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Aurelio Griani
Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano
In office1570–1576
Predecessor Filippo Fasio Capponi
Successor Giovanni Bernardino Grandopoli
Orders
Consecration19 November 1570
by  Scipione Rebiba
Personal details
Died1576
Lettere, Italy

Aurelio Griani (died 1576) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1570–1576). [1]

Biography

Aurelio Griani was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. [2] On 8 November 1570, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius V as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano. [1] [2] On 19 November 1570, he was consecrated bishop by Scipione Rebiba, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere, with Nicola Perusco, Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte, and Francesco Rusticucci, Bishop of Fano, serving as co-consecrators. [2] He served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano until his death in 1576. [1] [2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 226–227. (in Latin)
  2. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Aurelio Griani, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. self-published

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano
1570–1576
Succeeded by