Silvestro de' Gigli

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]

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

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

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56350-5.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Giovanni de' Gigli
Bishop of Worcester
1498–1521
Succeeded by
Geronimo De Ghinucci

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