Giovanni Battista Spiriti Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giovanni Battista Spiriti
Coadjutor Bishop-elect of Cesena
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Term:1550–1556
Predecessor:Cristoforo Spiriti
Successor:Odoardo Gualandi

Giovanni Battista Spiriti was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Coadjutor of the Bishop of Cesena (1545–1556).[1] [2]

Biography

On 27 November 1545, at the age of 24, while still a student at Perugia,[3] Giovanni Battista Spiriti was appointed Coadjutor to the Bishop of Cesena, with the right of succession, by Pope Paul III. The diocese was then held by Giovanni Battista's uncle, Bishop Cristoforo Spiriti.[4] Battista Spiriti administered the diocese until his resignation on 5 November 1556, the date of the death of his uncle.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. III. 144. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. Latin.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bspiritig.html "Father Giovanni Battista Spiriti"
  3. Eubel, p. 144, note 5.
  4. http://www.corrierecesenate.com/2012/07/12/una-lettera-di-michelangelo-buonarroti-al-vescovo-di-cesena/ Corriere Cesenate: "Una lettera di Michelangelo Buonarroti al vescovo di Cesena"