Tommaso da San Cipriano was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Venosa The Italian Catholic diocese of Venosa, in southern Italy, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa. From 1976 to 1986, Venosa had been a suffragan of the archdiocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo. Hi ...

(1519–?). ''(in Latin)''

Biography

Tommaso da San Cipriano was ordained a priest in the

Order of Preachers The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

. In 1519, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political an ...

. It is uncertain how long he served as Bishop of Venosa; the next bishop of record was Guido de' Medici who was appointed in 1527.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops appointed by Pope Leo X Dominican bishops {{16C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub