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Francesco de' Marini (1630–1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Teodosia (1676–1700), Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1671–1676), Bishop of Molfetta (1666–1670), and Bishop of Albenga (1655–1666).
Biography
Francesco de' Marini was born in Genoa, Italy in 1630. On 2 August 1655, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Albenga. On 8 August 1655, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Sforza, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia, with Giacinto Cordella, Bishop of Venafro, and Louis de Fortia-Montréal, Bishop of Cavaillon, serving as co-consecrators. On 29 March 1666, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Molfetta where he served until his resignation on 6 Oct 1670. On 19 January 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Titular Archbishop of Amasea. On 27 April 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Titular Archbishop of Teodosia.
He served as Titular Archbishop of Teodosia until his death in 1700.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
- Gasparo Carpegna, Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1670);
- Ippolito Vicentini, Bishop of Rieti (1671);
- Gerolamo Passarelli, Bishop of Isernia (1673);
- Domenico Tafuri, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna (1673);
- Ascanio Paganelli, Bishop of Montalto delle Marche (1673);
- Bartolomeo Menatti, Bishop of Lodi (1673);
- Fabio Guinigi, Archbishop of Ravenna (1674);
- Vincenzo Bonifacio, Titular Bishop of Famagusta (1674);
- Mario Emmanuelle Durazzo, Bishop of Aleria (1674);
- Matteo Orlandi, Bishop of Cefalù (1674);
- Agostino Isimbardi, Bishop of Cremona (1676);
- Girolamo Orsaja, Archbishop of Rossano (1676);
- Antonio Molinari (bishop), Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1676);
- Juan Tomás de Rocaberti, Archbishop of Valencia (1677);
- Giuseppe Nicola Gilberti, Bishop of Teano (1681);
- Ottavio Paravicino, Bishop of Mileto (1681);
- Lodovico Septala, Bishop of Cremona (1682);
- Giuseppe Felice Barlacci, Bishop of Narni (1683);
- Bernardin Marchese, Bishop of Sarsina (1683);
- Alberto Sebastiano Botti (Blotto), Bishop of Albenga (1689);
- Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto (1689);
- Lorenzo Corsini, Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1690);
- Giorgio Spínola, Bishop of Albenga (1691); and
- Ludovico Masdoni, Bishop of Modena (1691).