Giovanni Spennazzi Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Giovanni Spennazzi
Bishop of Pienza
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1637–1658
Predecessor:Ippolito Borghese (bishop)
Successor:Giacondo Turamini
Consecration:11 October 1637
Consecrated By:Alessandro Bichi
Birth Date:1597
Birth Place:Siena, Italy
Death Date:11 August 1658

Giovanni Spennazzi (1597–1658) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pienza (1637–1658).[1]

Biography

Giovanni Spennazzi was born in 1597 in Siena, Italy.[2] On 5 October 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Pienza.On 11 October 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Bichi, Bishop of Carpentras, with Tommaso Carafa, Bishop Emeritus of Vulturara e Montecorvino, and Joseph-Marie de Suarès, Bishop of Vaison, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Pienza until his death on 11 August 1658.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 280. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Giovanni Spennazzi . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.