Giovanni Evangelista Pelleo Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giovanni Evangelista Pelleo
Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti
Term:1588–1595
Predecessor:Feliciano Ninguarda
Successor:Giulio Santuccio
Death Date:1595
Death Place:Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy

Giovanni Evangelista Pelleo, O.F.M. Conv. (died 1595) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti (1588–1595).[1]

Biography

Giovanni Evangelista Pelleo was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.[2] On 17 October 1588, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti.He served as Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti until his death in 1595.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Gaspare Pasquali, Bishop of Ruvo (1589).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . III. 97. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Giovanni Evangelista Pelleo, O.F.M. Conv.. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.