Giovanni Battista Acquaviva (1513-1569) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nardò (1536–1569).
Biography Giovanni Battista Acquaviva was the son of Italian nobleman Belisario Acquaviva,Fondazione Terra D'Otranto: "La “Spina” del vescovo" da Marcello Gaballo 06/06/2013 and younger brother of Giacomo Antonio Acquaviva.Lombardi, Tommaso, "Nardò", in D'Avino, Vincenzo. (1848). Cenni storici sulle chiese arcivescovili, vescovili, e prelatizie (nulluis) del Regno delle Due Sicilie (1848). Napoli: dalle stampe di Ranucci. p. 442 He was piously educated, and while still young took the ecclesiastical path.
On 22 May 1536, he was appointed by Pope Paul III as administrator of the Diocese of Nardò, Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1870). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (1870). Tomo vigesimo primo (21). Venezia: G. Antonelli. p. 467 with the right to become bishop at age twenty-seven. He worked diligently, assisted by his vicars-general. In 1563 he called a diocesan synod, which he solemnly celebrated in the presence of the chapter and the clergy of the city and diocese. Various necessary decrees and norms were promulgated at the time. In 1568 Bishop Acquaviva brought the Carmelite monks to settled in the city.
He served as Bishop of Nardò until his death at the age of fifty-six on August 13, 1569.Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 256
See also Catholic Church in Italy
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