Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Annibale Saraceni | |
Bishop of Lecce | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Lecce |
Term: | 1560–1591 |
Predecessor: | Braccio Martelli |
Successor: | Scipione Spina |
Consecration: | 15 March 1561 |
Annibale Saraceni was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lecce (1560–1591).[1] [2]
On 29 November 1560, Annibale Saraceni was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius IV as Bishop of Lecce.On 15 March 1561, he was consecrated bishop by Giovanni Michele Saraceni, Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Anastasia, with Giovanni Giacomo Barba, Bishop of Terni, and Giulio Galletti, Bishop Emeritus of Alessano, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lecce until his resignation in 1591.