Ambrogio Landucci

Ambrogio Landucci was born in Siena, Italy and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. In 1634, he was elected prior of the Monastery of the Holy Saviour in Lecceto, outside Siena which he enriched with a library and archives.^[2]A He was an historiographer of the monastery at Lecceto.

Landucci later served as one of two sacristans at the

During a transfer of relics in 1656, Landucci found in the cemetery of Ciriaca (or San Lorenzo) on Via Tiburtina a wall mosaic, which he passed to Agostino Chigi, nephew of Pope Alexander VII. It is now in the Museo Pio Cristiano.^[4]

Works

• The Praises of the Illustrious Men...and Furthermore, Transcendent Bliss N the Sacre Hermitage and Congregation of Lecceto in Tuscany
• Origine del tempio dedicato in Roma alla Vergine Madre di Dio Maria presso alla Porta Flaminia, detto hoggi del Popolo... (Origin of the temple dedicated in Rome to the Virgin Mother of God Mary near the Porta Flaminia, called hoggi del Popolo...) 1646
• Immagine del b. Niccolo Mariscotti detto il Profeta di Siena dell'Ord. eremit (Image of the b. Niccolo Mariscotti known as the Prophet of Siena of the Ord. hermit) 1656
• Sacra Leccetana Selva, cioè origine e progressi dell'antico, e venerabile Eremo e Congregatione di Lecceto in Toscana (Sacra Leccetana Selva, i.e. origin and progress of the ancient and venerable Hermitage and Congregation of Lecceto in Tuscany) 1657

He also wrote a manuscript describing procedures for extracting relics from the catecombs.^[5]

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the

• Zacharie de Metz,
  Apostolic Vicariate of Batavia
  (1656);
• Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria and Vicar Apostolic of Malabar
  (1659);

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Porphyreon (Titular See)".
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• Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Porphyreon (Israel)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops)
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Taddeo Altini	Titular Bishop of Porphyreon 1655–1669	Succeeded by Honuphrius Ippoliti

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