De Plato held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure from the Sapienza in Rome (1717). He was previously Bishop of Carniola (1749–1760). He was transferred to the diocese of Tricarico on 3 March 1760. He died in Tricarico on 3 August 1783. Carmela Biscaglia (2015), "Antonio Francesco del Plato, vescovo di Tricarico (3 marzo 1760 - † 3 agosto 1783)," (in Italian), in: "Fermenti", N.S. XXV (2015), n. 131, pp. 30-32. Ritzler and Sefrin Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 143 with note 4; 415 with note 3.
Kehr, p. 474, no.4. Robert, Ulysse (1891). Bullaire du Pape Calixte II (in Latin). Vol. Tome second. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. pp. 217–219.
Synodus dioecesana Tricaricensis, habita die quinta mensis Junii, feria quinta post Pentecosten, anno reparatae salutis 1800 sub praesulatu ... D. Fortunati Pinto (Neapoli: ex Officina Vincentii Manfredii, 1801).
Orso Orsini was the son of Lorenzo Orsini of Monterotondo and Clarice Orsini, the daughter of Carlo Orsini of Bracciano. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure. On 10 April 1473 he was appointed Rector of the University of Rome. Orsini was transferred to the diocese of Teano on 22 March 1474 by Pope Sixtus IV. In 1480, he was named papal legate in Germany, Bogemia and Hungary. His brother Giovanni Battista Orsini was named a cardinal in 1483. His uncle, Latino Orsini, was already a cardinal and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church. Orso died in 1495. Eubel II, pp. 249, 255. Filippo Maria Renazzi (1803), Storia dell'Università di Roma, (in Italian), Volume I (Roma: Pagliarini 1803), pp. 204-205.
Paolo Chiesa, "Liutprando di Cremona", (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 65 (2005): "Giunto a Costantinopoli il 4 giugno, L. vi si trattenne fino al 2 ottobre, senza ottenere i risultati sperati, a suo dire per l'ostilità dimostratagli dalle autorità bizantine; a nulla valse l'azione di un'ambasceria parallela inviata dal papa in suo appoggio, giunta a Costantinopoli in agosto. Il viaggio di ritorno, per via terrestre fino allo Ionio, fu lento e complesso e si concluse soltanto all'inizio dell'anno successivo; L. si diresse probabilmente nell'Italia meridionale, dove si trovava in quel momento Ottone, per riferirgli di persona. Al seguito dell'imperatore si trovava ancora il 26 maggio 969 a Roma."
Brancaccio had been bishop-elect of diocese of Pozzuoli (1405). He was appointed Bishop of Tricarico by Pope Innocent VII (Roman Obedience) on 30 July 1405. Pope John XXIII named him a cardinal on 6 June 1411. He participated in the election of Pope Martin V at Constance on 11 November 1417. He died on 8 September 1427. Eubel I, pp. 410; 497; II, p. 4, no. 14. Russo (2016), p. 26. Dieter Girgensohn (1971), "Brancaccio, Tommaso,"(in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 13 (1971).
Christus Dominus 40. Therefore, in order to accomplish these aims this sacred synod decrees as follows: 1) The boundaries of ecclesiastical provinces are to be submitted to an early review and the rights and privileges of metropolitans are to be defined by new and suitable norms. 2) As a general rule all dioceses and other territorial divisions that are by law equivalent to dioceses should be attached to an ecclesiastical province. Therefore, dioceses which are now directly subject to the Apostolic See and which are not united to any other are either to be brought together to form a new ecclesiastical province, if that be possible, or else attached to that province which is nearer or more convenient. They are to be made subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the bishop, in keeping with the norms of the common law. 3) Wherever advantageous, ecclesiastical provinces should be grouped into ecclesiastical regions for the structure of which juridical provision is to be made.
The bull Quo aptius(in Latin), in: Acta Apostolicae Sedis 68 (1976), pp. 593-594.
