1. Isidoro Chiari, or Isidoro Clario or Isidoro da Chiari, perhaps better known by his Latin name Isidorus Clarius and sometimes called Brixianus after the land of his birth, was a founding father of the Council of Trent and an editor of an edition of the Vulgate.
Isidoro Chiari was born Taddeo Cucchi in Chiari, Brescia in 1495, of modest ancestry.
Isidoro Chiari had a brother, Basilio, who died in 1531.
Isidoro Chiari made rapid progress in both sacred and secular literature.
Isidoro Chiari was elected abbot of the monastery of Pontida in the diocese of Brescia, then of S Maria di Cesena.
Isidoro Chiari was still abbot of S Maria when he appeared at the opening of the Council of Trent.
Isidoro Chiari was granted the privilege of being a mitred abbot by Pope Paul III.
Isidoro Chiari encouraged the promotion of literature, and especially the Greek language, through an academy which he founded.
In 1551, Bishop Isidoro Chiari began to preach a series of sermons in the Cathedral on the subject of the Gospel of Saint Luke.
Isidoro Chiari's view, expressed in his synods, was that preaching was a prime duty of the clergy, and at the same time he wanted his people to hear the word of God.
Isidoro Chiari therefore preached on a chapter of the Gospel of Luke each week, following successively in order.
Isidoro Chiari's remains were displayed in the cathedral of Foligno, where he was buried in an emotional funeral service.