Giovanni Antonio Viperani (1535 - March 1610) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Giovinazzo The Diocese of Giovinazzo e Terlizzi (Latin: ''Dioecesis Iuvenacensis et Terlitiensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the city of Giovinazzo, in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia. In 1836, it was suppressed to the Diocese ...

(1589–1610).

Biography

He was born in Messina in Sicily. On 17 May 1589, Giovanni Antonio Viperani was appointed by

Pope Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V ( it, Sisto V; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order ...

in the region of

Apulia it, Pugliese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographic ...

. He served as Bishop of Giovinazzo until his death in March 1610. While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of

Camillo Borghese (archbishop) Camillo Borghese (died 8 October 1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Siena (1607–1612), Bishop of Montalcino (1600–1607),Gauchat, p. 208. and Bishop of Castro di Puglia (1594–1600).Gauchat, pp. 157-158.Gauchat, p. ...

Bishop of Castro di Puglia The Diocese of Castro di Puglia (Latin: ''Dioecesis Castrensis in Apulia'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Castro of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-eastern Italy. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Otranto ...

, and

Decio Caracciolo Rosso Decio Caracciolo Rosso (died 27 May 1613) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Bari (-Canosa) (1606–1613).

Archbishop of Bari The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto ( la, Archidioecesis Barensis-Bituntina) is Metropolitan Latin rite archbishopric in the administrative Bari province, Puglia ( Apulia) region, southeastern Italy (the 'Heel'), created in 1986, when ...

. His writings were collected and published in 1605 in Naples.Dizionario biografico universale
Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 622.

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