Galeotto Graziani, O.Cam. (1450(?) – 15 April 1522), was an Italian

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of the

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and Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first

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Biography

Galeotto Graziani, born possibly sometime about 1450, became a monk of the Camaldolese Abbey of Sansepolcro in

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, an abbey nullius, where he was

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. He was elected

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of the community in 1509. On 17 September 1520, the abbey was suppressed by

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and its territory was made a part of the new Diocese of Sansepolcro. At that time, the pope appointed Graziani to be the first

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, for which he was consecrated a

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on 3 January of the following year. He served in this office until his death on 15 April 1522.

References

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