Girolamo Sarriano, C.R. (1580–1627) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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Biography

Girolamo Sarriano was born in

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in 1580 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 31 January 1611, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. He served as Bishop of Vico Equense until his death on 23 July 1627. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Cristoforo Caetani, Coadjutor Bishop of Foligno (1623).

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