Gaudenzio Poli Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Gaudenzio Poli
Bishop of Amelia
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Amelia
Term:1643–1679
Predecessor:Torquato Perotti
Successor:Giuseppe Sallustio Fadulfi
Consecration:8 Mar 1643
Consecrated By:Faustus Poli
Birth Date:1609
Birth Place:Castello Scheggino, Italy
Death Date:28 May 1679 (age 70)

Gaudenzio Poli (1609–1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Amelia (1643–1679).[1]

Biography

Gaudenzio Poli was born in 1609 in Castello Scheggino, Italy and ordained a deacon in Jan 1643.[2] On 23 Feb 1643, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Amelia.On 8 Mar 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Faustus Poli, Titular Archbishop of Amasea, with Giovanni Battista Altieri (seniore), Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and Lelio Falconieri, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Amelia until his death on 28 May 1679.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Rodolpho Acquaviva, Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Phrygia and Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1668).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 81. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Gaudenzio Poli . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.