Most Reverend

Alessandro Sperelli
Bishop of Gubbio
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Gubbio
In office1644–1671
PredecessorEmilio Bonaventura Altieri
SuccessorGiulio Spinola
Orders
Consecration4 May 1642
by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti
Personal details
Born(1589-05-10)May 10, 1589
Assisi, Italy
Died19 December 1671(1671-12-19) (aged 82)

Alessandro Sperelli C.O. (1589–1671) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Gubbio (1644–1671),[1] Apostolic Nuncio to Naples (1652–1653), Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia e Velletri (1642–1644), and Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria (1642–1644).[1]

Biography

Alessandro Sperelli was born on May 5, 1589 in Assisi, Italy and ordained a priest in the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.[2] His nephew Sperello Sperelli would become cardinal in 1699.[3] On 28 Apr 1642, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Caria and Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia e Velletri.[4][2] On 4 May 1642, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna, with Lelio Falconieri, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, and Giovanni Battista Altieri (seniore), Bishop Emeritus of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators.[2] On 14 Mar 1644, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Gubbio.[1][2] On 23 Oct 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Apostolic Nuncio to Naples; he served as nuncio until 15 Nov 1653.[2] He served as Bishop of Gubbio until his death on 19 Dec 1671.[1][2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Carlo Labia, Archbishop of Corfù (1659).[2]

In 1666, his endowment of his large collection of books and manuscripts to the city led to the formation of the Biblioteca Comunale Sperelliana in Gubbio.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. pp. 183–184. (in Latin)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cheney, David M. "Bishop Alessandro Sperelli, C.O." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019. [self-published]
  3. ↑ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 156.
  4. ↑ Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 265. (in Latin)


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