Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Sigismondo Saraceno | |
Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Term: | 1556–1585 |
Predecessor: | Giovanni Michele Saraceni |
Successor: | Francesco Antonio Santorio |
Consecration: | 14 Sep 1556 |
Consecrated By: | Giovanni Michele Saraceni |
Death Date: | 7 January 1585 |
Sigismondo Saraceno (died 7 January 1585) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera (1556–1585).[1]
On 4 May 1556, Sigismondo Saraceno was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul IV as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera.[2] On 14 Sep 1556, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Michele Saraceni, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli, with Giovanni Beraldo, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita, and Nicola Majorano (Maggiorani), Bishop of Molfetta, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera until his death on 7 January 1585.