Benedetto Landi (1578–1638) was a Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Fossombrone
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Biography
Benedetto Landi was born in
Velletri
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Italy
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in 1578.
On 5 June 1628, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as
Bishop of Fossombrone
The Italian Catholic diocese of Fossombrone existed in the province of Pesaro and Urbino until 1986, when it was united into the diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Urbino.
Tiberio Cenci
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Bishop of Jesi
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He served as Bishop of Fossombrone until his resignation on 15 November 1632.
He died in 1638.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the
principal co-consecrator
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