Domenico Valvassori Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Domenico Valvassori
Bishop of Gravina di Puglia
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Gravina di Puglia
Term:1686–1689
Predecessor:Domenico Cennini
Successor:Marcello Cavalieri
Consecration:25 March 1686
Consecrated By:Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Birth Date:5 August 1627
Birth Place:Trezzo, Italy
Death Date:2 October 1689 (age 62)
Death Place:Gravina di Puglia, Italy
Nationality:Italian

Domenico Valvassori, O.S.A. (5 August 1627 – 2 October 1689) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1686–1689).[1] [2]

Biography

Domenico Valvassori was born in Trezzo, Italy on 5 August 1627 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 18 March 1686, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia. On 25 March 1686, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca, with Giuseppe Eusanio, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia until his death on 2 October 1689.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 213. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvalvas.html "Bishop Domenico Valvassori, O.S.A."