RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA
Gennadius Gentile
TU xiv. (Leipsic, 1896), and is reprinted from J A. Fabricius, Bibliotheca ecclesiastica (Hamburg, 1718), in MPL, lviii. 1059-1120. There is an Eng. transl. in NPNF, 2d ser., iii. 385-402. Gennadius also composed Adversus omnes hcereses libri viii.; five books against Nestorius; ten books against Eutyches; three books against Pelagius; a Tractatus de millenio et de apocalypsi beati Johannis; and an Epistola de fide, which he sent to Gelasius. There is also attributed to Gennadius a Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum (Hamburg, 1614; reprinted in MPL, lviii. 979-1054), an abstract of catholic doctrine with a polemical bent. Its composition by Gennadius would appear to confirm his leaning toward Semi-Pelagianism. G. Kruger.
Bibliography: C. H. Turner, in JTS, vii (1906), 78-99; E. Jungmann, Qucestiones Gennadiance, Leipsic, 1881; A. Ebert, Allgemeine Geschichte der Literatur des Miltelalters, i. 447-449, ib. 1889; B. Czapla, Gennadius als Litterarhistoriker, Munster, 1898; F. Diekamp, in Romische Quartalschrift, xii (1898), 411-420; DCB, ii. 631- 632; H. Hurter, Nomenclator literarius, i. 409, Innsbruck, 1903; H. Koch, Vincenz von Lerin und Gennadius, in TU, xxxi. 2 (1907); Ceillier, Auteurs sacres, x. 600-606.
GENNARI, jen-na'ri, CASIMIRO: Roman Catholic cardinal; b. at Maratea (96 m. s.e. of Naples), Italy, Dec. 29, 1839. He was educated at the Jesuit college in Salerno and the theological semiaary at Naples. He then returned to his native eity as a priest, and there founded the Monitore Ecclesiastico, a theological journal. In 1881 he was consecrated bishop of Conversano and in 1897 became assessor of the Holy Office at Rome with the title of archbishop of Lepanto. He was created cardinal priest of San Marcello al Corso in 1901, and is a member of the Congregations of the Consistory, Bishops and Regulars, the Council, Rites, Index, Indulgences, Apostolic Visitation, Provincial Councils, and Propaganda for the Oriental Rite, as well as a commissioner for the apostolic visitation of the dioceses of Italy and the Opera preservationis fidei.
GENNESARET, gen-nes'a-ret. See Galilee, § 4; Galilee, Sea of.
GENOA, ARCHBISHOPRIC OF: An ancient metropolitan see of North Italy. The first bishop named by tradition is Salomo or Salonius (c. 269); the first historically known is Valentinus (295; according to some authorities, c. 313). Under Syrus II. (1130-63), the see of Genoa, formerly suffragan to Milan, was raised to metropolitan rank by Innocent II. in 1133. As suffragan bishoprics it had at first only Bobbio and Brugnato, to which were added before long Ventimiglia, Noli, and Albenga, and then three of the six Corsican sees, Aceia, Mariana, and Nebbio, the other three remaining under the jurisdiction of Pisa until the end of the thirteenth century. During the French Revolution some of these bishoprics were suppressed. By a bull of 1817 the province was reconstituted with the sees of Albenga, Bobbio, Brugnato, Noli- Savona, Tortona, and Nice; and it has the same to-day with the exception of Ventimiglia in place of Nice. The actual diocese of Genoa contains ibout 400,000 inhabitants. Among the early archbishops one of the most distinguished was Jacobus
de Varagine (q.v.), 1292-98. From the fifteenth century the see was frequently occupied by cardinals.
Bibliography: F. Ughelli, Italia sacra, iv. 830-907, 10 vols., Venice, 1717-22; G. Cappelletti, Le Chiesa d'Jtalia, xiii. 269 sqq., 21 vols., Venice, 1844-70; M. Rosi, Storia della relazione fra la republica di Genova e la chiesa Romana in rapporto alia riforma religiosa, Rome, 1899; KL, v. 304-308.
GENOUDE, zhe"nud', ANTOINE EUGENE DE:
French priest and publicist; b. at MonteUimar (135 m. s. of Lyons) 1792; d. at Hyeres (12 m. e. of Toulon) Apr. 19, 1849. After teaching for a while at the Lycee Bonaparte, Paris, he entered the seminary of St. Sulpice. At the restoration of the Bourbons he became secretary and adjutant to Prince de Polignac. Entering journalism he collaborated in 1818 on the Conservateur, which was directed against the ministry of Decazes, and in 1820 joined Lemennais in founding the Defenseur. In 1821 he bought the Etoile, which became the official journal of the government. For his services to the government he was ennobled in 1822. In 1827 he revived the Gazette de France. After the July Revolution of 1830 his violent defense of the fallen dynasty involved him in troubles with the pope and the French bishops. In 1835 he entered the priesthood but soon returned to journalism. In 1846 he was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies from Toulouse. Besides political writings, a translation of the Bible, and a translation of the " Imitation of Christ," by Thomas a Kempis, his publications include, La Raison du christianisme (12 vols., Paris, 1834-35), a compilation from many sources; La Vie de Jesus Christ et des apdtres (2 vols., 1836); Lecons et modcles de litterature sacree (1837); Exposition du dogme catholique (1840); Sermons et conferences (1844); and L'hisioire d'une time (1844), an autobiography.
Bibliography: Besides the autobiography, consult: Biographie de M. de Genoude, Paris, 1844; Lichtenberger, ESR, v. 527-529.
GENTILE, jen-ti'le, GIOVANNI VALENTINO:
Antitrinitarian; d. at Bern Sept. 10, 1567 He was a native of Cosenza in Calabria, and was one of those Italians who about the middle of the sixteenth century left Italy to live freely according to their religious convictions. In 1556 or 1557 he came to Geneva. When in 1558 all members of the Italian colony were required to subscribe an orthodox confession which especially emphasized the Trinity, he preferred to leave the city for a time together with Alciati and Matteo Gribaldi (q.v.). Their countrymen brought them back and induced them to subscribe. Nevertheless the council proceeded (1558) against Gentile, and forced him to a humiliating submission and penance. He fled to Lyons, opposed Calvin's doctrine of the Trinity in the Anlidota, dedicated to King Sigismund of Poland, whither he went in 1563. His name occurs from time to time during the next three years in letters from Poland. Then he returned to Switzerland and settled at Gex, which was under the jurisdiction of Bern. Fresh proceedings were instituted against him, on a charge of blaspheming the Holy Trinity and reviling the Reformed Church, and
Gentillet George, Bishop