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Niccolò Franco

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Most Reverend
Niccolò Franco
Bishop of Treviso
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Poreč
In office 1485–1499
Predecessor Lorenzo Zanni
Successor Bernardo de' Rossi
Previous post Bishop of Poreč (1477–1485)
Personal details
Died 1499
Treviso, Italy

Niccolò Franco (died 1499) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Treviso (1485–1499)[1] and Bishop of Poreč (1477–1485).[2]

Biography

In 1477, Niccolò Franco was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus IV as Bishop of Poreč.[3] On 21 February 1485, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent VIII as Bishop of Treviso.[1][4] He served as Bishop of Treviso until his death in 1499.[1][4]

References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 248–249. (in Latin)
  2. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 212. (in Latin)
  3. Back to citation Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 212. (in Latin); Cheney, David M. "Bishop Niccolò Franco". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]; Chow, Gabriel. "Bishop Nicola Franco". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]
  4. Back to citation occurrence 4.0 Back to citation occurrence 4.1 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Niccolò Franco". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]