# Francesco Rusticucci

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{{Short description|Italian Roman Catholic prelate}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type        = bishop
| honorific-prefix = [The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend)
| name        = Francesco Rusticucci
| title       = [Bishop of Fano](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola)
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| church      = [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)
| archdiocese = 
| diocese     = [Diocese of Fano](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola)
| see         = 
| term        = 1567–1587
| predecessor = [Ippolito Capilupo](/source/Ippolito_Capilupo)
| successor   = [Giulio Ottinelli](/source/Giulio_Ottinelli)
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| ordination     = 
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| consecration   = 21 September 1566
| consecrated_by = [Scipione Rebiba](/source/Scipione_Rebiba)
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| birth_date    = 
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| death_date    = 1587
| death_place   = [Fano](/source/Fano), [Italy](/source/Italy)
| previous_post = [Bishop of Venosa](/source/Bishop_of_Venosa) (1566–1567)
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'''Francesco Rusticucci''' (died 1587) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as [Bishop of Fano](/source/Bishop_of_Fano) (1567–1587) and [Bishop of Venosa](/source/Bishop_of_Venosa) (1566–1567).<ref name=HierarchiaIII>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube|first=Konrad|last=Eubel|title=HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hierarchiacathol03eube/page/330 330] and 194|date=1923|publisher=Libreria Regensbergiana|location=Münster|edition=second}} ''(in Latin)''</ref>

==Biography==
On 21 August 1566, Francesco Rusticucci was appointed during the papacy of [Pope Pius V](/source/Pope_Pius_V) as [Bishop of Venosa](/source/Bishop_of_Venosa).<ref name=HierarchiaIII /><ref name=CathHierFranRust>{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Bishop Francesco Rusticucci |website=[Catholic-Hierarchy.org](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy.org)|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brustf.html  |access-date=June 16, 2018}} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref><ref name=GCathFranRust>{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Bishop Francesco Rusticucci |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/fano0.htm#38700 |access-date=June 16, 2018}} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>
On 21 September 1566, he was consecrated bishop by [Scipione Rebiba](/source/Scipione_Rebiba), [Cardinal-Priest](/source/Cardinal-Priest) of [Sant'Anastasia](/source/Sant'Anastasia), with [Giulio Antonio Santorio](/source/Giulio_Antonio_Santorio), [Archbishop of Santa Severina](/source/Archbishop_of_Santa_Severina), and [Carlo Grassi](/source/Carlo_Grassi), [Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Montefiascone), serving as co-consecrators.<ref name=CathHierFranRust /> 
On 31 January 1567, he was appointed by Pope Pius V as [Bishop of Fano](/source/Bishop_of_Fano).<ref name=HierarchiaIII /><ref name=CathHierFranRust /> 
He served as Bishop of Fano until his death in 1587.<ref name=CathHierFranRust />

==Episcopal succession==
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:<ref name=CathHierFranRust />
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*[Alessandro Mazza](/source/Alessandro_Mazza), [Bishop of Fossombrone](/source/Bishop_of_Fossombrone) (1569); 
*[Aurelio Griani](/source/Aurelio_Griani), [Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano](/source/Bishop_of_Lettere-Gragnano) (1570); 
*[Giovanni Domenico Rebiba](/source/Giovanni_Domenico_Rebiba), [Bishop of Ortona](/source/Bishop_of_Ortona) (1570); 
*[Girolamo Rusticucci](/source/Girolamo_Rusticucci), [Bishop of Senigallia](/source/Bishop_of_Senigallia) (1570); 
*[Carlo Montigli](/source/Carlo_Montigli), [Archbishop of Amalfi](/source/Archbishop_of_Amalfi) (1570); 
*[Lelio Morelli](/source/Lelio_Morelli), [Bishop of Capaccio](/source/Bishop_of_Capaccio) (1586); and 
*[Bonaventura Furlani](/source/Bonaventura_Furlani), [Bishop of Alatri](/source/Bishop_of_Alatri) (1586).}}

== References ==
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==External links and additional sources==
*{{Cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Venosa |website=[Catholic-Hierarchy.org](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy.org)|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dv204.html|access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
*{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Venosa |website=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/veno0.htm |access-date=June 16, 2018}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
*{{cite web|last=Cheney |first=David M.|title=Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola |website=[Catholic-Hierarchy.org](/source/Catholic-Hierarchy.org)|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dffcp.html |access-date=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops) [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]
*{{Cite web|last=Chow |first=Gabriel|title=Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola (Italy) |publisher=GCatholic.org|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/fano0.htm|access-date=January 4, 2019}} (for Chronology of Bishops)  [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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| title  = [Bishop of Venosa](/source/Bishop_of_Venosa)
| years  = 1566–1567
| before = [Simone Gattola](/source/Simone_Gattola)
| after  = [Paolo Oberti](/source/Paolo_Oberti)}}
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| title  = [Bishop of Fano](/source/Bishop_of_Fano)
| years  = 1567–1587
| before = [Ippolito Capilupo](/source/Ippolito_Capilupo)
| after  = [Giulio Ottinelli](/source/Giulio_Ottinelli)}}
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