Scipione Spina
# Scipione Spina

Scipione Spina (died 6 March 1639) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lecce (1591–1639).

## Biography

On 10 May 1591, Scipione Spina was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Lecce. On 3 June 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 March 1639.

## Episcopal succession

* Episcopal succession of Scipione Spina
* 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).
