Brancaccio family
Appearance
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The Brancaccio family is the name of an old Italian noble family of Neapolitan origin, whose members occupied many important ecclesiastical positions in the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church.[1]
Notable members
[edit]- Antonio Brancaccio (died 1518), Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1508–1518)
- David Brancaccio (born 1960), American journalist
- Francesco Maria Brancaccio (d. 1675), Cardinal[2]
- Giulio Cesare Brancaccio (1515–1586), courtier, cavalier, actor, writer and singer
- Landolfo Brancaccio (d. 1311), Cardinal[2]
- Luigi Brancaccio (d. 1411), Cardinal[2]
- Niccolò Brancaccio (d. 1412), Cardinal[2]
- Nuria Brancaccio (b. 2000), Italian tennis player
- Raúl Brancaccio (b. 1997), Italian tennis player, brother of Nuria
- Rinaldo Brancaccio (d. 1427), Cardinal[2]
- Silvio Brancaccio (d. 1961), Italian Lieutenant General
- Stefano Brancaccio (d. 1682), Cardinal[2]
- Tommaso Brancaccio (cardinal) (d. 1427), Bishop of Pozzuoli, then of Tricarico; Cardinal from 1411[3]
- Tommaso Brancaccio (1621–1677), Bishop of Nardo, and former bishop of Avellino
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Famiglia Brancaccio".
- ^ a b c d e f Weber, Nicholas Aloysius (1907). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. .
- ^ Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 33, 410, 497. (in Latin)