Filippo Trenta

Filippo Trenta was a Roman Catholic prelate, jurist, and poet who served as Bishop of Foligno.

Biography

He was born to an aristocratic family from Ascoli Piceno, he became a papal auditor in Lucca, Genoa, and Macerata. He finally became an auditor in Bologna under Cardinal Ignazio [Gaetano Boncompagni]. He published some lyric works of poetry, including:

In 1784, 53 year of age, he was ordained a priest; and within a year named bishop of Foligno.