Brancaccio family
The Brancaccio family is the name of an old Italian noble family of Neapolitan origin, whose members occupied many important ecclesiastical positions in the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church.[1]
Coat of arms of the Brancaccio family
Notable members
- Antonio Brancaccio (died 1518), Bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1508–1518)
- David Brancaccio (born 1960), American journalist
- Francesco Maria Brancaccio (d. 1675), Cardinal[2]
- Giulio Cesare Brancaccio (1515–1586), courtier, cavalier, actor, writer and singer
- Landolfo Brancaccio (d. 1311), Cardinal[2]
- Luigi Brancaccio (d. 1411), Cardinal[2]
- Dominic Brancaccio (b. 2010), American football player
- Niccolò Brancaccio (d. 1412), Cardinal[2]
- Raúl Brancaccio (b. 1997), Italian tennis player
- Rinaldo Brancaccio (d. 1427), Cardinal[2]
- Stefano Brancaccio (d. 1682), Cardinal[2]
- Tommaso Brancaccio (cardinal) (d. 1427), Bishop of Pozzuoli, then of Tricarico; Cardinal from 1411[3]
- Tommaso Brancaccio (1621–1677), Bishop of Nardo, and former bishop of Avellino
Notes
- "Famiglia Brancaccio".
- Weber, Nicholas Aloysius (1907). . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2.
- Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 33, 410, 497. (in Latin)
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