Virgilio Fiorenzi
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Virgilio Fiorenzi
| title = Bishop of Nocera Umbra
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| diocese = Diocese of Nocera Umbra
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| term = 1605–1644
| predecessor = Roberto Pierbenedetti
| successor = Orazio Giustiniani
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| consecration = 3 Jul 1605
| consecrated_by = Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri
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| birth_date = 1560
| birth_place = Perugia, Italy
| death_date = 9 Dec 1644 (age 89)
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Virgilio Fiorenzi or Virgilio Fiorentini (1560–1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nocera Umbra (1605–1644).{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/hierarchiacathol04eubeuoft#page/262/mode/2up|last1=Gauchat|first1=Patritius (Patrice)|title=Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi | volume=IV|pages=262|date=1935|publisher=Libraria Regensbergiana|location=Münster}} (in Latin)
Biography
Virgilio Fiorenzi was born in Perugia, Italy in 1560.{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Virgilio Fiorenzi (Fiorentini) |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfiorv.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}}
On 27 Jun 1605, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Nocera Umbra.
On 3 Jul 1605, he was consecrated bishop by Innocenzo Del Bufalo-Cancellieri, Bishop of Camerino, with Napoleone Comitoli, Bishop of Perugia, and Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, serving as co-consecrators.
He served as Bishop of Nocera Umbra until his death on 9 Dec 1644.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Domenico de' Marini, Bishop of Albenga (1611);
- Angelo Gozzadini, Archbishop of Naxos (1616);
- Giovanni Battista Colonna, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1636).
References
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External links and additional sources
- {{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dn202.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)
- {{cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino (Italy)|website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/noce1.htm|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops)
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| years = 1605–1644
| before = Roberto Pierbenedetti
| after = Orazio Giustiniani}}
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Category:17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
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