Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Antici | |
Bishop of Amelia, | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Amelia |
Term: | 1685–1690 |
Predecessor: | Giuseppe Sallustio Fadulfi |
Successor: | Giuseppe Crispini |
Ordination: | 6 April 1658 |
Consecration: | 23 April 1685 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 17 July 1631 |
Birth Place: | Recanati, Italy |
Death Date: | 17 July 1690 (age 59) |
Death Place: | Amelia, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giovanni Battista Antici (17 July 1631 – 17 July 1690) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Amelia from 1685 to 1690.[1] [2]
Giovanni Battista Antici was born in Recanati, Italy, on 17 July 1631 and ordained a priest on 6 April 1658.
On 9 April 1685, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Amelia. On 23 April 1685, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Diego Petra, Archbishop of Sorrento, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Amelia until his death on 17 July 1690.