Giacomo Villani Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giacomo Villani
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Caiazzo
Term:1679–1690
Predecessor:Giuseppe Petagna
Successor:Francesco Giambattista Bonesana
Consecration:30 November 1679
Consecrated By:Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)
Birth Date:1605
Birth Place:Fossoli di Ravenna, Italy
Death Date:5 November 1690
Death Place:Caiazzo, Italy

Giacomo Villani (1605 – 5 November 1690) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caiazzo (1679–1690).[1] [2]

Biography

Giacomo Villani was born in Fossoli di Ravenna, Italy in 1605. On 27 November 1679, he was appointed by Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Caiazzo. On 30 November 1679, he was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Alessandro Crescenzi, Bishop of Recanati e Loreto, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Caiazzo until his death on 5 November 1690.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 134. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvillanig.html "Bishop Giacomo Villani"