Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Leonardo Severoli | |
Bishop of San Severo | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of San Severo |
Term: | 1650–1652 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Antonio Sacchetti |
Successor: | Giovanni Battista Monti (bishop) |
Consecration: | 3 Jul 1650 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Franciotti |
Birth Date: | 1605 |
Birth Place: | Faenza, Italy |
Death Date: | 1652 |
Leonardo Severoli (1605–1652) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of San Severo (1650–1652).[1]
Leonardo Severoli was born in 1605 in Faenza, Italy.[2] On 27 Jun 1650, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of San Severo.On 3 Jul 1650, he was consecrated bishop Marcantonio Franciotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace, with Luca Torreggiani, Archbishop of Ravenna, and Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of San Severo until his death in 1652.