Giacomo Accarisi (1599-1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vieste (1644–1654).^[1][2]

Giacomo Accarisi was born in 1599.^[2] On 17 October 1644, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Vieste.^[1][2] On 13 November 1644, he was consecrated bishop by Cesare Facchinetti, Bishop of Senigallia, with Patrizio Donati, Bishop of Minori, and Bartolomeo Vannini, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He served as Bishop of Vieste until his death in 1654.^[1][2]

He taught rhetoric in Modena in 1627, and is remembered for publishing arguments against Galileo's notions that the earth orbits the sun.^[3]

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:^[2]

• Ascanio Maffei, Archbishop of Urbino (1646);
• Mario Montani, Bishop of Nocera Umbra (1646); and
• Marco Romano (bishop) (Marco Cristalli), Bishop of Ruvo (1646).

• Petrucci, Armando (1960). "ACCARISI, Giacomo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 1: Aaron–Albertucci (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Vieste". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Vieste (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}

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