Simone Majoli (1520 – 9 January 1597) was an Italian
canon lawyer, bishop and author.
[ ''(in Latin)'']["Bishop Simone Majolo"]
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 His encyclopedic work ''Dies caniculares (Dog days)'', covered a wide range of topics in
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He was born in
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, ''Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des hommes illustres dans la république'' (1734), p. 332. On 16 Jun 1572, Simone Majoli was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Gregory XIII as
Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino.
He served as Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino until his death on 1597.
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1520 births
1597 deaths
Bishops in Apulia
Canon law jurists
16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
16th-century Italian jurists
Bishops appointed by Pope Gregory XIII