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Girolamo Bevilacqua

Girolamo Bevilacqua O.F.M. (died 1604) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Nazareth (1587–1604).

Biography

Girolamo Bevilacqua was born in Spello, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 2 December 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Archbishop of Nazareth. On 27 Dec 1587, he was consecrated bishop by Costanzo de Sarnano, Bishop of Vercelli. He served as Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 4 September 1604.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and Thomas Cammerota, Bishop of Vieste (1589).

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