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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| church = Catholic Church

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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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| birth_date = 1520

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| death_date = 24 Feb 1590 (age 70)

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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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