About Silvestro de' Gigli
Lived 1463 – 1521 (aged 57–58). Silvestro de' Gigli was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Silvestro de' Gigli, of Lucca, was a Late Middle Ages and High Renaissance Bishop of Worcester, the second of four Italian absentees to hold the see before the Reformation.
He succeeded his uncle, Giovanni de' Gigli, was nominated on 24 December 1498 and consecrated about 6 April 1499. He died on 16 April 1521. The position was then held by Giulio de' Medici, the Cardinal protector of England.
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Who was Silvestro de' Gigli?
Italian Bishop of Worcester
When was Silvestro de' Gigli born?
Silvestro de' Gigli was born in 1463.
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Silvestro de' Gigli died on 16 April 1521.
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Silvestro de' Gigli was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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