Most Reverend

Giacomo Accarisi
Bishop of Vieste
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1644–1654
PredecessorPaolo Ciera
SuccessorGiovanni Mastelloni
Orders
Consecration13 November 1644
by Cesare Facchinetti
Personal details
Died1654
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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 366. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Bishop Giacomo Accarisi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 29, 2016
  3. ^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 1, by Francesco Predari, Tipografia Guigoni, Milan (1865); page 19.

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Catholic Church titles Preceded byPaolo Ciera Bishop of Vieste 1644–1654 Succeeded byGiovanni Mastelloni


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