Ascanio Libertano Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Ascanio Libertano
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Cagli
Term:1591–1607
Predecessor:Paolo Maria della Rovere
Successor:Timocrate Aloigi
Consecration:4 August 1591
Consecrated By:Girolamo Bernerio
Death Date:10 March 1607
Death Place:Cagli, Italy

Ascanio Libertano (also Ascanio Libertani)(died 10 March 1607) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cagli (1591–1607).[1]

Biography

On 19 July 1591, Ascanio Libertano was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Cagli. On 4 August 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Girolamo Bernerio, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, with Paolo Alberi, Archbishop Emeritus of Dubrovnik, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Cagli until his death on 10 March 1607.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blibe.html "Bishop Ascanio Libertano (Libertani)"