About Girolamo Foscari
Lived 1505 – 1563 (aged 57–58). Girolamo Foscari was an Italian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Girolamo Foscari (1505–1563) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Torcello (1526–1563).
Biography Girolamo Foscari was born in Venice, Italy in 1505. On 16 May 1526, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VII as Bishop of Torcello. On 1 May 1542, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Beccari, Bishop of Shkodrë, with Giorgio Andreasi, Bishop of Chiusi, and Livio Podocathor, Archbishop of Nicosia, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Torcello until his death on 2 Jan 1563.
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Italian bishop
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Girolamo Foscari was born in 1505 in Venice.
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Girolamo Foscari died on 2 January 1563 in Rome.
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Girolamo Foscari was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Girolamo Foscari was Italian.
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