Born in Prato in 1826, Franchi had been Vicar General of the diocese of Prato. He was named Bishop of Livorno on 7 June 1886 by Pope Leo XIII; he was consecrated a bishop on 13 June, and took possession of the diocese on 21 November. He resigned the diocese on 11 February 1898 (or 24 March 1898, according to Piombanti), and was named titular Archbishop of Antioch in Pisidia (Turkey). He died in Prato on 16 November 1902. Giuseppe Piombanti (1903). Guida storica ed artistica della città e dei dintorni di Livorno (in Italian) (seconda ed.). Livorno: Fabbreschi. p. 142.
