Adamo Gentile Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Adamo Gentile
Bishop of Lipari
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Lipari
Term:1660–1662
Predecessor:Benedetto Geraci
Successor:Francesco Arata
Consecration:21 November 1660
Consecrated By:Antonio Barberini
Birth Date:1615
Birth Place:Caserta, Italy
Death Date:November 1662 (age 47)
Death Place:Lipari, Italy

Adamo Gentile (1615 – November 1662) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lipari (1660–1662).[1]

Biography

Adamo Gentile was born in Caserta, Italy in 1615. On 15 November 1660, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Lipari.[2] On 21 November 1660, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Barberini, Archbishop of Reims, with Marco Antonio Bottoni, Titular Bishop of Coronea, and Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani, Bishop of Accia and Mariana, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lipari until his death in November 1662.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 222. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgentilea.html "Bishop Adamo Gentile"