Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Nicolò Stizzia | |
Bishop of Cefalù | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Cefalù |
Term: | 1594–1596 |
Predecessor: | Francesco Gonzaga (bishop) |
Successor: | Manuel Quero Turillo |
Consecration: | 30 May 1594 |
Consecrated By: | Giulio Antonio Santorio |
Birth Date: | 1542 |
Death Date: | 17 February 1596 (age 54) |
Death Place: | Cefalù, Sicily |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Nicolò Stizzia (1542 - 17 February 1596) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cefalù (1594–1596).
Nicolò Stizzia was born in 1542 and ordained a priest in 1570. On 23 May 1594, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Cefalù.[1] On 30 May 1594, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola with Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Cefalù until his death on 17 February 1596.