Fabio Lagonissa

Fabio Lagonissa
Fabio Lagonissa
	Archbishop of Conza
	Funeral monument
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Conza
See	Santa Maria Assunta
In office	1622–1645
Predecessor	Curzio Cocci
Successor	Ercole Rangoni
Other posts	Inquisitor of Malta (1614–1619), Papal nuncio to Flanders (1627–1634)
Orders
Consecration	21 February 1622
Personal details
Born	1584/85; Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died	1659; Naples, Kingdom of Naples

Fabio Lagonissa (1584/85–1659) was an Italian bishop and papal diplomat.

Life

Lagonissa was born in Naples in 1584, or possibly 1585, a son of Giovanni Battista Lagonissa and Feliciana Caracciolo. After studying civil and canon law at the University of Naples he went to Rome and was appointed a referendary of the Apostolic Signatura. From 1614 to 1619 he was inquisitor of Malta and consultor to the Holy Office. On 21 February 1622 he was consecrated archbishop of Conza, but remained active in the papal curia. He accompanied Francesco Barberini on his unsuccessful mission to Spain in 1625–26.[1]

In March 1627 he was appointed papal nuncio to the Southern Netherlands.[2] After the Infanta Isabella's death in 1633 the nunciature fell into abeyance, and in January 1634 Lagonissa returned to Rome.[3]

In 1645 he resigned as archbishop of Conza. He died in Naples in February 1659.[4]

References

Raissa Teodori, "Lagonissa, Fabio", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 63 (2004).
Lagonissa's correspondence as nuncio has been calendared in the series Analecta Vaticano-Belgica as Correspondance du nonce Fabio de Lagonissa, 1627-1634, edited by Lucienne Van Meerbeeck (Brussels and Rome, 1966).
L. Van der Essen, "La situation religieuse aux Pays-Bas en 1634 d'après la relation finale du nonce Fabio de Lagonissa", Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique 24 (1928), pp. 332-363.
Raissa Teodori, "Lagonissa, Fabio", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 63 (2004).

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Evangelista Carbonese	Inquisitor of Malta 1614–1619	Succeeded by Antonio Tornielli
Preceded by Curzio Cocci	Archbishop of Conza 1622–1645	Succeeded by Ercole Rangoni
Preceded by Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno	Papal nuncio to Flanders 1627–1634	Succeeded by Lelio Falconieri

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[1] Raissa Teodori, "Lagonissa, Fabio", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 63 (2004).

[2] Lagonissa's correspondence as nuncio has been calendared in the series Analecta Vaticano-Belgica as Correspondance du nonce Fabio de Lagonissa, 1627-1634, edited by Lucienne Van Meerbeeck (Brussels and Rome, 1966).

[3] L. Van der Essen, "La situation religieuse aux Pays-Bas en 1634 d'après la relation finale du nonce Fabio de Lagonissa", Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique 24 (1928), pp. 332-363.

[4] Raissa Teodori, "Lagonissa, Fabio", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 63 (2004).