Most Reverend Aloysius Bevilacqua
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
Portret van Aloysius Bevilacqua
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria
In office	1675–1679
Predecessor	Alessandro Crescenzi
Successor	Petrus Draghi Bartoli
Orders
Consecration	25 Feb 1676 by  Mario Alberizzi
Personal details
Born	1618 (1618) Ferrara, Italy
Died	21 April 1679(1679-04-21) (aged 60–61) Rome

Aloysius Bevilacqua (1618–1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1675–1680). ^[1]

Biography

Aloysius Bevilacqua was born in 1618 in Ferrara, Italy. ^[2] On 30 Sep 1675, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. ^{[1] [2]} On 25 Feb 1676, he was consecrated bishop by Mario Alberizzi, Cardinal-Priest, with Domenico Gianuzzi, Titular Bishop of Dioclea in Phrygia, and Giacomo Buoni, Bishop of Montefeltro, serving as co-consecrators. ^[2] He served as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria until his death on 21 Apr 1679. ^{[1] [2]}

As the diplomatic representative of Innocent XI Bevilacqua, assisted by future cardinal Lorenzo Casoni was papal nuncio at the peace Congress of Nijmegen 1678–79, intermediating between the Austrian, Spanish and other Catholic delegations there. ^[3]

References

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Alexandria {Alessandria} (Titular See)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{self-published}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Patriarchal See of Alexandria (Egypt)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{self-published}