Francesco Pannocchieschi

Francesco Pannocchieschi d'Elci (1625 or 1626, Florence - 20 June 1702) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.

Life

He came from a noble Sienese family of the Pannocchieschi d'Elci, who held the status of counts. He was the son of count Ranieri and a noblewoman from the Altoviti family. One of Ranieri's brothers was cardinal Scipione Pannocchieschi, whom Francesco accompanied during Scipione's Pontifical Legature to the Republic of Venice (1647-1652). Scipione's Relazione sulle cose della repubblica offers a glimpse of life in Venice at that time.[1][2] Francesco also assisted Scipione to the court of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor in Germany (1653-1654).

This acted as an introduction to the church's life in Rome - Francesco became secret chamberlin or 'cubicularius' to the pope and canon of St Peter's Basilica.[3] He succeeded his uncle as archbishop of Pisa in 1663 and made a solemn entrance into Pisa on 23 December 1663. He remained in Pisa for almost forty years, finally dying there on 20 June 1702.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[4]

• Fortunato Ilario Carafa della Spina, Bishop of Aversa (1687);
• Innico Caracciolo (iuniore), Bishop of Aversa (1697);
• Bonaventura Poerio, Archbishop of Salerno (1697);
• Luigi Ruzini, Bishop of Bergamo (1698);
• Denis Delfino (patriarch), Titular Bishop of Lorea and Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia (1698);
• Uldericus Nardi, Bishop of Bagnoregio (1698);
• Giulio Dalla Rosa, Bishop of Borgo San Donnino (1698);
• Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo, Bishop of Verona (1698);
• Alessandro Carlo Gaetano Varano, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino (1698);
• 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); and
• Antonio Forteguerra, Bishop of Pienza (1698).

References

1. Ellen Rosand, Opera in Seventeenth-Century - Venice: The Creation of a Genre, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1991, p. 152-153.
2. (in Italian) Pompeo Molmenti, Venezia alla metà del secolo XVII : relazione inedita di monsignor Francesco Pannocchieschi, Roma,Tipografia della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 1916.
3. (in Latin) Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo, Leipzig, Hiersemann, 1931.
4. Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Francesco Pannocchieschi d'Elci". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

External links and additional sources

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