Giovanni_Agostino_Marliani
Giovanni Agostino Marliani (1585 – 4 June 1674) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia (1662–1674) and Bishop of Accia and Mariana (1645–1656).[1][2][3][4]
Most Reverend Giovanni Agostino Marliani | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Reggio Emilia | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Reggio Emilia |
| In office | 1662–1674 |
| Predecessor | Girolamo Codebò |
| Successor | Augusto Bellincini |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1645 by Stefano Durazzo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1585 |
| Died | 4 June 1674 (age 89) Reggio Emilia, Italy |
Giovanni Agostino Marliani was born of a patrician family[5] in Genoa, Italy in 1585.[2]
He is attested as Vicar General of the diocese of Genoa in 1635[6] and again in 1640.[7]
On 15 July 1645, Marliani was appointed Bishop of Accia and Mariana by Pope Innocent X.[1] In 1645, he was consecrated bishop by Stefano Durazzo, Archbishop of Genoa. In 1656, he resigned as Bishop of Accia and Mariana.[2]
On 27 February 1662, he was appointed Bishop of Reggio Emilia by Pope Alexander VII.[8][1][2] He held a diocesan synod in Reggio on 15–17 June 1665.[9] He held a second synod on 17–19 April 1674.[10]
Marliani served as Bishop of Reggio Emilia until his death on 4 June 1674.[2]
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]
- Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani, Bishop of Accia and Mariana (1656);
- Matteo di Génnaro, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (1660);
- Francesco Falabella, Archbishop of Santa Severina (1660);
- Francesco Angelucci, Bishop of Veroli (1660);
- Luigi de Gennaro, Bishop of Cava de' Tirreni (1660);
- Francesco Maria Annoni, Bishop of Muro Lucano (1660);
- Francesco de Marchi (bishop), Bishop of Krk (1660);
- Francesco Cini, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino (1660);
- Giovanni Antonio Melzi, Archbishop of Capua (1661);
- Federico Martinotti, Bishop of Sarsina (1661); and
- Vitaliano Marescano, Bishop of Umbriatico (1661).
- Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 232 and 294. (in Latin)
- "Bishop Giovanni Agostino Marliani" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016
- "Diocese of Accia and Mariana" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- "Titular Episcopal See of Accia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- His tombstone reads "Patritius Genovensis". Saccani, p. 139.
- Genova rivista municipale (in Italian). Genoa: Municipio di Genova. 1938. p. 24.
- Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts: In the Years 1846-1847. London: Trustees of the British Museum. 1864. p. 124.
- Saccani, p. 138.
- Giovanni Agostino Marliani (1665). Synodus Dioecesana ab Ill. et Rev. DD. Joanne Augustino Marliano ... Ep. Regii ... Primum habita In sua Cathedr. Ecclesia A.D. MDCLXV, Die XV., XVI., XVII., Junij (in Latin). Reggio: Typogr. Vedrotti.
- Secundae synodi dioecesanae, quam fel. record. illustrissimus et reverendissimus d. d. Io. Augustinus Marlianus, Dei et sanctae sedis apostolicae gratia episcopus Regij et princeps, paucis ante obitum diebus habuit, anno Domini 1674, die 17, 18 et 19 aprilis. (Reggio: Typographia Propseri Vedroti 1675).
- Saccani, Giovanni (1902). I vescovi di Reggio-Emilia, Cronotassi, Reggio Emilia: Tip. Artigianelli 1902, pp. 137-139. (in Italian)
| Catholic Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Giulio del Pozzo |
Bishop of Accia and Mariana 1645–1656 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Reggio Emilia 1662–1674 |
Succeeded by Augusto Bellincini |