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Italian Reformation". Select Memoirs of Italian Protestant Confessors. No. I. Galeazzo Caracciolt9 Marquis of P^ico.*
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GA L E A Z Z O CARACCIOLI , whose name stands connected with the history of the Reformation in Italv and in Switzerland , was born at Naples in Jan . 1517 * He was descended
from an ancient and honourable family , who held large territorial possessions in the vicinity of Capua . His father , Calantonio Caraccioli , had distinguished himself in the service of the
Emperor Charles V ., who , in testimony of his friendship and confidence , had created him Marquis of Vico , and associated him with the Viceroy in the government of his Italian dominions . On his mother ' s side he was connected
by blood with the family of Caraffi , which gave a Pontiff to the See of Rome . At the age of twenty , the young Caraccioli formed an alliance with another of the noble houses of Italy by marrying Victoria , the daughter of the Duke of Nuceria , with whom
he received a munificent portion . The influence of his father had obtained for him an honourable appointment at Court , where his superior mental endowments , his personal accomplishments , his elegant and engaging manners , rendered him a general favourite , and recommended him to the especial esteem of the Emperor .
ouch were the circumstances in which he stood at the time when Val-* The Life of Galeazzo Caraccioli was written iu Italian by Nicholas Balbini , nmriwer of the Italian Church at Geueva .
This was afterwards translated into Latin byBeza , and subsequently , 4 « for the benefit of our people , put into English" by William Oawshay , and published under lne following title : " The Italian Concert : News from Italy of a Second
T «* 8 ; or , the Life of Gaieacius Carao ciolus , the Noble Marquis of Vico , " &c . Jjc- From this work the chief facts of ne lowing Memoir have been taken .
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desso * was endeavouring to disseminate at Naples the principles of the Reformation ; and it must be confessed , that , basking- as he then was in the sun-shine of the royal favour , already possessed of noble rank and
ample revenues , and having the fairest prospects of Court promotion to gratify his youthful ambition , nothing could be thought more unlikely than his secession to the unpopular cause of the Reformers ; and his conversion must be regarded as a singular
triumph of integrity over every consideration of worldly interest and fame . The change in his religious sentiments is said to have been effected , in the first instance , through the instrumentality of John Francis Caserta , a near relation of his , and one of
Valdesso ' s earliest disciples , -f- Having himself warmly embraced the reformed doctrine , Caserta availed himself of the opportunities afforded him by their frequent and familiar intercourse , to explain and recommend them to his young friend . His first endeavours
in this way do not appear to have been followed by the desired success ; but he so far prevailed as to induce Galeazzo to accompany him to hear the lectures which Peter Martyr was then delivering to a select audience on the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians . To the observations of the
lecturer he listened with the deepest attention . They struck him equally by their novelty and their impressive force ; they awakened within him a spirit of religious inquiry ; and determined him to satisfy his own mind by a careful perusal of the Scriptures ,
* See Monthly Repository , Vol . XVIIp . 3 . -f Caserta afterwards suffered death at Naples , on account of his Protestant principles .
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Italian Reformation". Select Memoirs Of Italian Protestant Confessors. No. I. Galeazzo Caracciolt9 Marquis Of P^Ico.*
Italian Reformation " . Select Memoirs of Italian Protestant Confessors . No . I . Galeazzo Caracciolt 9 Marquis of P ^ ico . *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1822, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2513/page/1/
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