Background
He was born in Venice on 7 April 1531.
He was born in Venice on 7 April 1531.
He was a reforming bishop, putting into effect the decisions of the Council of Trent by means of administrative and disciplinary measures. He became a doctor of canon law. Valier took part in the intellectual life of his time.
In Venice around the year 1560 he was associated with the Academy of Federico Badoer.
He later also took part in the Noctes Vaticanae. As a dedicatee of one of the works of Jacopo Zabarella he may have been a patron.
Valier as bishop from 1565 was influenced by his reforming predecessor at Verona, Gian Matteo Giberti, as well as the Council of Trent, and his association with Carlo Borromeo. He followed Borromeo"s Milan model but not slavishly, working within local tradition, while also handling the Venetian dominance in a diplomatic fashion.
In 1576 he requested that the Jesuits be called to Verona to found a school.
Valier died in Rome on 24 May 1606.