Alessandro di Sangro

Alessandro di Sangro (died 18 February 1633) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1616-1633) and Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1604-1633)^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Biography

On 2 August 1604, Alessandro di Sangro was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria and ordained a priest on 8 August 1604 by Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon.^[1] On 10 August 1604, he was consecrated bishop by Camillo Borghese, Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, with Fabio Biondi (bishop), Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Giuseppe Ferrerio, Archbishop of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators.^[1] On 2 May 1616, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Archbishop of Benevento.^[1] He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 18 February 1633.^[1]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:^[1]

• Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso, Archbishop of Messina (1609);
• Gennaro Filomarino, Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1623);
• Giulio Antonio Santoro, Archbishop of Cosenza (1624);
• Diego Cabeza de Vaca, Bishop of Crotone (1624); and
• Alexander Liparuli, Bishop of Guardialfiera (1624).

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