Eligio Caracciolo, C.R. (1654 – 17 October 1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

Archbishop of Cosenza The Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano () a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria and has been a metropolitan see since 2001.

Biography

Eligio Caracciolo was born in

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in 1654 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 15 March 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of

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Archbishop of Cosenza The Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano () a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Calabria and has been a metropolitan see since 2001.

. On 21 March 1694, he was consecrated bishop by

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with

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, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and

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