Scipio Carocci
{{short description|17th-century Catholic bishop}}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Scipio Carocci
| title = Bishop of Acerno
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| church = Catholic Church
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| diocese = Diocese of Acerno
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| term = 1696–1702
| predecessor = Francesco Sifola
| successor = Nicolaus Ventriglia
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| consecration = 21 December 1696
| consecrated_by = Sebastiano Antonio Tanara
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| birth_date = 22 April 1649
| birth_place = Gaete
| death_date = June 1702 (age 53)
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| nationality = Italian
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Scipio Carocci or Scipio Carocius (1649–1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Acerno (1696–1702).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol05eubeuoft#page/66/mode/2up|last1=Ritzler|first1=Remigius|last2=Sefrin|first2=Pirminus|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi |volume= V|pages=66|date=1952|publisher=Messagero di S. Antonio|location=Patavii|ISBN=}} (in Latin)
Biography
Scipio Carocci was born in Gaete on 22 April 1649.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Scipio Carocci (Carocius)|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcarocci.html |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} Wikipedia:SPS On 17 December 1696, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Acerno. On 21 December 1696, he was consecrated bishop by Sebastiano Antonio Tanara, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Giorgio Spinola, Bishop of Albenga, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Acerno until his death in June 1702.
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External links and additional sources
- {{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Acerno |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|date=|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/da218.html|accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
- {{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|authorlink=|title=Diocese of Acerno|website=GCatholic.org|date=|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/acer2.htm |accessdate=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) Wikipedia:SPS
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| title = Bishop of Acerno
| years = 1696–1702
| before = Francesco Sifola
| after = Nicolaus Ventriglia}}
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:18th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XII
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