Roman Catholic Cardinal. Verona born Girolamo Noris was the nephew of an Irish emigrant who after fleeing Cyprus following its conquership by the Turks of Selim II settled in Verona. Receiving his early education at the Jesuit school in Rimini, Noris entered the Order of the Hermits of Saint Augustine at their Rimini novitiate in 1647, receiving the religious name of Enrico. By 1658, he was named professor of philosophy and theology in Pesaro, which subject he kept successively lecturing in Perugia, Florence, Padua and Rome up to 1672, being in the meantime named magister of theology in 1663. Publishing some of his works in 1673 on the subjects of history and theology, his writings aroused much controversy despite having been approved by a special commission in Rome, before which he successfully explained his orthodoxy. Recognizing his knowledge and orthodox doctrine, Pope Clement X soon had him named as one qualificators of the Holy Office, although charges accusing him of Jansenism and Bajanismus did not cease. Cosimo III of Tuscany called him to Florence and named him his personal theologian and professor of church history at the University of Pisa in 1674. Declining a promotion to the see of Pistoia as well as other promotions offered by Popes Clement X and Innocent XI, on May 16, 1692 he accepted the post of first custos of the Vatican Library. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of December 12, 1695 by Pope Innocent XII, receiving the title of Sant'Agostino on January 2 of the following year, he acted as Librarian of the Holy Roman Church between March 6, 1700 and his death. With the Ballerini Brothers publishing his complete works in a five-volume folio between 1729 and 1741, not even death stopped his rivals from attacking his teachings, leading Pope Benedict XIV to send a brief to the prefect of the Spanish Inquisition in July 1748 ordering him to remove Noris's name from the list of forbidden books, stressing that none of the charges brought against him were ever proved and that the previous Popes had both recognized and honored him. The Augustinians erected a beautiful monument to honor his memory in his titular church.