Filippo Fasio Capponi (died October 1570) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Latin Catholic diocese located in the commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was merged into the Diocese of Castellam ...
(1570).
Biography
On 9 June 1570, Filippo Fasio Capponi 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 Lettere-Gragnano
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Latin Catholic diocese located in the commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was merged into the Diocese of Castellam ...
.
He served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano until his death in October 1570.
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
The Italian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Italy, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion, communion with the Pope in Rome, under the Conference of Italian Bishops. The pope serves also as Primate of Italy and Bishop ...
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16th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Pius V
1570 deaths
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