Francesco de' Marini
# Francesco de' Marini

Francesco de' Marini (1630–1700) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of Teodosia (1676–1700), Titular Archbishop of Amasea (1671–1676), Bishop of Molfetta (1666–1670), and Bishop of Albenga (1655–1666).

## Biography

Francesco de' Marini was born in Genoa, Italy in 1630. On 2 August 1655, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Albenga. On 8 August 1655, he was consecrated bishop by Federico Sforza, Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia, with Giacinto Cordella, Bishop of Venafro, and Louis de Fortia-Montréal, Bishop of Cavaillon, serving as co-consecrators. On 29 March 1666, he was appointed by Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Molfetta where he served until his resignation on 6 Oct 1670. On 19 January 1671, he was appointed by Pope Clement X as Titular Archbishop of Amasea. On 27 April 1676, he was appointed by Pope Clement X as Titular Archbishop of Teodosia. He served as Titular Archbishop of Teodosia until his death in 1700.

## Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

* Gasparo Carpegna, Titular Archbishop of Nicaea (1670);
* Ippolito Vicentini, Bishop of Rieti (1671);
* Gerolamo Passarelli, Bishop of Isernia (1673);
* Domenico Tafuri, Bishop of Satriano e Campagna (1673);
* Ascanio Paganelli, Bishop of Montalto delle Marche (1673);
* Bartolomeo Menatti, Bishop of Lodi (1673);
* Fabio Guinigi, Archbishop of Ravenna (1674);
* Vincenzo Bonifacio, Titular Bishop of Famagusta (1674);
* Mario Emmanuelle Durazzo, Bishop of Aleria (1674);
* Matteo Orlandi, Bishop of Cefalù (1674);
* Agostino Isimbardi, Bishop of Cremona (1676);
* Girolamo Orsaja, Archbishop of Rossano (1676);
* Antonio Molinari (bishop), Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1676);
* Juan Tomás de Rocaberti, Archbishop of Valencia (1677);
* Giuseppe Nicola Gilberti, Bishop of Teano (1681);
* Ottavio Paravicino, Bishop of Mileto (1681);
* Lodovico Septala, Bishop of Cremona (1682);
* Giuseppe Felice Barlacci, Bishop of Narni (1683);
* Bernardin Marchese, Bishop of Sarsina (1683);
* Alberto Sebastiano Botti (Blotto), Bishop of Albenga (1689);
* Michelangelo Mattei, Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto (1689);
* Lorenzo Corsini, Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia (1690);
* Giorgio Spínola, Bishop of Albenga (1691); and
* Ludovico Masdoni, Bishop of Modena (1691).
