Francesco Massucci

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Francesco Massucci

| title = Bishop of Penne e Atri

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| church = Catholic Church

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| diocese = Diocese of Penne e Atri

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| term = 1648–1656

| predecessor = Silvestro Andreozzi

| successor = Gaspare Borghi

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| consecration = 1 June 1648

| consecrated_by = Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo

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| birth_date = 1610

| birth_place = Recanati, Italy

| death_date = September 1656

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| nationality = Italian

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Francesco Massucci (1610 – September 1656) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Penne e Atri (1610–1656).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV|pages=276|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|isbn=}} (in Latin)[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmassf.html "Bishop Francesco Massucci"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

Biography

Francesco Massucci was born in Recanati, Italy in 1610. On 18 May 1648, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Penne e Atri. On 1 June 1648, he was consecrated bishop by Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina, with Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon, and Stefano Martini, Bishop of Noli, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Penne e Atri until his death in September 1656.

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