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Domenico Cennini

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Most Reverend
Domenico Cennini
Bishop of Gravina di Puglia
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Gravina di Puglia
In office 1645–1684
Predecessor Filippo Cansacchi
Successor Domenico Valvassori
Orders
Ordination November 1644
Consecration 19 March 1645
by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti
Personal details
Born 1606
Chiusi, Italy
Died August 1684 (age 78)
Gravina di Puglia, Italy

Domenico Cennini (1606 – August 1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1645–1684).[1][2]

Biography

Domenico Cennini was born in Chiusi, Italy in 1606 and ordained a priest in November 1644.[2] On 6 March 1645, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia.[2] On 19 March 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna, with Onorato Onorati, Bishop of Urbania e Sant'Angelo in Vado, and Papirio Silvestri, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Gravina di Puglia until his death in August 1684.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Salvatore Scaglione, Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia (1678).[2]

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