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Francesco Brusco

Roman Catholic bishop

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ43376621 ↗
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Francesco Brusco (died 1625) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano (1599–1625).

Biography

On 27 September 1599, Francesco Brusco was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement VIII as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano.

He served as Bishop of Lettere-Gragnano until his death in 1625.

References

External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Lettere (-Gragnano)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]

Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Lettere (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Francesco Brusco” 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.