Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Andrea Pierbenedetti | |
Bishop of Venosa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Venosa |
Term: | 1611–1634 |
Predecessor: | Mario Moro (bishop) |
Successor: | Bartolomeo Frigerio |
Consecration: | 20 March 1611 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Garzia Mellini |
Birth Date: | 1568 |
Birth Place: | Camerino, Italy |
Death Date: | 1634 |
Death Place: | Venosa, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Andrea Pierbenedetti (1568–1634) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Venosa (1611–1634).[1] [2]
Andrea Pierbenedetti was born in Camerino, Italy in 1568.On 14 March 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Venosa.On 20 March 1611, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Antonio Seneca, Bishop of Anagni, and Pietro Bastoni, Bishop of Umbriatico, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Venosa until his death in 1634.