About Egidio Colonna
Lived 1607 – 1686 (aged 78–79). Egidio Colonna was an Italian military personnel and patriarch.
Egidio Colonna, O.S.B., born Carlo Colonna (1607 – 11 October 1686) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1671–1686) and Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1643–1671).
Biography Egidio Colonna was born in 1607 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict on 4 December 1638. On 19 December 1643, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Titular Archbishop of Amasea. On 19 January 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem. He served as Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem until his death on 11 October 1686.
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Italian noble and Catholic patriarch
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Egidio Colonna was born in 1607 in Rome.
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Egidio Colonna died on 11 October 1686 in Rome.
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Egidio Colonna was a military personnel and patriarch.
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Egidio Colonna was Italian.
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