Benedetto Landi

Benedetto Landi (1578–1638) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fossombrone (1628–1632).[1][2]

Most Reverend Benedetto Landi
Bishop of Fossombrone
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Fossombrone
In office	1628–1632
Predecessor	Lorenzo Landi
Successor	Giovanni Battista Landi
Orders
Consecration	13 June 1628 by Antonio Marcello Barberini
Personal details
Born	1578 Velletri, Italy
Died	1638

Biography

Benedetto Landi was born in Velletri, Italy in 1578.[2] On 5 June 1628, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Fossombrone.[1][2] On 13 June 1628, he was consecrated bishop by Antonio Marcello Barberini, Bishop of Senigallia, with Lorenzo Azzolini, Bishop of Ripatransone, and Tiberio Cenci, Bishop of Jesi, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Fossombrone until his resignation on 15 November 1632.[2] He died in 1638.[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Ulderico Carpegna, Bishop of Gubbio (1630);
• Giovanni Battista Scanaroli, Titular Bishop of Sidon (1630);
• Tegrimus Tegrimi, Bishop of Assisi (1630);
• Giorgio Bolognetti, Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (1630);
• Cesare Raccagna, Bishop of Città di Castello (1632);
• Marco Antonio Cornaro, Bishop of Padua (1632);
• Amico Panici, Bishop of Sarsina (1632);
• Honoratus Caetani, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1633);
• Faustus Poli, Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1633);
• Torquato Perotti, Bishop of Amelia (1633);
• Francesco Maria Merlini, Bishop of Cervia (1635);
• Giovanni Battista Colonna, Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1636);
• Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore), Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania (1636);
• Petras Parčevskis, Bishop of Smoleńsk (1636); and
• Alexander Sokołowski, Bishop of Kyiv (1636).

References

1. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 190. (in Latin)
2. "Bishop Benedetto Landi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Fossombrone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Fossombrone (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}