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Girolamo Bevilacqua

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Church
  
Catholic Church

Predecessor
  
Francesco Spera

Died
  
4 September 1604

In office
  
1587–1604

Successor
  
Maffeo Barberini

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

Biography

Girolamo Bevilacqua was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 2 Dec 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Sixtus V as Archbishop of Nazareth. He served as Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 4 Sep 1604. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Fabio Biondi, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and Thomas Cammerota, Bishop of Vieste (1589).

References

Girolamo Bevilacqua Wikipedia