About Prospero Spínola
Lived 1587 – 1664 (aged 76–77). Prospero Spínola was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Prospero Spínola (1587–1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana (1637–1664).
Biography Prospero Spínola was born in 1587 in Genoa, Italy. On 7 September 1637, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana. On 25 October 1637, he was consecrated bishop by Bernardino Spada, Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio, with Ottavio Corsini, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus, and Biagio Proto de Rossi, Archbishop of Messina, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Luni e Sarzana until his death in 1664.
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Italian Roman Catholic prelate
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Prospero Spínola was born in 1587 in Genoa.
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Prospero Spínola died in 1664.
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Prospero Spínola was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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