title: Filippo Tani
text: # Filippo Tani
  
  Filippo Tani, O.S.B. (3 May 1631 – 1 January 1712) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Città Ducale (1686–1712).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Filippo Tani was born in Albano, Italy on 3 May 1631 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict on 7 April 1654. On 1 April 1686, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XI as Bishop of Città Ducale. On 15 April 1686, he was consecrated bishop by Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prisca, with Francesco Casati, Titular Archbishop of Trapezus, and Marcantonio Barbarigo, Archbishop of Corfù, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Città Ducale until his death on 1 January 1712.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:
  
  * Carlo Giuseppe Morozzo, Bishop of Bobbio (1693);
  * Giulio Marzi, Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia-Velletri (1693); and
  * Biagio Gambaro, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1693).
  