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| Death | 27 August 1627Taranto, Province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy |
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Antonio d'Aquino (died 10 January, 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Taranto (1618-1627) and Bishop of Sarno (1595-1618).
Biography
On 19 February 1573, Antonio d'Aquino was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop of Sarno. On 2 May 1595, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, Archbishop of Florence, with Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. On 23 July 1618, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Archbishop of Taranto. He served as Archbishop of Taranto until his death on 27 August 1627.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Paolo Emilio Sammarco, Bishop of Umbriatico (1609);
- Giambattista Visconti, Bishop of Teramo (1609);
- Antonio Albergati, Bishop of Bisceglie (1609);
- Pietro Bastoni, Bishop of Umbriatico (1611);
- Giulio Masi, Bishop of Giovinazzo (1611);
- Giulio Mattei, Bishop of Bitetto (1611);
- János Telegdy, Bishop of Bosnia (1611);
- Mario Sassi, Archbishop of Rossano (1612);
- Selvaggio Primitelli, Bishop of Lavello (1613);
- Paolo Pico, Bishop of Vulturara e Montecorvino (1613);
- Juan Torres de Osorio, Bishop of Siracusa (1613);
- Clemente Gera, Bishop of Terni (1613);
- Marcello Pignatelli, Bishop of Jesi (1617); and
- Girolamo de Franchis, Bishop of Nardò (1617).