Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Pietro Valentini | |
Bishop of Sovana | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Sovana |
Term: | 1685–1687 |
Predecessor: | Pier Maria Bichi |
Successor: | Domenico Maria della Ciaja |
Ordination: | 15 June 1647 |
Consecration: | 23 April 1685 |
Consecrated By: | Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal) |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1619 |
Birth Place: | Montalcino, Italy |
Death Date: | 28 November 1687 (age 68) |
Death Place: | Pitigliano, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Pietro Valentini (6 March 1619 – 28 November 1687) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sovana (1685–1687).[1] [2]
Pietro Valentini was born in Montalcino, Italy on 6 March 1619 and ordained a priest on 15 June 1647. On 9 April 1685, he was appointed Bishop of Sovana by Pope Innocent XI. On 23 April 1685, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Diego Petra, Archbishop of Sorrento, and Pier Antonio Capobianco, Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Sovana until his death in November 1687.[3]