Ventura Benassai

Ventura Benassai (died 1511) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Massa Marittima (1501–1511).

[7] On 6 October 1501, Ventura Benassai was appointed Bishop of Massa Marittima by Pope Alexander VI.

[1][2] Giovanni Burchard, the papal Master of Ceremonies, noted that he had paid Pope Alexander 7,000 ducats for the diocese.

[10] On 2 June 1503 he was named Treasurer General of the Holy Roman Church, the third highest office in the Apostolic Camera, by Alexander VI.

He wrote to Aldo Pio Manutio in Rome, mentioning their mutual Milanese friend, Giacomo Antiquario.