GIUSEPPE CIRISPINO. — Canonist and bishop, born at Roccaguglielma (diocese of Aquino) c. 1635, died in 1721. He studied the spiritual doctrine of the Filippini in the valuable work: *La scuola del gran maestro di spirito s. Filippo Neri* (Naples 1675); he was bishop of Bisceglie (1685) and later of Amelia (1690), apostolic delegate of Palestrina (1703), and apostolic visitor of Albano (1704).
He published: *Relatio status Ecclesiae Amerinae ad Clementem XI* (Amelia 1702); the *Decreti per la visita pastorale* (Montefiascone 1704); *Trattato della visita pastorale* (Venice 1711, reprinted several times, highly praised by Benedict XIII and Benedict XIV); *Bibliotheca manualis iuris ecclesiastici*.
Bibl.: N. Toppi, *Biblioteca napoletana*, Naples 1678, p. 170; L. Nicodemi, *Addizioni copiose alla Biblioteca napoletana*, ibid. 1683, p. 145; *Nuovo dizionario storico*, IV, Bassano 1706, p. 621; Cappelletti, V, p. 209; XXI, p. 76.
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