Giovanni Battista Repucci (1606 – February, 1688) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1657–1688). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Giovanni Battista Repucci"
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Biography

Giovanni Battista Repucci was born in Chiusano di San Domenico,

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in 1606. On 19 February 1657, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. On 24 February 1657, he was consecrated bishop by

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. He served as Bishop of Vico Equense until his death in February 1688. His tomb has recently published for the first time by Gianpasquale Greco. The funerary portrait in marble has been referred to a local young sculptor, probably Lorenzo Vaccaro.

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