Most Reverend

Antonio d'Aquino
Archbishop of Taranto
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Taranto
In office1618-1627
PredecessorBonifazio Caetani
SuccessorFrancisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega
Orders
Consecration2 May 1595
by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici
Personal details
Born1565
Rome, Italy
Died27 August 1627 (age 62)
Taranto, Italy
Previous post(s)Bishop of Sarno (1595-1618)

Antonio d'Aquino (died 10 January 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Taranto (1618-1627) and Bishop of Sarno (1595-1618).[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Antonio d'Aquino was born in Rome, Italy in 1565.[3] On 19 February 1573, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Sarno.[1][2][3] On 2 May 1595, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Archbishop of Florence, with Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators.[3] On 23 July 1618, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Archbishop of Taranto.[2][3] He served as Archbishop of Taranto until his death on 27 August 1627.[2][3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 293. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 306 and 327. (in Latin)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Archbishop Antonio d'Aquino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  4. ↑ "Archdiocese of Taranto" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. ↑ "Archdiocese of Taranto" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016


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