Ottavio Corsini Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Ottavio Corsini
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Church:Catholic Church
Term:1621–1641
Predecessor:Henri Boivin de Péricard
Successor:Carlo Rossetti
Consecration:21 March 1621
Consecrated By:Ottavio Bandini
Birth Date:12 August 1588
Birth Place:Florence, Italy
Death Date:30 July 1641 (age 52)
Death Place:Rome, Italy
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Ottavio Corsini (12 August 1588 – 30 July 1641) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1621–1641) and Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1621–1623).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Biography

Ottavio Corsini was born in Florence, Italy on 12 August 1588.On 17 March 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus.On 21 March 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Ottavio Bandini, Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina, with Ulpiano Volpi, Bishop of Novara, and Innocenzo Massimi, Bishop of Bertinoro, serving as co-consecrators. On 4 April 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Apostolic Nuncio to Florence, a position he held until his resignation on 30 December 1623He served as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus until his death on 30 July 1641.

Episcopal succession

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

Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 328. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcorsinit.html "Archbishop Ottavio Corsini"
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dx960.html "Nunciature to Florence (Tuscany)"
  4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d2t52.html "Tarsus (Titular See)"
  5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1726.htm "Titular Metropolitan See of Tarsus"