Valerio Seta, O.S.M. (1562–1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Bishop of Alife The Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo ( la, Dioecesis Aliphana-Caiacensis o Caiatina) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the historic Diocese of Alife was united with the Diocese of Caia ...

(1608–1625).

Biography

Valerio Seta was born in

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

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in 1562 and ordained a priest in the

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. On 24 Nov 1608, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. On 7 Dec 1608, he was

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bishop by

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. He served as Bishop of Alife until his death in 1625. While bishop, he was the

principal co-consecrator 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, ...

of Ferdinand Boschetti,

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of ''Diocaesarea in Palaestina'' (1622).

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