Giovanni Battista Biglia

17th-century Roman Catholic bishop

Most Reverend Giovanni Battista Biglia
Bishop of Pavia
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Pavia
In office	1609–1617
Predecessor	Guglielmo Bastoni
Successor	Fabrizio Landriani
Orders
Consecration	1 Feb 1609 by Michelangelo Tonti
Personal details
Born	1570 Milan, Italy
Died	1617 (age 47)

Giovanni Battista Biglia (1570–1617) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pavia (1609–1617).^[1]

Biography

Giovanni Battista Biglia was born in 1570 in Milan, Italy.^[2] On 19 Jan 1609, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Pavia.^[1]^[2] On 1 Feb 1609, he was consecrated bishop by Michelangelo Tonti, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Ottavio Belmosto (Belmusti), Bishop Emeritus of Aleria, and Domenico Rivarola, Bishop of Aleria, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He served as Bishop of Pavia until his death in 1617.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 273. (in Latin)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cheney, David M. "Bishop Giovanni Battista Biglia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. ^{[self-published]}

External links and additional sources

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