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Baldassare Marachi

Roman Catholic prelate (died 1540)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ30007158 ↗
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Guglielmo Adeodato, O.E.S.A. or Baldassare Monaco (died 1540) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lesina (1539–1540).

Biography

Guglielmo Adeodato was ordained a priest in the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine.

On 17 October 1539, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop of Lesina.

He served as Bishop of Lesina until his death in 1540.

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This entry incorporates text from “Baldassare Marachi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.