Tommaso Brancaccio (1621 – 29 April 1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Nardò (1669–1677) and
Bishop of Avellino e Frigento
The Catholic Diocese of Avellino ( la, Dioecesis Abellinensis) is in the territory of the Irpini, some 55 km (30 mi) east of Naples and 23 km (14 mi) south of Benevento, in the modern Republic of Italy. It is suffragan to the ...
(1656–1669).
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Biography
Tommaso Brancaccio was born in
Ugento
Ugento (Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a small harbour on the Gulf of Taranto of the Ionian Sea.
History
The city is the ancient ''Uxentum'', and claims to have been founded by Uxen ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
in 1621.
On 16 October 1656, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Alexander VII
Pope Alexander VII ( it, Alessandro VII; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death in May 1667.
He began his career as a vice- papal legate, an ...
as
Bishop of Avellino e Frigento
The Catholic Diocese of Avellino ( la, Dioecesis Abellinensis) is in the territory of the Irpini, some 55 km (30 mi) east of Naples and 23 km (14 mi) south of Benevento, in the modern Republic of Italy. It is suffragan to the ...
.
On 19 August 1669, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Clement IX
Pope Clement IX ( la, Clemens IX; it, Clemente IX; 28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio Rospigliosi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 20 June 1667 to his death in December 1669.
Biography
Ear ...
as
Bishop of Nardò.
He served as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento until his death on 29 April 1677.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of
Giuseppe Petagna,
Bishop of Caiazzo The Diocese of Caiazzo is a former Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the province of Caserta, southern Italy, abolished in 1986, when it was united into the Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Capua. (1657).
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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References
External links and additional sources
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
1621 births
1677 deaths
Bishops appointed by Pope Alexander VII
Bishops appointed by Pope Clement IX
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