Fausto Malari or Fausto Molari or Fausto Mellari (died 1608) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Chiusi (1602–1608).[1]
Biography
Malari was a native of Siena.[2]
He is attested as Vicar General of the Archbishop of Siena in 1592 and again in 1596.[3]
On 22 April 1602, Fausto Malari was appointed Bishop of Chiusi by Pope Clement VIII.[1][4] On 5 May 1602, he was consecrated bishop by Camillo Borghese, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Guglielmo Bastoni, Bishop of Pavia, and Horace Capponi, Bishop of Carpentras, serving as co-consecrators.[4] He served as Bishop of Chiusi until his death in 1608.[1][4]
References
- 1.[1.2][1.3]Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 154–155.
- 2.Giuseppe Cappelletti (1862). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. decimosettimo. Venezia: Antonelli. p. 602.
- 3.Henry Méchoulan; Antonio Rotondò (2001). La Formazione storica della alterità: studi di storia della tolleranza nell'età moderna offerti a Antonio Rotondò (in Italian). Firenze: L.S. Olschki. p. 391. ISBN 9788822250575.
- 4.[4.2][4.3]Cheney, David M. "Bishop Fausto Malari (Molari, Mellari)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]