Giulio Maria Odescalchi Explained

Type:archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:Servant of God
Giulio Maria Odescalchi
Honorific-Suffix:OSB
Bishop of Novara
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Novara
See:Novara
Term:6 March 1656 - 28 August 1666
Predecessor:Benedetto Odescalchi
Successor:Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia
Consecration:19 March 1656
Consecrated By:Benedetto Odescalchi
Rank:Bishop
Birth Name:Giulio Maria Odescalchi
Birth Date:1612
Birth Place:Como, Duchy of Milan
Death Date:28 August 1666 (aged 54)
Death Place:Novara, Duchy of Milan
Coat Of Arms:Vesc.Odescalchi.PNG

Giulio Maria Odescalchi, OSB (1612  - 28 August 1666) was an Italian Benedictine who served as the Bishop of Novara. He was the brother of Pope Innocent XI. The latter opened Odescalchi's beatification process, titling him a Servant of God.

Life

Giulio Maria Odescalchi was born in 1612 in Como to Livio Odescalchi and Paola Castelli Giovanelli. His siblings were Carlo, Lucrezia, Constantino, Nicola and Paolo. His other brother was Benedetto, the future Pope Innocent XI. He is also a relative of Carlo Odescalchi - future Servant of God. His father died in 1626 and his mother died of the plague in 1630.

Pope Alexander VII appointed him as the Bishop of Novara at the behest of Benedetto, who had resigned from that post. Odescalchi served as bishop until his death at the age of 54 in 1666.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Bishop Giulio Maria Odescalchi, OSB . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. June 16, 2018.