Massimiliano Palumbara

Massimiliano Palumbara or Massimiliano Palombella (died 23 Jan 1607) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Benevento (1574–1607).[1] He was the nephew of Cardinal Giacomo Savelli, his predecessor as Archbishop, through his sister.[2]

Most Reverend Massimiliano Palumbara
Archbishop of Benevento
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Benevento
In office	1574–1607
Predecessor	Giacomo Savelli
Successor	Pompeio Arrigoni
Orders
Consecration	26 Sep 1574 by Giulio Antonio Santorio
Personal details
Died	23 Jan 1607 Benevento, Italy

Biography

Massimiliano Palumbara was appointed Archbishop in the Consistory of 17 May 1574 by Pope Gregory XIII.[1] On 26 Sep 1574, he was consecrated bishop in Rome in the church of San Francesco a Ripa by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Giovanni Andrea Croce, Bishop of Tivoli, and Alfonso Binarini, Bishop of Camerino, serving as co-consecrators.[3]

He served as Archbishop of Benevento until his death on 23 Jan 1607.[1] On 29 September 1599 he held a provincial synod, attended by seven of his suffragan bishops, who decided that the abuse should be suppressed in which the clergy would remove relics of saints from their cases and allow them to be touched by lay people.[4]

He died on 23 January 1607 at the age of 33, and was interred in the Chapel of S. Antonio of Padua in the Cathedral.[5]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino (1579); Scipione Gesualdo, Archbishop of Conza (1585); and Enrico Caetani, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1585).[1]

References

1. "Archbishop Massimiliano Palumbara (Palombella)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016. ^{[self-published]}
2. Ughelli, p. 151. Eubel, III, p. 132.
3. Ughelli, p. 171.
4. Giuseppe Cappelletti (1845). Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Tomo terzo (3). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 118–119.
5. Ughelli, p. 151.

External links and additional sources

• Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Nicolaus (1721). Italia sacra, sive de episcopis Italiae, et insularum adjacentium (in Latin). Tomus octavus (8). Venezia: Apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 3–188.
• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Archdiocese of Benevento (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}