Aurelio Novarini Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Aurelio Novarini
Archbishop (Personal Title) of San Marco
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of San Marco
Term:1602–1606
Predecessor:Giovanni Girolamo Pisano
Successor:Giovanni Vincenzo Cansachi
Consecration:4 August 1591
Consecrated By:Girolamo Bernerio
Death Date:September 1606
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Aurelio Novarini (died September 1606) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of San Marco (1602–1606) and Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1591–1602).[1]

Biography

Aurelio Novarini was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. On 31 July 1591, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Archbishop of Dubrovnik. 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. On 1 July 1602, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Archbishop (Personal Title) of San Marco. He served as Bishop of San Marco until his death in September 1606.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Lorenzo Prezzato, Bishop of Chioggia (1601); Paolo Isaresi della Mirandola, Bishop of Squillace (1601); and Eustache Fontana, Bishop of Andros (1602).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnovarini.html "Archbishop Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv."