Giulio Cesare Viancini

His Excellency

Giulio Cesare Viancini
Archbishop of Sassari
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSassari
Installed10 July 1763
Term ended22 October 1797
Orders
Ordination21 February 1750
Personal details
Born(1726-08-18)18 August 1726
Died22 October 1797(1797-10-22) (aged 71)

Giulio Cesare Viancini (19 August 1726 – 22 October 1797) was the elected Archbishop of Sassari.[1][2][3]

Biography

Born into a family of comital rank, the son of Carlo Francesco Viancini, Lord of Genola and Torricella, and Teresa Avogadro[4], he obtained a degree in both canon and civil law from the University of Turin on May 27, 1748.

He was ordained a priest on March 14, 1750. He was a member of the clergy of Santa Maria di Piazza. From November 6, 1751, he was a resident student at the Ecclesiastical Academy of Superga.

On October 8, 1761, he was appointed director of the Royal College of the Provinces in Turin.

On May 16, 1763, he was appointed Archbishop of Sassari, and on July 10 of the same year, he was consecrated bishop in Turin by Cardinal Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze.

References

  1. ↑ Notizie per l'anno ... secondo il martirologio romano. (in Italian). Gio. Francesco Chracas. 1795. p. 69. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Neiretti, M.; Reinerio, R. (1998). Lettere pastorali dei vescovi delle diocesi di Biella e Ivrea. Quaderni del Centro Studi "C. Trabucco" (in Italian). Fondazione Carlo Donat-Cattin. p. 11. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Mattone, A. (2010). Storia dell'Università di Sassari. Storia dell'Università di Sassari (in Italian). Ilisso. p. 66. ISBN 978-88-6202-071-8. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Manno Action page 03 – Vivant" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 August 2026.