Church Catholic Church Predecessor Giacomo Savelli | In office 1574-1607 Successor Pompeio Arrigoni | |
Consecration 26 Sep 1574
by Giulio Antonio Santorio Died 23 January 1607, Benevento, Italy Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benevento | ||
Massimiliano Palumbara or Massimiliano Palombella (died 23 Jan 1607) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1574-1607).
Biography
On 17 May 1574, Massimiliano Palumbara was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Archbishop of Benevento. On 26 Sep 1574, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Andrea Croce, Bishop of Tivoli, and Alfonso Binarini, Bishop of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 23 Jan 1607. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino (1579); Scipione Gesualdo, Archbishop of Conza (1585); and Enrico Caetani, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1585).