Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Maria Piccolomini | |
Bishop of Montalcino Bishop of Pienza | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Montalcino |
Term: | 1554–1599 |
Predecessor: | Alessandro Piccolomini |
Successor: | Camillo Borghese (archbishop) |
Consecration: | 25 November 1554 |
Consecrated By: | Scipione Bongalli |
Death Date: | 1599 |
Francesco Maria Piccolomini (died 1599) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Montalcino (1554–1599) and Bishop of Pienza (1563–1599).[1] [2] [3]
On 20 April 1554, Francesco Maria Piccolomini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Montalcino.[4] [5] On 25 November 1554, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Bongalli, Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, with Cesare Cibo, Archbishop of Turin, and Alessandro Piccolomini, Bishop of Pienza, serving as co-consecrators. In December 1563, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Pienza.He served as Bishop of Montalcino and Bishop of Pienza until his death in 1599.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: