Silvestro de' Gigli

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Silvestro de' Gigli
Bishop of Worcester
Appointed24 December 1498
Term ended16 April 1521
Predecessor Giovanni de' Gigli
Successor Geronimo De Ghinucci
Orders
Consecrationc.6 April 1499
Personal details
Died16 April 1521
DenominationCatholic

Silvestro de' Gigli, of Lucca, was a medieval Bishop of Worcester, the second of four Italian absentees to hold the see before the Reformation. [1]

He succeeded his uncle, Giovanni de' Gigli, was nominated on 24 December 1498 and consecrated about 6 April 1499. [2] He was implicated but never charged in the 1514 murder by poison of Cardinal and Archbishop of York Christopher Bainbridge. [3] He died on 16 April 1521. [2] The position was then held by Giulio de' Medici, the Cardinal protector of England. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Down, Kevin. "The Administration of the Diocese of Worcester under the Italian Bishops, 1427-1535", Midland History, Volume 20, 1995 - Issue 1
  2. 1 2 Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 280
  3. "The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of Consistory of March 10, 1511". 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giovanni de' Gigli
Bishop of Worcester
1498–1521
Succeeded by
Geronimo De Ghinucci