Muzio Gaeta
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Muzio Gaeta
| title = Patriarch of Jerusalem
Archbishop of Bari-Canosa
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| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese =
| diocese = Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
| see =
| term = 1708–1728
| predecessor = Francesco Martelli
| successor = Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti
| ordination = 22 May 1689
| ordained_by =
| consecration = 13 April 1698
| consecrated_by = Fabrizio Spada
| cardinal =
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| birth_date = 1663
| death_date = 7 March 1728 (age 65)
| previous_post = Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1698–1728)
| nationality = Italian
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Muzio Gaeta (1663–1728) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa (1698–1728) and Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1708–1728).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V|pages=114 and 220|publisher=Monasterii Sumptibus et typis librariae Regensbergianae|date=1913|isbn=}}
Biography
Muzio Gaeta was born in 1663 in Naples, Italy.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Patriarch Muzio Gaeta (Sr.) |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgaeta.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On 19 May 1689, he was ordained as deacon and on 22 May 1689 he was ordained a priest.{{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Patriarch Mutius de Gaeta |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jeru0.htm#23552 |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS
On 7 April 1698, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa.
On 13 April 1698, he was consecrated bishop by Fabrizio Spada, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono with Michelangelo dei Conti, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, and Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia, serving as co-consecrators.
On 14 May 1708, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem.
He served as Archbishop of Bari-Canosa and Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem until his death on 7 March 1728.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Simone Paolo Aleotti, Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte (1698).
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Patriarchate of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme} |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgeru.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Patriarchal See of Jerusalem|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/jeru0.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbabi.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bari–Bitonto (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/bari0.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Archbishop of Bari-Canosa
| years = 1698–1728
| before = Carlo Loffredo
| after = Mihály Karl von Althan}}
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| title = Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem
| years = 1708–1728
| before = Francesco Martelli
| after = Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti}}
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