Giovanni Battista Acquaviva (1513-1569) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Nardò (1536–1569).
Biography
Giovanni Battista Acquaviva was the son of Italian nobleman
Belisario Acquaviva,
[Fondazione Terra D'Otranto: "La “Spina” del vescovo" da Marcello Gaballo]
06/06/2013 and younger brother of
Giacomo Antonio Acquaviva
Giacomo Antonio Acquaviva (1490 ? - 1568) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (1521–1532). He was the son of the Marchese di Nardò, and only seventeen when appointed.
Biography
Giacomo Antonio Acquaviva was the son of ...
. He was piously educated, and while still young took the ecclesiastical path.
On 22 May 1536, he was appointed by
Pope Paul III as
administrator of the Diocese of Nardò,
with the right to become bishop at age twenty-seven. He worked diligently, assisted by his vicars-general. In 1563 he called a diocesan synod, which he solemnly celebrated in the presence of the chapter and the clergy of the city and diocese. Various necessary decrees and norms were promulgated at the time. In 1568 Bishop Acquaviva brought the Carmelite monks to settled in the city.
He served as Bishop of Nardò until his death at the age of fifty-six on August 13, 1569.
[Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 256]
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
1569 deaths
Bishops appointed by Pope Paul III
1513 births
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