Girolamo Magnesi (died 1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Potenza
The Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo ( la, Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Basilicata, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the Diocese of Muro Lucano was unite ...
(1634–1644).
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Biography
On 7 July 1634, Girolamo Magnesi was selected as
Bishop of Potenza
The Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo ( la, Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Basilicata, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the Diocese of Muro Lucano was unite ...
and confirmed by
Pope Urban VIII on 20 November 1634.
On 30 November 1634, he was consecrated bishop by
Carlo Emanuele Pio di Savoia,
Cardinal-Bishop
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of
Porto e Santa Rufina
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, with
Giovanni Battista Altieri,
Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, and
Girolamo Parisani,
Bishop of Polignano, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Potenza until his death in 1644.
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII
1644 deaths
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