Tommaso de Franchi (1626–1696) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla (1671–1696). (in Latin)"Bishop Tommaso de Franchi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 4, 2017
Biography Tommaso de Franchi was born in Genoa, Italy in 1626. On 24 August 1671, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla. On 6 September 1671, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Borromeo (iuniore), Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino, with Giacomo Altoviti, Titular Patriarch of Antioch, and Giacomo de Angelis, Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla until his death in May 1696.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Marcos de Ostos, Archbishop of Salerno (1692); and Teofilo Testa, Bishop of Tropea (1692).
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