About Pompeo Sarnelli
Lived 1649 – 1724 (aged 75). Pompeo Sarnelli was a historian, literary scholar, catholic priest, catholic bishop, bishop and writer.
Pompeo Sarnelli (born 28 January 1649, died 7 July 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Bisceglie (1692–1724).
Biography Pompeo Sarnelli was born in Polignano a Mare, Italy in 1649. He moved to Naples when he was an adolescent. There, he studied theology and law and, after he became a priest in 1669, worked for Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Orsini. In 1689, he refused a position at the bishopric of Termoli. On 24 March 1692, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Bisceglie. He also edited Italian translations of della Porta's Chirofisonomia and Magia Naturalis (1677).
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Italian religious (1649-1724)
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Pompeo Sarnelli was born on 16 January 1649 in Polignano a Mare.
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Pompeo Sarnelli died on 7 July 1724 in Bisceglie.
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Pompeo Sarnelli was a historian, literary scholar, catholic priest, catholic bishop, bishop and writer.
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