Aurelio Griani Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Aurelio Griani
Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano
Term:1570–1576
Predecessor:Filippo Fasio Capponi
Successor:Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli
Consecration:19 November 1570
Consecrated By:Scipione Rebiba
Death Date:1576
Death Place:Lettere, Italy

Aurelio Griani (died 1576) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1570–1576).

Biography

Aurelio Griani was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 8 November 1570, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano. On 19 November 1570, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Nicola Perusco, Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, and Francesco Rusticucci, Bishop of Fano, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano until his death in 1576.

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