Francesco Rinuccini

Most Reverend

Francesco Rinuccini
Most Reverend; Francesco Rinuccini
Bishop of Pistoia e Prato
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Pistoia
In office	1656–1678
Predecessor	Giovanni Gerini
Successor	Gherardo Gherardi
Orders
Consecration	10 Sep 1656; by Federico Sforza
Personal details
Born	Florence, Italy
Died	11 Mar 1678

Francesco Rinuccini or Francesco Ruccini (died 1678) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pistoia e Prato (1656–1678).^[1]

Biography

Francesco Rinuccini was born in Florence, Italy.^[2] On 28 Aug 1656, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Pistoia e Prato.^[1]^[2] On 10 Sep 1656, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Sforza, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Annibale Bentivoglio, Titular Archbishop of Thebae, and Luca Torreggiani, Archbishop of Ravenna, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He served as Bishop of Pistoia e Prato until his death on 11 Mar 1678.^[1]^[2]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Celio Piccolomini, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Mauretania (1656) .^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 281. (in Latin)
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Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Pistoia (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}