Tommaso Brancaccio (1621 – 29 April 1677) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (1669–1677) and

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(1656–1669). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Tommaso Brancaccio"
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Biography

Tommaso Brancaccio was born in

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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 ...

. 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).

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