Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Cini | |
Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Macerata e Tolentino |
Term: | 1660–1684 |
Predecessor: | Papirio Silvestri |
Successor: | Fabrizio Paolucci |
Ordination: | 26 September 1660 |
Consecration: | 21 November 1660 |
Consecrated By: | Giulio Cesare Sacchetti |
Birth Date: | 1610 |
Birth Place: | Osimo, Italy |
Death Date: | May 1684 (age 74) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Francesco Cini (1610 - May 1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino (1660–1684).[1]
Francesco Cini was born in Osimo, Italy, in 1610 and ordained as a priest on 26 September 1660.[2] On 15 November 1660, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino. On 21 November 1660, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, with Ottaviano Carafa, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, and Giovanni Agostino Marliani, Bishop Emeritus of Accia and Mariana, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino until his death in May 1684.