Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Biglia | |
Bishop of Pavia | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Pavia |
Term: | 1648–1659 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Battista Sfondrati |
Successor: | Girolamo Melzi |
Birth Date: | 1587 |
Birth Place: | Mezzana Biglia, Italy |
Death Date: | 4 Jun 1659 (age 72) |
Death Place: | Milan, Italy |
Francesco Biglia (1587–1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pavia (1648–1659).[1]
Francesco Biglia was born in 1587 in Mezzana Biglia, Italy.[2] On 10 Feb 1648, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Pavia.On 24 Jan 1649, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Panciroli, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio. He served as Bishop of Pavia until his death on 4 Jun 1659 in Milan, Italy.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: Andreas Lanfranchi, Bishop of Ugento (1651); Benedetto Geraci, Bishop of Lipari (1651); and Filippo Casoni, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1651).