Andrea Pierbenedetti Explained

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]

Biography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 364. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpierba.html "Bishop Andrea Pierbenedetti"