Giovanni Battista Jacobelli

Portrait by Daniel Schultz in 1654

Giovanni Battista Jacobelli (born 1603 in Casalvieri - died November 2, 1679) is a court chaplain, musician, singer

He was the son of Leonardo and the Fallen Olympians, graduated from the Roman Collegium Clementino run by the Jesuits. Gifted with music and vocal talent, he sang in the choir of St. Peter's Basilica. Peter. In 1625 he left Italy, arriving in Poland, most likely as the confessor of Queen Constance. In the mid-seventeenth century, however, he was on the payroll as the tenor of the king Jan Kazimierz. In 1637 she became the chaplain of Queen Cecilia Renata with the sum of 300 thalers of annual income. He was also the secretary of the Queen of Italian correspondence in the same character after 1644 at the court of Queen Ludwig Maria Gonzaga. Through her intercession, in 1651, Pope Innocento X documented the canon of Warmia. From that moment he lived in Lidzbark Warminski and in Frombork. During the Swedish Deluge he lived in Gdansk protecting the archives and treasury of the Warmia bishops who had been deposited there. In 1671 he became custodian of the cathedral chapter. In 1679, he was recruited for the position of Bishop of Warmia after Stefan Wyszynski promoted to the post of Primate, but he worsened health. He died on November 2, 1679 and was probably buried in Frombork, but his gravestone has not survived until now. Bibliography

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