Silvestro Andreozzi Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Silvestro Andreozzi
Bishop of Penne e Atri
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Penne e Atri
Term:1621–1648
Predecessor:Tommasi Balbani
Successor:Francesco Massucci
Consecration:18 April 1621
Consecrated By:Giovanni Garzia Mellini
Birth Date:1575
Death Date:January 1648 (age 73)
Death Place:Penne e Atri, Italy
Nationality:Italian

Silvestro Andreozzi (1575–1648) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Penne e Atri (1621–1648).[1] [2]

Biography

Silvestro Andreozzi was born in Lucca, Italy in 1575.On 17 March 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Penne e Atri.On 18 April 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Garzia Mellini, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati with Attilio Amalteo, Titular Archbishop of Athenae, and Paolo De Curtis, Bishop Emeritus of Isernia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Penne e Atri until his death in January 1648. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Costantino de Rossi, Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante (1634).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 276. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bandrs.html "Bishop Silvestro Andreozzi"