Ascanio I Piccolomini
{{Short description|Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| successor = François-Marie Tarugi
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Ascanio Piccolomini (died 13 May 1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Siena (1588–1597) and Titular Archbishop of Colossae (1579–1588).{{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/297 297] and 172|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpiccas.html "Archbishop Ascanio Piccolomini"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 29, 2017
Biography
On 3 July 1579, Ascanio Piccolomini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena and Titular Archbishop of Colossae.
On 11 September 1579, he was consecrated bishop by Spinello Benci, Bishop of Montepulciano, with Claudio Borghese, Bishop of Grosseto, and Francesco Maria Piccolomini, Bishop of Pienza, serving as co-consecrators.
In 1588, he succeeded to the bishopric of Siena.
He served as Archbishop of Siena until his death on 13 May 1597.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio Fera, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1584).
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino |publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsico.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena–Colle di Val d'Elsa–Montalcino (Italy) |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/sien0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| years = 1579–1588
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| years = 1588–1597
| before = Francesco Bandini Piccolomini
| after = François-Marie Tarugi}}
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