Giovanni Battista Capilupi
Roman Catholic prelate; served as Bishop of Polignano
About Giovanni Battista Capilupi
Lived 1653 – 1716 (aged 62). Giovanni Battista Capilupi was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
Giovanni Battista Capilupi (27 December, 1643 – 3 May, 1716) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Polignano (1694–1716).
Biography Giovanni Battista Capilupi was born in Matera, Italy on 27 December 1653. He was and ordained deacon on 21 March 1676 and ordained a priest on 5 March 1678. On 13 September 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Polignano. On 19 September 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Bishop of Como, and Pierre Lambert Ledrou, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Polignano until his death on 3 May 1716.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Dominico Tomati, Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1700).
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Roman Catholic prelate; served as Bishop of Polignano
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Giovanni Battista Capilupi was born on 27 December 1653 in Matera.
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Giovanni Battista Capilupi died on 3 May 1716 in Polignano a Mare.
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Giovanni Battista Capilupi was a catholic priest, catholic deacon and catholic bishop.
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