Fabio Blondus de Montealto

Fabio Blondus de Montealto or Fabio Biondi (died 6 December 1618) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588-1618).^[1][2][3]

Biography

On 8 Jan 1588, Fabio Blondus de Montealto was appointed by Pope Sixtus V as Patriarch of Jerusalem.^[1] On 17 Jan 1588, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Gonzaga, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo with Giovanni Battista Albani, Patriarch of Alexandria, and Girolamo Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Nazareth, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] He served as Patriarch of Jerusalem until his death on 6 December 1618.^[1] While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Paolo Tolosa, Bishop of Bovino.^[1]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Alexeu de Jesu de Meneses, Archbishop of Goa (1595); Miguel Rangel, Bishop of Angola e Congo (1596); Maffeo Barberini, Archbishop of Nazareth (1604); Giacomo Candido, Bishop of Lacedonia (1606); Michelangelo Tonti, Archbishop of Nazareth (1608); Giovanni Francesco Leoni, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1608); and the principal co-consecrator of Owen Lewis (bishop), Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (1588); Vincenzo Serafino, Bishop of Teano (1588); Bonaventura Secusio, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (1599); Juan Esteban Ferrero, Bishop of Vercelli (1599); Matteo Zane, Patriarch of Venice (1601); Alessandro di Sangro, Latin Patriarch of Alexandria (1604); Alfonso Manrique, Archbishop of Burgos (1604); Leone Fedeli, Bishop of Lavello (1605); Angelo Rocca, titular bishop of Thagaste (1605); Denis Delfino, Bishop of Vicenza (1606); Octavius Saraceni, Bishop of Sovana (1606); Francesco Vendramin, Patriarch of Venice (1608); Tiberio Muti, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1612); Alessandro Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna (1612); Porfirio Feliciani, Bishop of Foligno (1612); Pier Paolo Crescenzi, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo (1612); Francesco Sacrati (cardinal), Archbishop of Damascus (1612).^[1]

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