Pietro Antonio Corsignani

Pietro Antonio Corsignani (13 January 1688 - 17 October 1751)[1] was an Italian bishop, writer, and historian of the Abruzzo.

Born in Celano, he studied law in Rome.

In 1711, he was ordained a priest.

In Rome, he was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Arcadia, but would also be invited to be honorary member of other erudite academies.

During the papacy of Benedict XIII in 1727, he was named bishop of Venosa, and in July 1738, bishop of Valva and Sulmona.