Luca Castellini,
O.P. or Lucas Castellini (died 1631) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as
Bishop of Catanzaro (1629–1631).
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Biography
Luca Castellini was ordained a priest in the
Order of Preachers
The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian priest named Dominic de Guzmán. It was approved by Pope Honorius ...
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[ ] A competent theologian, he was elected Procurator of the Dominican Order, and then, in 1611, Vicar General.
On 19 November 1629, he was appointed by
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII (; ; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death, in July 1644. As pope, he expanded the papal terri ...
as
Bishop of Catanzaro. On 25 November 1629, he was consecrated bishop by
Antonio Marcello Barberini
Antonio Marcello Barberini, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, OFMCap (18 November 1569 – 11 September 1646) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal[Cardinal-Priest
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of
Sant'Onofrio.
He served as Bishop of Catanzaro for only fourteen months, until his death in 1631.
While bishop he was the principal co-consecrator of
Marcantonio Bragadin (cardinal),
Bishop of Crema (1629).
He was the author of ''De electione et confirmatione canonica praelatorum'', and ''De canonizatione sanctorum: Tractatus de miraculis''.
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17th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII
1631 deaths
Dominican bishops
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