Pietro Valentini Explained

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]

Biography

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hierarchi catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 365. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. Latin.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvalentp.html "Bishop Pietro Valentini"
  3. Web site: Pietro Valentini 1619-1687. Conferenza Episcopale Italiana. 26 January 2022.