Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Francesco Rinuccini | |
Bishop of Pistoia e Prato | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Pistoia |
Term: | 1656–1678 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Gerini |
Successor: | Gherardo Gherardi |
Consecration: | 10 Sep 1656 |
Consecrated By: | Federico Sforza |
Birth Place: | Florence, Italy |
Death Date: | 11 Mar 1678 |
Francesco Rinuccini or Francesco Ruccini (died 1678) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pistoia e Prato (1656–1678).[1]
Francesco Rinuccini was born in Florence, Italy.[2] On 28 Aug 1656, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Pistoia e Prato.On 10 Sep 1656, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Sforza, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Annibale Bentivoglio, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, and Luca Torreggiani, Archbishop of Ravenna, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Pistoia e Prato until his death on 11 Mar 1678.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Celio Piccolomini, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania (1656) .