About Francesco Scannagatta
Lived 1632 – 1700 (aged 67–68). Francesco Scannagatta was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Francesco Scannagatta (more properly, Scanegata) (1632 – 18 March 1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1679–1700).
Biography Francesco Scannagatta was born in Dongo, Italy, a small village on the northwest shore of Lake Como, in 1632.
He studied for and obtained the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Doctor of Civil and Canon Law) at the University of Milan. He was ordained a priest on 6 April 1658.
On 12 June 1679, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento. He served as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento until his death on 18 March 1700.
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