Filippo Trenta Explained

Filippo Trenta (21 April 1731 - March 1793) was a Roman Catholic prelate, jurist, an poet who served as Bishop of Foligno (3 April 1785 – 4 March 1796).^[1]

Biography

He was born to an aristocratic family from Ascoli Piceno, he became a papal auditor in Lucca, Genoa, and Macerata. He finally became an auditor in Bologna under Cardinal Ignazio Gaetano Boncompagni. He published some lyric works of poetry, including:^[2]

• Tragedie (Lucca 1766)
• Limon sive Urbanarum Auaestionum libri tres (Rome 1782)

In 1784, 53 year of age, he was ordained a priest; and within a year named bishop of Foligno.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 191.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=hg5BAQAAMAAJ Dizionario biografico universale
3. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btrentaf.html Catholic hierarchy