Galeotto Graziani Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Very Reverend
Galeotto Graziani, O.Cam.
Bishop of Sansepolcro
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Sansepolcro
Appointed:17 September 1520
Term Start:3 January 1521
Term End:15 April 1522
Successor:Leonardo Tornabuoni
Consecration:3 January 1521
Death Date:15 April 1522
Death Place:Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence
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Galeotto Graziani, O.Cam. (1450(?) – 15 April 1522), was an Italian monk of the Camaldolese Order and Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Sansepolcro (1520–1522).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Galeotto Graziani, born possibly sometime about 1450, became a monk of the Camaldolese Abbey of Sansepolcro in Tuscany, an abbey nullius, where he was ordained a priest. He was elected abbot of the community in 1509.

On 17 September 1520, the abbey was suppressed by Pope Leo X and its territory was made a part of the new Diocese of Sansepolcro. At that time, the pope appointed Graziani to be the first Bishop of Sansepolcro, for which he was consecrated a bishop on 3 January of the following year. He served in this office until his death on 15 April 1522.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgrazga.html "Bishop Galeotto Graziani, O. Camald."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds201.html "Diocese of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro)"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/sans0.htm "Diocese of Sansepolcro"