Bernardino Piccoli Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Bernardino Piccoli
Bishop of Strongoli
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Strongoli
Term:1627–1636
Predecessor:Sebastiano Ghislieri
Successor:Sallustio Bartoli
Consecration:2 January 1622
Consecrated By:Fabrizio Verallo
Birth Date:1581
Birth Place:Umbriatico, Italy
Death Date:1636 (age 55)
Death Place:Strongoli, Italy

Bernardino Piccoli (1581–1636) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Strongoli (1627–1636)[1] and Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1622–1627).[2]

Biography

Bernardino Piccoli was born in Umbriatico, Italy, in 1581.[3] On 15 December 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Titular Archbishop of Nicaea and Coadjutor Bishop of Strongoli.On 2 January 1622, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Verallo, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Muzio Cinquini, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, and Girolamo Ricciulli, Bishop of Belcastro, serving as co-consecrators. On 2 October 1627, he succeeded to the bishopric of Strongoli.He served as Bishop of Strongoli until his death in 1636.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 323. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 257. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  3. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Archbishop Bernardino Piccoli. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. January 3, 2019.