About Giulio Giovio
Lived 1511 – 1563 (aged 51–52). Giulio Giovio was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Giulio Giovio (1511–1563) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani (1552–1563).
Biography Giulio Giovio was born in 1511. On 21 August 1551, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Julius III as Coadjutor Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani. He succeeded to the bishopric on 11 December 1552. On 8 December 1553, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Giacomo Barba, Bishop of Teramo, with Antonio Numai, Bishop of Isernia, and Giulio Gentile, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani until his resignation in December 1560. He died in 1573.
While bishop, Giivio was the principal co-consecrator of Giovanni Antonio Volpi, Bishop of Como (1559).
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