Giuseppe Sanfelice
Giuseppe Sanfelice or Francisco Maria Sanfelice was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany and Archbishop of Cosenza.Biography
Giuseppe Sanfelice was born in 1615 in Naples, Italy and ordained a priest on 25 May 1649.
On 22 Aug 1650, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Archbishop of Cosenza.
On 16 Oct 1650, he was consecrated bishop by Pier Luigi Carafa, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, Bishop Emeritus of Borgo San Donnino, and Pietro Vidoni, Bishop of Lodi, serving as co-consecrators.
On 13 Apr 1652, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany where he served until Sep 1659.
He served as Archbishop of Cosenza until his death on 20 Nov 1660.
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Francesco Zeno, Bishop of Capodistria ; and Guido Bentivoglio, Bishop of Bertinoro.
