Flavio Orsini

Flavio Orsini (1532 – 16 May 1581) was a papal bureaucrat, an Italian bishop, and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was son of Ferdinando Orsini, 5th duke of Gravina; and Beatrice Ferrillo, daughter and heiress of Giovanni Alfonso Ferrillo, Conte di Muro Lucano. Biography Born in Rome, he was appointed bishop of Muro Lucano by Pope Pius IV (Medici) in consistory on 29 November 1560. He held various offices in the Roman Curia. On 10 July 1561, Flavio Orsini, Bishop of Muro and Auditor of Causes in the Apostolic Camera, transmitted a motu proprio of Pope Pius IV granting a feudal investiture to Baldassare Rangoni of Modena. On 3 September 1563, the Bishop of Muro was judge ordinary in the curia, hearing a testamentary dispute from the diocese of Ajaccio. He was transferred to the diocese of Spoleto on 16 December 1562 by Pope Pius IV.