Giovanni Battista Capilupi

Giovanni Battista Capilupi (27 December, 1643 – 3 May, 1716) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Polignano (1694–1716).

[1][2][3][4] Giovanni Battista Capilupi was born in Matera, Italy on 27 December 1653.

[2] On 13 September 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Polignano.

[1][2] On 19 September 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Bishop of Como, and Pierre Lambert Ledrou, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, serving as co-consecrators.

[2] He served as Bishop of Polignano until his death on 3 May 1716.