Benedetto Luperti (1629 – 23 September 1709) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Cagli
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Biography
Benedetto Luperti was born in
Cagli
Cagli is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. It c. south of Urbino. The Burano flows near the town.
History
Cagli occupies the site of an ancient village on the Via Flaminia, which seems to have bo ...
,
Italy
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in 1629.
On 19 April 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent XII
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He ...
as
Bishop of Cagli
The diocese of Cagli e Pergola was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Marche, central Italy, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino. Up until 1563 it was under the direct supervision of the Roman pontiff. In that year, the diocese of ...
.
On 25 April 1694, he was
consecrated
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bishop by
Michelangelo Mattei
Michelangelo Mattei or Michael Angelus Matthaeius (8 May 1628 – 22 December 1699) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1693–1699) and Titular Archbishop of '' Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto'' (1689–1693).
Bi ...
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Titular Patriarch of Antioch
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*Monte Carlo
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Bishop of Bobbio
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.
He served as Bishop of Cagli until his death on 23 September 1709.