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

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| consecration = 13 April 1698

| consecrated_by = Fabrizio Spada

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| birth_date = 1663

| birth_place = Naples, Italy

| death_date = 7 March 1728 (age 65)

| death_place = Bari, Italy

| 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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