Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giulio Masi | |
Bishop of Monopoli | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Monopoli |
Term: | 1627–1636 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Giacomo Macedonio |
Successor: | Francesco Surgenti |
Consecration: | 23 May 1611 |
Consecrated By: | Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino |
Birth Date: | 1570 |
Birth Place: | Arezzo, Italy |
Death Date: | 1636 (age 66) |
Death Place: | Monopoli, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giulio Masi (1570–1636) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Monopoli (1627–1636) and Bishop of Giovinazzo (1611–1627).[1]
Giulio Masi was born in Arezzo, Italy in 1570.[2] [3] On 18 May 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Giovinazzo. On 23 May 1611, he was consecrated bishop by Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana, with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Antonio d'Aquino, Bishop of Sarno, serving as co-consecrators. On 18 July 1627, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Monopoli. He served as Bishop of Monopoli until his death in 1636.