Giovanni Sanfelice

{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Giovanni Sanfelice

| title = Bishop of Muro Lucano

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| diocese = Diocese of Muro Lucano

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| term = 1423–1443

| predecessor = Guiduccio della Porta

| successor = Barnaba de Molina

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| previous_post = Bishop of Alessano (1405–1423)

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Giovanni Sanfelice was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Muro Lucano (1423–1443){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol01eubeuoft#page/352/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=I|pages=352|date=1913|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|ISBN=}} (in Latin)

and Bishop of Alessano (1405–1423).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol01eubeuoft#page/82/2up|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume=I|pages=83|date=1913|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second|ISBN=}} (in Latin)

Biography

On 12 October 1405, Giovanni Sanfelice was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent VII as Bishop of Alessano.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Giovanni Sanfelice |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsnfelgi.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS

On 24 September 1423, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Martin V as Bishop of Muro Lucano.

He served as Bishop of Muro Lucano until his resignation in 1443.

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Antonio Guidotti, Bishop of Conversano (1424).

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