Domenico Cennini (1606 – August 1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1645–1684). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Domenico Cennini"
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Biography

Domenico Cennini was born in

Chiusi Chiusi ( Etruscan: ''Clevsin''; Umbrian: ''Camars''; Ancient Greek: ''Klysion'', ''Κλύσιον''; Latin: ''Clusium'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. History Clusium (''Clevsin or Camars'' in Etruscan) ...

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in 1606 and ordained a priest in November 1644. On 6 March 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia. On 19 March 1645, he was consecrated bishop by

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, with

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, Bishop of Urbania e Sant'Angelo in Vado, and Papirio Silvestri, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia until his death in August 1684. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Salvatore Scaglione,

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