Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Girolamo Bevilacqua | |
Archbishop of Nazareth | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1587–1604 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Spera |
Successor: | Maffeo Barberini |
Birth Place: | Spello, Italy |
Death Date: | 4 September 1604 |
Girolamo Bevilacqua O.F.M. (died 1604) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nazareth (1587–1604).[1] [2]
Girolamo Bevilacqua was born in Spello, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 2 December 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Archbishop of Nazareth.On 27 Dec 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Costanzo de Sarnano, Bishop of Vercelli.He served as Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 4 September 1604.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and Thomas Cammerota, Bishop of Vieste (1589).