Alessandro Petrucci

{{Short description|Italian Catholic bishop (died 1628)}}

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| term = 1615–1628

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| successor = Ascanio II Piccolomini

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| death_date = 7 June 1628

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Alessandro Petrucci (died 7 June 1628) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Siena (1615–1628) and Bishop of Massa Marittima (1602–1615).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube/page/237 237]|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=234|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpetru.html "Archbishop Alessandro Petrucci"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017

Biography

On 22 April 1602, Alessandro Petrucci was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Massa Marittima.

On 5 May 1602, he was consecrated bishop by Camillo Borghese, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Guglielmo Bastoni, Bishop of Pavia, and Horace Capponi, Bishop of Carpentras, serving as co-consecrators.

On 23 March 1615, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Siena.

He served as Archbishop of Siena until his death on 7 June 1628.

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