. Leonardo Marsili (1641–1713) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1682–1713).

Biography

Leonardo Marsili was born in

Siena Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...

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on 15 May 1641 and ordained a priest on 17 May 1665. On 26 Jan 1682, he was appointed during the papacy of

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. In February 1682, he was

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bishop in

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by Gasparo Carpegna,

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. He served as Archbishop of Siena until his death on 8 Apr 1713 in Siena. While bishop, he was 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, ...

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of ''Teodosia'' (1700).

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 17th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 18th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Bishops appointed by Pope Innocent XI 1641 births 1713 deaths {{17C-Italy-RC-archbishop-stub