Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Claudio Marescotti | |
Bishop of Strongoli | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Strongoli |
Term: | 1587–1590 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Luigi Marescotti |
Successor: | Claudio Vico |
Consecration: | 19 May 1587 |
Consecrated By: | Gabriele Paleotti |
Birth Date: | 1520 |
Death Date: | 24 Feb 1590 (age 70) |
Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. (1520–1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Strongoli (1587–1590).[1]
Claudio Marescotti was born in 1520 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.[2] On 18 Feb 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Strongoli.On 19 May 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Gabriele Paleotti, Archbishop of Bologna, with Annibale Grassi, Bishop of Faenza, and Vincenzo Casali, Bishop of Massa Marittima, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Strongoli until his death on 24 Feb 1590.
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