The Year of Our Lord 1477

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Appointed	Agostino †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
		Appointed	Laurent Allemand de Laval, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Orange, France	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
		Appointed	Francesco Armato †	Bishop of Santa Giusta (Othoca), Italy
		Died	Deodato Bocconi (Boctoni), O.S.M. †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
		Born	Michel Briçonnet †		Bishop Emeritus of Lodève, France
		Died	Giovanni Francesco Brusato †	Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus
		Born	Gianvincenzo Carafa †		Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
		Born	Guillermo Casador †		Bishop of Alghero, Italy
		Born	Constantino Castriola de Scanderrechis †		Bishop of Isernia, Italy
		Resigned	Canute (Knud) Mikkelsen (Cobson, Kobsøn) †	Bishop of Viborg, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Edmund Connesburgh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ely, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
		Resigned	Edmund Connesburgh †	Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
		Died	Ventura degli Abbati †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
		Died	Antonio degli Agli †	Bishop of Volterra, Italy
		Born	Pierre de La Baume †		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Besançon, France
		Appointed	Giovanni Di Leone Gallucci †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Appointed	Magnús Eyjólfsson †	Bishop of Skálholt, Iceland
		Appointed	Angelo Florio †	Bishop of Andria-Montepeloso, Italy	Bishop of Andria, Italy
	52.0	Appointed	Niccolò Franco †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia	Bishop of Treviso, Italy
		Died	Giovanni Garcia, O. Cist. †	Bishop of Santa Giusta (Othoca), Italy
		Appointed	Matthieu Geant, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
		Appointed	Matthieu Geant, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Julinensis (Juliadensis)	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
		Born	Guglielmo (Ghilino) de Guillini (Ghilini) †		Bishop of Comacchio, Italy
		Died	Weribold von Heyss, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Died	Jacques , O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Thérouanne, France
		Appointed	Johann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Appointed	Johann †	Titular Bishop of Serdica	Auxiliary Bishop of Freising, Germany
		Died	Vito Jonyma †	Bishop of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
		Born	Anthony Dunstan Kitchin †		Bishop of Llandaff, Wales, Great Britain
		Died	Natale de Lombardi †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
		Died	William Moodie †	Bishop of Caithness, Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	Nicolas †	Titular Bishop of Sebaste in Palaestina
		Died	Rodrigo de Noronha †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
		Died	Francesco de Pernisiis de Saona, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus
		Ordained Bishop	Kilian Pflüger †	Titular Bishop of Microcomien	Auxiliary Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
		Resigned	André de Piacenza, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Sisteron, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Died	Hélie de Pompadour †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France
		Died	Silverstro Quirini †	Bishop of Poreč (Parenzo), Croatia
		Born	Antonio Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. †		Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
	77.0	Resigned	Thomas Scrope, O. Carm. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Norwich, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Dromore, Ireland
		Appointed	Simon †	Bishop of Santa Giusta (Othoca), Italy	Bishop-Elect
		Appointed	Andreas Weinmair †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
		Appointed	Andreas Weinmair †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Jan		Born	Hermann zu Wied †		Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
15 Jan	42.0	Appointed	Charles de Bourbon †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon, France
	71.0	Installed	Jorge da Costa, O. Cist. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Marcellino e Pietro	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
	27.9	Appointed	Pierre de Foix (Jr.) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Cosma e Damiano	Cardinal, Bishop of Vannes, France
		Died	Giacomo , O.E.S.A. †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy
24 Jan		Appointed	Agostino da Siena, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy
		Appointed	Jean Esquenart †	Bishop of Sisteron, France
		Appointed	Michel Guibé †	Bishop of Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France	Bishop of Rennes, France
	40.0	Appointed	Giuliano Maffei (Matteis), O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
	37.0	Appointed	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
	37.0	Appointed	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
		Appointed	Charles de Nouray †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lombez, France
		Appointed	Charles de Nouray †	Titular Bishop of Archadia	Auxiliary Bishop of Lombez, France
29 Jan	70.0	Died	Grzegorz z Sanoka †	Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine
30 Jan		Died	Georg Überacker †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
31 Jan		Appointed	Antonio †	Bishop of Civitate (Città or Civita), Italy
		Appointed	Ludovico Borgio †	Bishop of L’Aquila, Italy
		Appointed	Filippo di Navarra (de Aragonia) †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Antonio Pirro (Pyrro) †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop of Avellino e Frigento, Italy
6 Feb		Appointed	Paul de Bonifacio †	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Appointed	Johannes Tideln, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Tideln, O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Minden, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Appointed	Johannes Tideln, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Missene (Mysia)	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
7 Feb		Appointed	Vittore Marcello †	Archbishop of Nicosia, Cyprus
9 Feb	37.1	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Meppen, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
12 Feb		Appointed	Cristoforo Bordini (de Pratella) †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
		Appointed	Andrew Pictoris (Schindeler, Maler) †	Bishop of Orkney (Kirkwall), Scotland, Great Britain
		Appointed	William Tullock †	Bishop of Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Feb	41.1	Appointed	Michele †	Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy
23 Feb		Died	Amauri d’Acigné †	Bishop of Nantes, France
26 Feb		Appointed	Antonio de’ Pazzi †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
Mar		Died	Martino de Sotomayor, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Andria-Montepeloso, Italy
2 Mar		Appointed	Giovanni Candida †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy
