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(died 1585) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Ston
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Ston" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Biography
Basilio Gradi was ordained a priest in the
Order of Saint Benedict
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. On 14 March 1584, he was appointed by
Pope Gregory XIII
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as
Bishop of Ston
The Diocese of Ston (also Diocese of Stagno or Diocese of Sagona) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Croatia, located in the city of Stagno. In 1828 it was suppressed to the Archdiocese of Dubrovnik.Thomas Goldwell
Thomas Goldwell C. R. (15013 April 1585) was an English Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Saint Asaph, the last of those Catholic bishops who had refused to accept the English Reformation.
Life
Thomas Goldwell was the son of William Goldwell of Gr ...
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Bishop of Saint Asaph
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The diocese covers the counties of Conwy county borough, Conwy and Flintshire, Wrexham county borough, the eastern part of Merioneth in Gwynedd and part of northern Powys. The ...
Bishop of Alife
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, and
Ignazio Danti
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Bishop of Alatri The former Italian Catholic diocese of Alatri existed until 1986, when it was united into the diocese of Anagni-Alatri.
, as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Ston until his death in 1585.