Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Ascanio Turamini | |
Bishop of Grosseto | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Grosseto |
Term: | 1586–1647 |
Predecessor: | Girolamo Tantucci |
Successor: | Giovanni Battista Gori Pannilini |
Ordination: | 19 December 1635 |
Consecration: | 15 March 1637 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco Maria Brancaccio |
Birth Date: | 1586 |
Death Date: | 2 September 1647 (age 61) |
Death Place: | Grosseto, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Ascanio Turamini (1586 – 2 September 1647) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Grosseto (1586–1647).[1]
Ascanio Turamini was born in Siena, Italy in 1586 and ordained a priest on 19 December 1635.[2] On 2 March 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Grosseto.On 15 March 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli, with Giovanni Battista Altieri, Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, Bishop of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Grosseto until his death on 2 September 1647.