Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)

Alessandro Crescenzi
Cardinal Priest of Santa Prisca
ChurchCatholic Church
In office1675–1688
PredecessorCarlo Pio di Savoia
SuccessorMarcello Durazzo
Previous post(s)Bishop of Termoli (1643–1644)
Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli (1644–1652)
Bishop of Bitonto (1652–1668)
Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1671–1676)
Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto (1676–1682)
Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1685–1688)
Orders
Consecration26 July 1643
by Alessandro Cesarini (iuniore)
Created cardinal27 May 1675
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born1607
Died8 May 1688 (age 81)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian

Alessandro Crescenzi, C.R.S. (1607 – 8 May 1688) was a Roman Catholic cardinal who served as Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1685–1688), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Recanati e Loreto (1676–1682), Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1671–1676), Bishop of Bitonto (1652–1668), Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli (1644–1652), and Bishop of Termoli (1643–1644).[1][2]

  1. ^ Miranda, Salvador. "CRESCENZI, C.R.S., Alessandro (1607-1688)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. OCLC 53276621.
  2. ^ Cheney, David M. "Alessandro Cardinal Crescenzi, C.R.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]