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Ambrogio Torriano
Ambrogio Torriano
was a Roman
Catholic prelate
who served as
Bishop of Como
.
Biography
Ambrogio Torriano was
born
in
the village
of Indovero in the
comune
of
Casargo
,
Italy
.
In the
papal consistory
of
15 December
1666 he was
appointed
by
Pope Alexander VII
as Bishop of
Como
.
On
21 December
1666 he was
consecrated bishop
by
Benedetto Odescalchi
,
Cardinal-Priest
of
Sant'Onofrio
, with
Giacomo de Angelis
,
Archbishop of Urbino
, and
Marco Galli
,
Bishop of Rimini
,
serving
as
co-consecrators
.
He served as Bishop of Como until his
death
on
9 October
1679.