Girolamo Bevilacqua O.F.M. (died 1604) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nazareth (1587–1604). ''(in Latin)''"Archbishop Girolamo Bevilacqua, O.F.M."
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Girolamo Bevilacqua was born in

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and ordained a priest in the

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. On 2 December 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Sixtus V Pope Sixtus V (; 13 December 1521 – 27 August 1590), born Felice Piergentile, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 1585 to his death, in August 1590. As a youth, he joined the Franciscan order, where h ...

as Archbishop of Nazareth. On 27 Dec 1587, he was

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bishop by

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. He served as Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 4 September 1604. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of

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, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and

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(1589).

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