Girolamo Bevilacqua was born in
Spello,
Italy and ordained a priest in the
Order of Friars Minor. On 2 December 1587, he was appointed during the papacy of
Pope Sixtus V as
Archbishop of Nazareth. On 27 Dec 1587, he was
consecrated bishop by
Costanzo de Sarnano,
Bishop of Vercelli. He served as Archbishop of Nazareth until his death on 4 September 1604. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of
Fabio Biondi,
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem (1588); and
Thomas Cammerota,
Bishop of Vieste (1589). == See also ==