10 Mar		Appointed	Pierre Engelpert †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
12 Mar		Died	Juan Díaz de Coca †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain
13 Mar		Appointed	Francesco Caetani †	Bishop of Squillace, Italy
17 Mar		Appointed	Pierre du Chaffault †	Bishop of Nantes, France
17 Mar		Appointed	João Manuel Ferras †	Bishop of Guarda, Portugal
24 Mar		Appointed	Pedro Aranda †	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar		Ordained Bishop	Pierre Engelpert †	Bishop of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
28 Mar		Appointed	Martin Pedro †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
21 Apr		Died	Antonio Cicco da Pontecorvo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
30 Apr		Appointed	Alfonso de Burgos, O.P. †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
4 May		Appointed	Christoph de Trautmannsdorf †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
4 May		Ordained Bishop	Christoph de Trautmannsdorf †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria
15 May		Died	Mariano Salvini, O.S.M. †	Bishop of Cortona, Italy
20 May		Died	Christophe Lamy (d’Incisa) †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vercelli, Italy
23 May	46.3	Appointed	Johann (Jan) Filipec z Prostějov, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad}, Romania	Bishop Emeritus
1 Jun		Appointed	Giovanni (Ebu) de Viterbo †	Bishop of Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy
2 Jun		Appointed	Pietro Milite †	Bishop of Famagusta, Cyprus
8 Jun		Ordained Bishop	Matthias Emich, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Cyrene	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
9 Jun	55.4	Appointed	Bonfrancesco Arlotti †	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
9 Jun		Appointed	Josse de Sillenen †	Bishop of Grenoble, France	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia
16 Jun		Appointed	Simon van den Borch †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
7 Jul		Died	Giovanni Antonio Campani †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
12 Jul		Born	Jacopo Sadoleto †		Cardinal, Bishop of Carpentras, France
21 Jul		Died	Pierre Bernard †	Bishop of Agen, France
29 Jul		Died	Ivan Stoltevoth †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
Aug	33.6	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Archpriest of the Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano {Saint John Lateran Basilica}	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
11 Aug	67.6	Died	Latino Orsini †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
17 Aug	55.4	Appointed	Giacomo Ammannati-Piccolomini †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
17 Aug		Appointed	Philibert Hugonet †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo	Cardinal, Bishop of Mâcon, France
24 Aug		Ordained Bishop	Simon van den Borch †	Bishop of Reval (Rewel), Estonia
1 Sep	59.6	Died	Thibauld de Luxembourg, O. Cist. †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
18 Sep		Appointed	Benedetto Bernardus, O.P. †	Bishop of Vieste, Italy
		Appointed	Jean Pilory (Bilar), O.P. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Amiens, France
		Appointed	Jean Pilory (Bilar), O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Bethleem	Auxiliary Bishop of Amiens, France
		Died	Stefano Trenta †	Bishop of Lucca, Italy
24 Sep	55.5	Appointed	Giacomo Ammannati-Piccolomini †	Administrator of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Pavia, Italy
24 Sep		Appointed	Martin Pedro †	Bishop of Lamego, Portugal
28 Sep		Ordained Bishop	Andreas Weinmair †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Auxiliary Bishop of Passau, Germany
14 Oct		Appointed	Francesco de Arenis †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy
17 Oct	65.7	Died	Bernhard von Kraiburg †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
18 Oct		Died	John Arundel †	Bishop of Chichester, England, Great Britain
27 Oct	40.8	Appointed	Georg Altdorfer †	Bishop of Chiemsee, Germany
29 Oct		Appointed	Jan †	Bishop of Kyiv (Kijów), Ukraine
10 Nov	21.3	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Administrator of Taranto, Italy
16 Nov		Ordained Bishop	Agostino †	Bishop of Santorini {Thira}, Greece
21 Nov		Appointed	Francesco Grassolo †	Bishop of Carinola (Calina), Italy
27 Nov		Appointed	Fazio Gallerani †	Bishop of Ascoli Satriano (Puglia), Italy
		Appointed	Francesco Pietro Luca di Gerona, O.P. †	Bishop of Teramo, Italy
		Appointed	Raoul Paris †	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
		Appointed	Raoul Paris †	Titular Bishop of Lisiensis	Auxiliary Bishop of Reims, France
28 Nov		Appointed	Gutierrez de Quinones †	Titular Bishop of Libariensis
3 Dec		Appointed	Galeazzo della Rovere †	Bishop of Coutances, France	Bishop of Agen, France
3 Dec	33.9	Appointed	Giuliano della Rovere †	Bishop of Viviers (Aps), France	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Dec	43.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Girolamo Basso Della Rovere †	Cardinal, Bishop of Recanati, Italy
	21.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Giovanni d’Aragona †	Cardinal, Administrator of Taranto, Italy
	43.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Cristoforo della Rovere †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	60.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Pietro Foscari †	Cardinal, Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	50.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Georg Heßler (Hessler) †	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	62.9	Elevated to Cardinal	Gabriele Rangone, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal, Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	16.6	Elevated to Cardinal	Raffaele Sansoni Riario †	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy
12 Dec	43.9	Appointed	Girolamo Basso Della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Balbina	Cardinal, Bishop of Recanati, Italy
	21.4	Appointed	Giovanni d’Aragona †	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Adriano al Foro	Cardinal, Administrator of Taranto, Italy
	54.9	Appointed	Ausias Despuig †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
	43.4	Appointed	Cristoforo della Rovere †	Cardinal-Priest of San Vitale	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tarentaise (Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise), France
	60.9	Appointed	Pietro Foscari †	Cardinal-Priest of San Nicola fra le Immagini	Cardinal, Administrator of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	50.9	Appointed	Georg Heßler (Hessler) †	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Orphea	Cardinal, Bishop of Passau, Germany
	62.9	Appointed	Gabriele Rangone, O.F.M. Obs. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Sergio e Bacco	Cardinal, Bishop of Eger, Hungary
	16.6	Appointed	Raffaele Sansoni Riario †	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giorgio in Velabro	Cardinal, Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri), Italy

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