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Most Reverend
Alessandro Guidiccioni
Bishop of Lucca
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Lucca
In office1549–1600
PredecessorBartolomeo Guidiccioni
SuccessorAlessandro Guidiccioni (iuniore)
Personal details
Died1605
Lucca, Italy

Alessandro Guidiccioni (died 1605) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lucca (1549–1600).

Biography

On 9 January 1549, Alessandro Guidiccioni was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Coadjutor Bishop of Lucca and succeeded to the bishopric on 4 November 1549. He served as Bishop of Lucca until his resignation in 1600. He died in 1605.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Antonmaria Sauli, Titular Archbishop of Philadelphia in Arabia and Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1586).

References

  1. ^ Eubel, Konrad (1923). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 229. (in Latin)
  2. ^ "Bishop Alessandro Guidiccioni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 4, 2017
  3. "Archdiocese of Lucca" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
  4. "Archdiocese of Lucca" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byBartolomeo Guidiccioni Bishop of Lucca
1549–1600
Succeeded byAlessandro Guidiccioni (iuniore)


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