Anastasio Germonio was born on 27 Feb 1551 in
Mondovì,
Italy. On 12 Nov 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Paul V as
Archbishop of Tarentaise. On 30 Dec 1607, he was
consecrated bishop by
Domenico Pinelli (seniore),
Cardinal-Bishop of
Ostia e Velletri, with
Vincenzo Querini,
Archbishop of Corfù, and
Metello Bichi,
Bishop Emeritus of Sovana, serving as
co-consecrators. As
archdeacon at
Turin he was a member of the commission appointed by
Pope Clement VIII to edit the
Liber Septimus decretalium (later known as the
Constitutiones Clementinae); and he also wrote
Paratitla on the five books of the
Decretals of
Gregory IX. He represented the
Duke of Savoy at the court of
Rome under
Clement VIII and
Paul V, and was ambassador to
Spain under Kings
Philip III and
IV. He served as Archbishop of Tarentaise until his death on 4 Aug 1627 in
Madrid,
Spain. Germonius is best known for his treatise on ambassadors,
De legatis principum et populorum libri tres (Rome, 1627). According to the
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "[t]he book is diffuse, pedantic and somewhat heavy in style, but valuable historically as written by a theorist who was also an expert man of affairs." == Works ==