Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giulio Mattei | |
Bishop of Bitetto | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Bitetto |
Term: | 1611–1624 |
Predecessor: | Livio Limatola |
Successor: | Michael Masserotti |
Consecration: | 23 May 1611 |
Consecrated By: | Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino |
Birth Date: | 1561 |
Birth Place: | Monte San Savini, Italy |
Death Date: | 1624 (age 63) |
Death Place: | Bitetto, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Giulio Mattei (1561–1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bitetto (1611–1624).[1] [2] [3]
Giulio Mattei was born in Monte San Savini, Italy in 1561.[4] On 18 May 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Bitetto. On 23 May, 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. He served as Bishop of Bitetto until his death in 1624.