Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia

Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia (1643–1710) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1695–1710), Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1676–1678), and Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto (1676–1695).

Biography
Gregorio Giuseppe Gaetani de Aragonia was born in Piedimonte Matese, Italy in 1643. On 24 February 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto. On 15 March 1676, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Nerli (iuniore), Archbishop of Florence, with Antonio Pignatelli del Rastrello, Bishop of Lecce, and Stefano Brancaccio, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, serving as co-consecrators. On 4 April 1676, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement X as Apostolic Nuncio to Florence where he served until his resignation on 15 June 1678. On 2 May 1695, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria. He served as Titular Patriarch of Alexandria until his death on 12 August 1710.

Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of: • Antonio Pérez de la Lastra, Bishop of Gallipoli (1679);

• Francesco Pignatelli, Archbishop of Taranto (1683);

• Giacomo Cantelmo, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1683);

• Pietro Vecchia (bishop), Bishop of Andria (1690);

• Domenico de Zaoli (Zaulis), Bishop of Veroli (1690);

• Michele de Bologna, Bishop of Veroli (1690);

• Giorgio Cornaro (cardinal), Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1692);

• Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia (1697);

• Giulio Piazza, Titular Archbishop of Rhodus (1697); and

• Denis Delfino, Titular Bishop of Lorea and Coadjutor Patriarch of Aquileia (1698).

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