Franciscus Buratti (born 1582) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino The Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (Latin: Dioecesis Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Volturara Appula in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. (1623).
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Biography
Franciscus Buratti was born in 1582 and ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers
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.
On 10 May 1623, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Gregory XV
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Biography
Early life
Al ...
as
Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino The Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino (Latin: Dioecesis Vulturariensis et Montis Corbini) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Volturara Appula in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. .
On 21 May 1623, he was consecrated bishop by
Marco Antonio Gozzadini,
Cardinal-Priest of
Sant'Eusebio, with
Virgilio Cappone,
Bishop of Mileto
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, and
Alessandro Bosco
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* Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter
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,
Bishop of Gerace
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Locri-Gerace ( la, Dioecesis Locrensis-Hieracensis ) is in Calabria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
Historically it was the Diocese of Gerace, becoming in 1954 the Diocese of Gerace ...
, serving as co-consecrators.
He was replaced as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino in the same year as his appointment by
Tommaso Carafa.
See also
*
Catholic Church in Italy
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References
External links and additional sources
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
1582 births
Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XV
Dominican bishops
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