Domenico Belisario de Bellis

Domenico Belisario de Bellis (2 March, 1647 – 17 January 1701) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Molfetta (1696–1701).[1]

Most Reverend Domenico Belisario de Bellis
Church	Catholic Church
In office	1696–1701
Predecessor	Pietro Vecchia (bishop)
Successor	Giovanni degli Effetti
Orders
Ordination	20 September 1670
Consecration	25 February 1696 by Bandino Panciatici
Personal details
Born	2 March 1647 Turi, Apulia, Italy
Died	17 January 1701 (age 53) Molfetta, Italy
Nationality	Italian

Biography

Domenico Belisario de Bellis was born in Turi, Apulia, Italy on 2 March 1647.[2] He was ordained a deacon on 21 December 1669 and ordained a priest on 20 September 1670.[2] On 23 January 1696, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Molfetta.[1][2] On 25 February 1696, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Carlo Loffredo, Archbishop of Bari-Canosa, and Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Bishop of Novara, serving as co-consecrators.[2] He served as Bishop of Molfetta until his death on 17 January 1701.[2]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:[2]

• Fernand Palma d'Artois, Titular Archbishop of Ancyra (1696);
• Filippo Anastasio, Archbishop of Sorrento (1699);
• Francesco Girgenti, Bishop of Patti (1699);
• Giuseppe Falces, Bishop of Pozzuoli (1699);
• Vincenzo Corcione, Bishop of Capaccio (1699);
• Antonio Rosignoli, Bishop of Arbe (1700);
• Emanuele Cicatelli, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento (1700);
• Nicolò Cervini, Bishop of Lavello (1700);

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[2]

• Agustín Antonio de Arellano, Archbishop of Brindisi (1698);
• Ambrogio Croce, Bishop of Bobbio (1698);
• Gaetano De Andrea, Bishop of Monopoli (1698);
• Michele Gallo Vandeinde, Bishop of Capri (1698);
• Antonio Forteguerra, Bishop of Pienza (1698);
• Giulio Troili, Bishop of Foligno (1698);
• Giovanni Vincenzo de Filippi, Bishop of Cefalonia e Zante (1698);
• Sebastiano Feoli, Bishop of Guardialfiera (1698);
• Francesco Morgioni, Bishop of Ruvo (1698);
• Fabrizio Maffei, Bishop of Penne e Atri (1698);
• Giovanni Cito, Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1698);
• Biagio Terzi, Bishop of Isernia (1698);
• Luca Trapani, Bishop of Ischia (1698);
• François Amédée Milliet d'Arvillars, Bishop of Aosta (1699);
• Giovanni Battista Braschi, Bishop of Sarsina (1699);
• Francesco Antonio Gaudiosi, Bishop of Bova (1699);
• Giovanni Giuseppe Bonaventura, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (1699);
• Philippus Albini, Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti (1699);
• Giovanni Francesco Nicolai, Titular Bishop of Berytus (1700);
• Giovanni Dominico Tomati, Titular Bishop of Cyrene (1700);
• Tommaso d'Aquino, Bishop of Vico Equense (1700); and
• Giovanni Battista Capano, Bishop of Bitonto (1700).

References

1. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 265. (in Latin)
2. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Domenico Belisario de Bellis". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}