Giovanni Tommaso Rovetta,
O.P. (8 September 1632 – 14 April 1719) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Hvar
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(1693–1704).
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Biography
Giovanni Tommaso Rovetta was born in Brixien on 8 September 1632 and ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers
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on 18 December 1655.
On 8 June 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Innocent XII
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as
Bishop of Hvar
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.
On 14 June 1693, he was consecrated bishop by
Marcantonio Barbarigo
Marcantonio Barbarigo (6 March 1640 – 26 May 1706) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the founder of the Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini and also founded both the Religious Teachers Filippini of ...
,
Bishop of Corneto e Montefiascone
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, with
Ercole Domenico Monanni The male first name Ercole, Italian version of Hercules, can refer to:
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House of D'Este
*Ercole I d'Este (1431–1505), Duke of Ferrara
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,
Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze
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, and
Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi
Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, B. (1644 – 10 August 1713) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Novara (1688–1713). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
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,
Bishop of Novara
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,
Auxiliary Bishop of Brescia (1711).
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