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]
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.