Claudio Marescotti
{{short description|16th-century Roman Catholic bishop}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Claudio Marescotti
| title = Bishop of Strongoli
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| diocese = Diocese of Strongoli
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| term = 1587–1590
| predecessor = Giovanni Luigi Marescotti
| successor = Claudio Vico
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| consecration = 19 May 1587
| consecrated_by = Gabriele Paleotti
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Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. (1520–1590) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Strongoli (1587–1590).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/304/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|authorlink=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=304–305|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|isbn=}} (in Latin)
Biography
Claudio Marescotti was born in 1520 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict.{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Bishop Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B.|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarec.html }} Wikipedia:SPS
On 18 Feb 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Bishop of Strongoli.
On 19 May 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Gabriele Paleotti, Archbishop of Bologna, with Annibale Grassi, Bishop of Faenza, and Vincenzo Casali, Bishop of Massa Marittima, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Strongoli until his death on 24 Feb 1590.
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Strongoli |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds570.html|access-date=January 3, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Titular Episcopal See of Strongoli (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1651.htm|access-date=January 3, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| years = 1587–1590
| before = Giovanni Luigi Marescotti
| after = Claudio Vico}}
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Category:16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Sixtus V
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