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Giovanni Battista Scanaroli or Giovanni Battista Scannaroli (1590 – 10 September, 1664) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Sidon (1630-1664).
Biography
Giovanni Battista Scanaroli was born in Modène, Italy. On 15 July 1630, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Titular Bishop of Sidon. On 7 October 1630, he was consecrated bishop by Luigi Caetani, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana, with Antonio Ricciulli, Bishop Emeritus of Belcastro, and Benedetto Landi, Bishop of Fossombrone, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Titular Bishop of Sidon until his death on 10 September 1664.
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he served as the principal consecrator of:
- Joseph-Marie de Suarès, Bishop of Vaison (1633);
- Jean-Vincent de Tulles Bishop of Orange (1637);
- Alexander Sibilia, Bishop of Capri (1637);
- Girolamo Farnese Titular Archbishop of Patrae (1639);
- Isidoro della Robbia, Bishop of Bertinoro (1642);
- Antonio Barberini, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Aquiro (1655);
and the principal co-consecrator of:
- Arcasio Ricci, Diocese of Gravina (di Puglia) (1630);
- Alessandro Deti, Bishop of Anglona-Tursi (1632);
- Cesare Raccagna, Bishop of Città di Castello (1632);
- Martino Alfieri, Bishop of Isola (1634);
- Niccolò Orsini (bishop), Bishop of Ripatransone (1636);
- Ludovicus Galbiati, Bishop of Acerno (1637);
- Marco Antonio Mandosio, Bishop of Nicastro (1637);
- Giulio Diotallevi, Bishop of Strongoli (1637);
- Francesco Arcudio, Bishop of Nusco (1639);
- Riginaldo Lucarini, Bishop of Città della Pieve (1643);
- Andrea Borgia, Bishop of Segni (1643);
- Giambattista Spada, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople (1643);
- Giulio Rospigliosi, Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1644);
- Nicolò Guidi di Bagno, Titular Archbishop of Athenae (1644);
- Francesco Barberini, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Onofrio (1645);
- Hyacinthe Serroni, Bishop of Orange (1647);
- Juan Gutiérrez (bishop), Bishop of Vigevano (1648);
- Francesco Massucci, Bishop of Penne e Atri (1648);
- Giacomo Corradi, Bishop of Jesi (1653);
- Paolo Emilio Rondinini, Bishop of Assisi (1653);
- Marcello Anania, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1654);
- Federico Borromeo, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1654);
- Giacinto Tarugi, Bishop of Venosa (1654);
- Clemente Ascanio Sandri-Trotti, Bishop of Fossano (1658).
He also presided over the priestly ordination of Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria (1632).