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(1673–1684). ''(in Latin)''"Archbishop Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P."
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Biography

Hyacinthe Libelli was born in Citta di Castello,

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in 1616 and ordained a priest in the

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. From 1630 to 1634 he was a student at the College of Saint Thomas, the future Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the ''Angelicum'', in Rome. In 1644 he was made a Doctor of Sacred Theology at the college. On 30 January 1673, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. On 24 February 1673, he was

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bishop by Gasparo Carpegna,

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, with

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, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, and

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of ''Nicaea'', serving as

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. He served as Archbishop of Avignon until his death on 23 October 1684.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

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of: * Simon Gaudenti,

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(1673); * Andrea Francolisio, Bishop of Tricarico (1673); and * Giuseppe di Giacomo, Bishop of Bovino (1673).

References

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