Filippo Visconti (bishop)

Most Reverend

Filippo Visconti
Bishop of Catanzaro
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Catanzaro
In office1657–1664
PredecessorFabio Olivadisi
SuccessorAgazio di Somma
Orders
Consecration6 May 1657
by Bernardino Spada
Personal details
Born9 August 1596
Milan, Italy
Died26 January 1664 (age 67)
Catanzaro, Italy
NationalityItalian

Filippo Visconti, O.S.A. or Philippus Vicecomes (9 August 1596 – 26 January 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Catanzaro (1657–1664).[1]

Biography

Filippo Visconti was born in Milan, Italy on 9 August 1596 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine.[2] On 23 April 1657, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Catanzaro. On 6 May 1657, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina.[1]

He served as Bishop of Catanzaro until his death on 26 January 1664.[1][2]

His bust and memorial inscription are preserved in the church of S. Agostino in Rome, the headquarters of the Augustinian Order.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 141.
  2. ^ a b Cheney, David M. "Bishop Filippo Visconti, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  3. ^ Vincenzo Forcella (1874). Iscrizioni delle chiese e d'altri edificii di Roma dal secolo XI fino ai giorni nostri (in Italian and Latin). Roma: Tip. delle scienze matematiche e fisiche. pp. 96, no. 289.
  • Accetta, Foca (1999). "Le 'confessioni' e 'confusioni' di un agostiniano milanese presule in Calabria. La corrispondenza di Filippo Visconti, vescovo di Catanzaro (1657–1664)," in: Analecta Augustiniana 62 (Roma 1999), pp. 5–124. (in Italian)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Catanzaro
1657–1664 		Succeeded by


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