Scipione Spina
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Most Reverend Scipione Spina |
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| Bishop of Lecce | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lecce |
| In office | 1591-1639 |
| Predecessor | Annibale Saraceni |
| Successor | Luigi Pappacoda |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 3 Jun 1591 by Giulio Antonio Santorio |
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| Died | 6 Mar 1639 Lecce, Italy |
Scipione Spina (died 6 March, 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lecce (1591-1639).
On 10 May 1591, Scipione Spina was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Lecce. On 3 Jun 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Antonio Santorio, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, with Flaminio Filonardi, Bishop of Aquino, and Leonard Abel, Titular Bishop of Sidon, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Lecce until his death on 6 Mar 1639. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Ascanio Parisi, Coadjutor Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1599); Giovanni Agostino Gandolfo, Bishop of Fondi (1619); and Alessandro Suardi, Bishop of Lucera (1619).
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