Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Muzio Gaeta | |
Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop of Bari-Canosa | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem |
Term: | 1708–1728 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Martelli |
Successor: | Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti |
Ordination: | 22 May 1689 |
Consecration: | 13 April 1698 |
Consecrated By: | Fabrizio Spada |
Birth Date: | 1663 |
Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
Death Date: | 7 March 1728 (age 65) |
Death Place: | Bari, Italy |
Previous Post: | Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1698–1728) |
Nationality: | Italian |
Muzio Gaeta (1663–1728) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1698–1728) and Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1708–1728).[1]
Muzio Gaeta was born in 1663 in Naples, Italy.[2] On 19 May 1689, he was ordained as deacon and on 22 May 1689 he was ordained a priest.[3] On 7 April 1698, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa.On 13 April 1698, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono with Michelangelo dei Conti, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, and Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia, serving as co-consecrators.On 14 May 1708, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem.He served as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa and Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem until his death on 7 March 1728.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Simone Paolo Aleotti, Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte (1698).