Life
He was born in Laterza to Francesco Tria and Margherita Geminale. He completed his studies in Philosophy, Theology, and Civil and Ecclesiastical Law at Naples and Rome. In 1704 he was an "auditor" of ecclesiastical law at the Benedictine Monastery of Cava and he remained in the service of this Abbey even when he was transferred to Rome. On 26 August 1709 he was nominated Vicar General to Monsignor Lorenzo Gherardi, the Bishop of Loreto and Recanati, and he continued in this position until 1714. Later he served with Monsignor Giuseppe Firrao, the "Nunzio Straordinario" to the Court of Portugal. When Monsignor Firrao, for reasons of health, was reassigned to Switzerland, Tria traveled with him to Lucerne. During Tria's stay in Switzerland he undertook important missions in Sweden and Germany.
Tria was elected the Bishop of Cariati and Gerenza and he assumed his position on 17 March 1720 in time to preside over a Synod (16 – 18 March 1726). He was transferred to the diocese of Larino, in the Molise, on 23 February 1727. He participated in a provincial council in Benevento from the 1 to 12 May in 1729. In 1740 he was nominated a "consultant of the Holy Office" and in December of the same year he was nominated Archbishop of Tiro. He became the "Examiner of Bishops" and he was decorated with the insignia of the Cavalier of the Order of Saint Jacob for his meritorious service to the Court of Lisbon.
He died of apoplexy in Rome.
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