Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Agostino Cassandra | |
Bishop of Gravina di Puglia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Gravina di Puglia |
Term: | 1614–1623 |
Predecessor: | Vincenzo Giustiniani |
Successor: | Giulio Cesare Sacchetti |
Consecration: | 28 Dec 1614 |
Consecrated By: | Marcello Lante della Rovere |
Birth Date: | 1564 |
Birth Place: | Castrofidardo, Italy |
Death Date: | Sep 1623 |
Agostino Cassandra (1564–1623) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1614–1623).[1]
Agostino Cassandra was born in Castrofidardo, Italy.[2] He was appointed Bishop of Gravina di Puglia on 24 Nov 1614, during the papacy of Pope Paul V.On 28 Dec 1614, he was consecrated bishop by Marcello Lante della Rovere, Bishop of Todi, with Ulpiano Volpi, Archbishop of Chieti, and Cesare Lippi, Bishop of Cava de' Tirreni, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia until his death in Sep 1623.