Most Reverend

Ascanio Piccolomini
Archbishop of Siena
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1588–1597
PredecessorFrancesco Bandini Piccolomini
SuccessorFrançois-Marie Tarugi
Orders
Consecration11 September 1579
by Spinello Benci
Personal details
Died13 May 1597
Siena, Italy

Ascanio Piccolomini (died 13 May 1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Siena (1588–1597) and Titular Archbishop of Colossae (1579–1588).[1][2]

Biography

On 3 July 1579, Ascanio Piccolomini was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena and Titular Archbishop of Colossae.[1][2] On 11 September 1579, he was consecrated bishop by Spinello Benci, Bishop of Montepulciano, with Claudio Borghese, Bishop of Grosseto, and Francesco Maria Piccolomini, Bishop of Pienza, serving as co-consecrators.[2] In 1588, he succeeded to the bishopric of Siena.[1][2] He served as Archbishop of Siena until his death on 13 May 1597.[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonio Fera, Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1584).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 297 and 172. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Archbishop Ascanio Piccolomini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 29, 2017

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Catholic Church titles Preceded by Titular Archbishop of Colossae 1579–1588 Succeeded byGiuseppe Ferrerio Preceded byFrancesco Bandini Piccolomini Archbishop of Siena 1588–1597 Succeeded byFrançois-Marie Tarugi