Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella
Bishop of Castro del Lazio
Church:	Catholic Church
Term:	1543–1568
Predecessor:	Luigi Magnasco di Santa Fiora
Successor:	Francesco Cittadini
Death Date:	1574
Death Place:	Castro del Lazio, Italy

Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella (died 1574) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1543–1568).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

On 6 July 1543, Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Castro del Lazio. He served as Bishop of Castro del Lazio until his resignation in 1568. He died in 1574.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:

• Girolamo Dandini, Bishop of Caserta (1545);
• Giovanni Giacomo Barba, Bishop of Teramo (1546); and
• Romolo Cesi, Bishop of Narni (1566);

and the principal co-consecrator of:

• Giovanni Battista Castagna, Archbishop of Rossano; and
• Egidio Valenti, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri.

Notes and References

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmacdt.html "Bishop Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella"
2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc565.html "Diocese of Castro (del Lazio)"
3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0439.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Castro"