Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Scipione Spina | |
Bishop of Lecce | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Lecce |
Term: | 1591–1639 |
Predecessor: | Annibale Saraceni |
Successor: | Luigi Pappacoda |
Consecration: | 3 June 1591 |
Consecrated By: | Giulio Antonio Santorio |
Death Date: | 6 March 1639 |
Death Place: | Lecce, Italy |
Scipione Spina (died 6 March 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lecce (1591–1639).[1]
On 10 May 1591, Scipione Spina was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Lecce. On 3 June 1591, 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 Lecce until his death on 6 March 1639.