Muzio Soriano (1629–1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Archbishop of Santa Severina The archdiocese of Santa Severina was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Calabria, southern Italy, that existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Crotone, forming the Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina.

(1674–1679).

Biography

Muzio Soriano was born on 11 Oct 1629 in Cotrone,

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and ordained a priest on 22 May 1655. On 19 Feb 1674, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Clement X Pope Clement X ( la, Clemens X; it, Clemente X; 13 July 1590 – 22 July 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death in July 1676. Elected pope at ag ...

. On 4 Mar 1674, he was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

bishop by

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Archbishop of Florence The Archdiocese of Florence ( la, Archidioecesis Florentina) is a metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy.

, with Francesco Boccapaduli, Bishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, and

Giuseppe Eusanio Giuseppe Eusanio (1619 – 23 April 1692) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Porphyreon (1672–1692) and Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia (1669–1670).Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of ''Porphyreon'', serving as

co-consecrators A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop. The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...

. He served as Archbishop of Santa Severina until his death on 26 Aug 1679.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Bishops appointed by Pope Clement X 1629 births 1679 deaths {{17C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub