Alessandro Guidiccioni (seniore) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Alessandro Guidiccioni
Bishop of Lucca
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Lucca
Term:1549–1600
Predecessor:Bartolomeo Guidiccioni
Successor:Alessandro Guidiccioni (iuniore)
Death Date:1605
Death Place:Lucca, Italy

Alessandro Guidiccioni (died 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lucca (1549–1600).[1] [2] [3] [4]

Biography

On 9 January 1549, Alessandro Guidiccioni was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Coadjutor Bishop of Lucca and succeeded to the bishopric on 4 November 1549.He served as Bishop of Lucca until his resignation in 1600. He died in 1605.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonmaria Sauli, Titular Archbishop of Philadelphia in Arabia and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1586).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 229. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bguida.html "Bishop Alessandro Guidiccioni"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlucc.html "Archdiocese of Lucca"
  4. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/lucc0.htm "Archdiocese of Lucca"