Gianfrancesco Sanseverino
{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Gianfrancesco Sanseverino
| title = Bishop of Acerra
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| diocese = Diocese of Acerra
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| term = 1556–1559
| predecessor = Giampaolo da Pisa
| successor = Giovanni Fabrizio Sanseverino
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Gianfrancesco Sanseverino was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerra (1556–1559).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol03eube#page/92/mode/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|authorlink=Konrad Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=III|pages=93|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|ISBN=}} (in Latin)
Biography
On 6 July 1556, Gianfrancesco Sanseverino was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul IV as Bishop of Acerra.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Gianfrancesco Sanseverino|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsansevg.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
He served as Bishop of Acerra until his resignation in 1559.
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Acerra |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dacrr.html|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Acerra (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/acer1.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Acerra
| years = 1556–1559
| before = Giampaolo da Pisa
| after = Giovanni Fabrizio Sanseverino}}
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Category:16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Paul IV
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