Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Emblaviti | |
Bishop of Belcastro | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Belcastro |
Term: | 1688–1722 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Alfonso Petrucci |
Successor: | Michelangelo Gentili |
Ordination: | 24 September 1661 |
Consecration: | 7 June 1688 |
Consecrated By: | Stefano Giuseppe Menatti |
Birth Date: | 1638 |
Birth Place: | Bova, Calabria, Italy |
Death Date: | April 1722 (age 84) |
Death Place: | Belcastro, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giovanni Emblaviti (1638 – April 1722) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Belcastro (1688–1722).[1]
Giovanni Emblaviti was born in Bova, Italy in 1638 and ordained a priest on 24 September 1661.[2] On 31 May 1688, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Belcastro.On 7 June 1688, he was consecrated bishop by Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Titular Bishop of Cyrene. He served as Bishop of Belcastro until his death in April 1722.