Hyacinthe Libelli Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Hyacinthe Libelli
Archbishop of Avignon
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Avignon
Term:1673–1684
Predecessor:Azon Ariosti
Successor:Alexandre de Montecatini
Consecration:24 February 1673
Consecrated By:Gasparo Carpegna
Birth Date:1616
Birth Place:Citta di Castello, Italy
Death Date:23 October 1684 (age 68)
Death Place:Avignon, France

Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P. (1616 – 23 October 1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Avignon (1673–1684).[1] [2]

Biography

Hyacinthe Libelli was born in Citta di Castello, Italy in 1616 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers . From 1630 to 1634 he was a student at the College of Saint Thomas, the future Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome. In 1644 he was made a Doctor of Sacred Theology at the college.[3] On 30 January 1673, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Archbishop of Avignon.On 24 February 1673, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Stefano Brancaccio, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, and Carlo Vaini, Titular Archbishop of Nicaea, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Avignon until his death on 23 October 1684.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 109. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blibelli.html "Archbishop Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P."
  3. Book: Babuty, Antoine Touron. Histoire des hommes illustres de l'ordre de Saint Dominique ; c'est à dire .... 1748. 579 .