Giovanni Battista Acquaviva

Most Reverend Giovanni Battista Acquaviva
Bishop of Nardò
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Nardò
In office	1536–1569
Predecessor	Giovanni Domenico de Cupis
Successor	Ambrogio Salvio
Personal details
Died	1569 Nardò, Italy

Giovanni Battista Acquaviva (1513-1569) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (1536–1569).

Biography

Giovanni Battista Acquaviva was the son of Italian nobleman Belisario Acquaviva,^[1] and younger brother of Giacomo Antonio Acquaviva.^[2] He was piously educated, and while still young took the ecclesiastical path.

On 22 May 1536, he was appointed by Pope Paul III as administrator of the Diocese of Nardò, ^[3] with the right to become bishop at age twenty-seven. He worked diligently, assisted by his vicars-general. In 1563 he called a diocesan synod, which he solemnly celebrated in the presence of the chapter and the clergy of the city and diocese. Various necessary decrees and norms were promulgated at the time. In 1568 Bishop Acquaviva brought the Carmelite monks to settled in the city.

He served as Bishop of Nardò until his death at the age of fifty-six on August 13, 1569.^[4]

See also

• Catholic Church in Italy

References

1. Fondazione Terra D'Otranto: "La “Spina” del vescovo" da Marcello Gaballo 06/06/2013
2. Lombardi, Tommaso, "Nardò", in D'Avino, Vincenzo. (1848). Cenni storici sulle chiese arcivescovili, vescovili, e prelatizie (nulluis) del Regno delle Due Sicilie (1848). Napoli: dalle stampe di Ranucci. p. 442
3. Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1870). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (1870). Tomo vigesimo primo (21). Venezia: G. Antonelli. p. 467
4. Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 256

External links and additional sources

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

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Giovanni Domenico de Cupis	Bishop of Nardò 1536–1569	Succeeded by Ambrogio Salvio