antonio" Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 37 (1989); retrieved: 13 October 2018. (in Latin)