Matteo Gagliani

Matteo Gagliani (9 October 1655 – September 1717) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sora (1703–1717) and Bishop of Fondi (1693–1703).

Biography Matteo Gagliani was born in Naples, Italy. On 20 July 1693, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Fondi. On 2 August 1693, he was consecrated bishop by Galeazzo Marescotti, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta, with Prospero Bottini, Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators. On 15 January 1703, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Bishop of Sora. He served as Bishop of Sora until his death in September 1717.

Episcopal succession While bishop, Gagliani was the principal co-consecrator: Giacinto della Calce, Bishop of Ariano (1697); Tommaso Maria Franza, Bishop of Oria (1697); and Giambattista Isnardi de Castello, Bishop of Mondovi (1697).