Camillo Becci (died 1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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Biography

Camillo Becci was ordained a priest in the

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. On 25 November 1598, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. On 10 January 1599, he was consecrated bishop by

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of San Clemente, with Giovanni Fontana,

Bishop of Ferrara The Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Comacchio was combined with the historical archdiocese of Ferrara. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese ...

, and Carlo Trotti,

Bishop of Bagnoregio The Diocese of Bagnoregio is a former Catholic territory, located in the modern Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northwest of Rome.Fabrizio Verallo,

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(1606), and Vincenzo Meligne, Bishop of Ostuni.

References

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