Pompeo Mignucci,

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(1597–1654) was a

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prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acquapendente (1650–1654) and Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1617–1650). ''(in Latin)''"Archbishop Pompeo Mignucci, O.S.H."
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Biography

Pompeo Mignucci was born in

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in 1597 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Jerome. On 22 August 1617, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Archbishop of Dubrovnik. On 29 September 1647, he was

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bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti,

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, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino, and Alessandro Vittrici, Bishop of Alatri, serving as

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. On 10 January 1650, he was appointed during the papacy of

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as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Acquapendente. He served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of

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until his death in October 1654. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marin Ibrišimović, Bishop of Beograd (1647).

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