Hyacinthe Libelli

Hyacinthe Libelli
Most Reverend; Hyacinthe Libelli
	Archbishop of Avignon
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Avignon
In office	1673–1684
Predecessor	Azon Ariosti
Successor	Alexandre de Montecatini
Orders
Consecration	24 February 1673; by Gasparo Carpegna
Personal details
Born	1616; Citta di Castello, Italy
Died	23 October 1684 (age 68); Avignon, France

Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P. (1616 – 23 October 1684) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Avignon (1673–1684).[1][2]

Biography

Hyacinthe Libelli was born in Citta di Castello, Italy in 1616 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers .[2] From 1630-1634 he was a student at the College of Saint Thomas, the future Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome. In 1644 he was made a Doctor of Sacred Theology at the College.[3] On 30 January 1673, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Archbishop of Avignon.[1][2] On 24 February 1673, he was consecrated bishop by Gasparo Carpegna, Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite, with Stefano Brancaccio, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, and Carlo Vaini, Titular Archbishop of Nicaea, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Archbishop of Avignon until his death on 23 October 1684.[1][2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

Simon Gaudenti, Bishop of Ossero (1673);
Andrea Francolisio, Bishop of Tricarico (1673); and
Giuseppe di Giacomo, Bishop of Bovino (1673).

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References

Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 109. (in Latin)
"Archbishop Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
Babuty, Antoine Touron. Histoire des hommes illustres de l'ordre de Saint Dominique ; c'est à dire ... p. 579.

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Avignon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Avignon". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Azon Ariosti	Archbishop of Avignon 1673–1684	Succeeded by Alexandre de Montecatini

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[HierarchiaV-1] Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 109. (in Latin)

[CathHierHyaLib-2] "Archbishop Hyacinthe Libelli, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017

[3] Babuty, Antoine Touron. Histoire des hommes illustres de l'ordre de Saint Dominique ; c'est à dire ... p. 579.