Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Matteo Gagliani | |
Bishop of Sora | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Sora |
Term: | 1703–1717 |
Predecessor: | Tommaso Guzzoni |
Successor: | Gabriele de Marchis |
Consecration: | 2 August 1693 |
Consecrated By: | Galeazzo Marescotti |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1655 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Kingdom of Naples |
Death Date: | September 1717 (age 61) |
Death Place: | Sora, Papal States |
Nationality: | Italian |
Matteo Gagliani (9 October 1655 – September 1717) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sora (1703–1717) and Bishop of Fondi (1693–1703).[1] [2] [3]
Matteo Gagliani was born in Naples, Italy.[4] On 20 July 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Fondi. On 2 August 1693, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators. On 15 January 1703, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Sora. He served as Bishop of Sora until his death in September 1717.
While bishop, Gagliani was the principal co-consecrator: