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Giacomo Accarisi

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Most Reverend
Giacomo Accarisi
Bishop of Vieste
Church Catholic Church
In office 1644–1654
Predecessor Paolo Ciera
Successor Giovanni Mastelloni
Orders
Consecration 13 November 1644
by Cesare Facchinetti
Personal details
Died 1654
Vieste, Italy

Giacomo Accarisi (1599-1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vieste (1644–1654).[1][2]

Biography

Giacomo Accarisi was born in 1599.[2] On 17 October 1644, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Vieste.[1][2] On 13 November 1644, he was consecrated bishop by Cesare Facchinetti, Bishop of Senigallia, with Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori, and Bartolomeo Vannini, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Vieste until his death in 1654.[1][2]

He taught rhetoric in Modena in 1627, and is remembered for publishing arguments against Galileo's notions that the earth orbits the sun.[3]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

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