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Aloysius Bevilacqua

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Most Reverend
Aloysius Bevilacqua
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
Portret van Aloysius Bevilacqua
Portret van Aloysius Bevilacqua
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria
In office 1675–1679
Predecessor Alessandro Crescenzi
Successor Petrus Draghi Bartoli
Orders
Consecration 25 Feb 1676
by Mario Alberizzi
Personal details
Born 1618
Ferrara, Italy
Died 21 April 1679 (aged 60–61)
Rome

Aloysius Bevilacqua (1618–1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1675–1680).[1]

Biography

Aloysius Bevilacqua was born in 1618 in Ferrara, Italy.[2] On 30 Sep 1675, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria.[1][2] On 25 Feb 1676, he was consecrated bishop by Mario Alberizzi, Cardinal-Priest, with Domenico Gianuzzi, Titular Bishop of Dioclea in Phrygia, and Giacomo Buoni, Bishop of Montefeltro, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria until his death on 21 Apr 1679.[1][2]

As the diplomatic representative of Innocent XI Bevilacqua, assisted by future cardinal Lorenzo Casoni was papal nuncio at the peace Congress of Nijmegen 1678–79, intermediating between the Austrian, Spanish and other Catholic delegations there.[3]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 76. (in Latin)
  2. Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 Back to citation occurrence 2.3 Cheney, David M. "Patriarch Aloysius Bevilacqua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
  3. Back to citation Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, under Luigi Bevilacqua, vol 9.