Egidio Valenti (died 9 May 1568) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Nepi e Sutri The diocese of Nepi-Sutri was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, created in 1435 by unifying the diocese of Nepi and the diocese of Sutri. It existed until 1986, when it was united into the current diocese of Cività Castel ...
(1566–1568).
[ ''(in Latin)'']["Bishop Egidio Valenti, O.S.A."]
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Biography
Egidio Valenti was appointed a priest in the
Order of Saint Augustine
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.
On 25 October 1566, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Pius V
Pope Pius V, OP (; 17 January 1504 – 1 May 1572), born Antonio Ghislieri (and from 1518 called Michele Ghislieri), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572. He was an ...
as
Bishop of Nepi e Sutri The diocese of Nepi-Sutri was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, created in 1435 by unifying the diocese of Nepi and the diocese of Sutri. It existed until 1986, when it was united into the current diocese of Cività Castel ...
.
On 28 October 1566, he was
consecrated
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bishop by
Scipione Rebiba
Scipione Rebiba (3 February 1504 – 23 July 1577) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, a protégé of Gian Pietro Carafa, who became Pope Paul IV. He held a variety of positions in the Church hierarchy, including some of the most sen ...
,
Cardinal-Priest
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of
Sant'Angelo in Pescheria
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, with
Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella
Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella (died 1574) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1543–1568).[Bishop of Castro del Lazio The Roman Catholic Diocese of Castro del Lazio was a residential bishopric from 600 to 1649 and is now a Latin Catholic titular see under the shortened name Castro.][Adriano Fuscone
Adriano Fuscone (died 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Aquino (1552–1578). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
On 22 Oct 1552, Adriano Fuscone was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Aquino.
On 16 Dec 1 ...]
,
Bishop of Aquino
The Diocese of Aquino e Pontecorvo (Latin: ''Dioecesis Aquinatensis et Pontiscurvi'') was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the city of Aquino in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Dioce ...
, serving as
co-consecrators
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...
.
He served as Bishop of Nepi e Sutri until his death on 9 May 1568.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the
principal consecrator
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The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...
of:
and the
principal co-consecrator
A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop.
The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, ...
of:
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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References
External links and additional sources
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Pius V
1568 deaths
Augustinian bishops
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