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Gerolamo Melchiori

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Most Reverend

Gerolamo Melchiori
Bishop of Recanati
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Recanati
In office1573–1583
PredecessorFilippo Roccabella
SuccessorGaleazzo Moroni
Orders
Consecration16 December 1554
by Giovanni Michele Saraceni
Personal details
Died1583 (1584)

Gerolamo Melchiori or Gerolamo Melchiorri (died 1583) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Recanati (1573–1583)[1] and Bishop of Macerata (1553–1573).[2]

Biography

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On 6 March 1553, Gerolamo Melchiori was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Bishop of Macerata.[2][3][4] On 16 December 1554, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Michele Saraceni, Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera, with Ascanio Ferreri, Bishop Emeritus of Montepeloso, and Giovanni Andrea Croce, Bishop of Tivoli, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 15 October 1571, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Recanati.[1][3] In 1571, he resigned as Bishop of Macerata.[2][3] He served as Bishop of Recanati until his death in 1583.[1][3] While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Benedetto Lomellini, Bishop of Luni e Sarzana (1565); and Giulio Sauli, Bishop of Brugnato (1566) .[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 281. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 231. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Gerolamo Melchiori". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. [self-published]
  4. Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Gerolamo Melchiorri". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. [self-published]
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