This page is a list of Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1947 of the Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia, which in 1985 became styled the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.[1][2] The earlier bishops were frequently tied to the Exarchate of Ravenna.

Diocese of Ravenna (1st – 6th century)

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Mosaic of Saint Ursus (bishop 399–426) in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna
 
Apse mosaic, Basilica of San Vitale: At far right of image, Ecclesius is portrayed presenting Christ with a model of the church[3]

Archdiocese of Ravenna (6th century – 1947)

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6th century

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7th century

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8th century

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9th century

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10th century

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11th century

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12th century

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13th century

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14th century

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15th century

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16th century

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17th century

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18th century

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19th century

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20th century

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Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia (1947–1986)

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Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (1986–present)

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  • Ersilio Tonini – appointed November 1975, retired October 1990 (see diocese's name change in 1986; became Cardinal after retirement)
  • Luigi Amaducci – appointed October 1990, retired March 2000
  • Giuseppe Verucchi – appointed March 2000

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b The chronology of Andreas Agnellus in LPR is confused: He lists only one bishop of Ravenna with the name John in the 5th century. He omits the years 430–433 as a separate period of office, conflating John Angeloptes (who is "John I") with John II. He mistakenly assigns events from Angeloptes' time, in the earlier part of the century, to the episcopate of John II (477–494) – or, as Agnellus designates him by this error – "John Angeloptes", thus "John I".[13] This confusion is explained by the 19th century historian, Thomas Hodgkin:

    St. John II ruled the See from 477 to 494. Here at last we get two certain dates from the inscription on his tomb, and the recovery of this name and these dates enables us to correct an omission of Agnellus and to understand the cause of the wild errors which he has committed in his chronology. For it is now clear that in his life of John the Angel-seer he has run two bishops into one, and has calmly blended transactions reaching over a period of some sixty or seventy years, the death of Honorius, the invasion of Attila, the war between Odovacar and Theodoric, in his life of a bishop who according to his own account ruled his See for 16 years, 10 months, and 18 days.

    It was this John II who negotiated the peace, the short-lived peace between Odovacar and Theodoric which terminated the long siege of Ravenna (493).

    — Hodgkin (1892). Italy and Her Invaders. p. 911
  2. ^ Listepd as the second John in LPR
  3. ^ Listed as the third John in LPR, owing to Andreas Agnellus' conflating John I and John II, both, as John the Angel-seer
  4. ^ Listed as the fourth John in LPR
  5. ^ Listed as the fifth John in LPR
  6. ^ Listed as the sixth John in LPR

References

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  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 13, 2017
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ravenna–Cervia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 13, 2017
  3. ^ a b Carile, Maria Cristina (1 February 2021). "Piety, Power, or Presence? Strategies of Monumental Visualization of Patronage in Late Antique Ravenna". Religions. 12 (2). article no. 98. doi:10.3390/rel12020098. hdl:11585/869347.
  4. ^ Holweck 1969, "Apollinaris of Ravenna" p. 95.
  5. ^ Campbell, Thomas Joseph (1907). "St. Apollinaris (1)" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Agnellus of Ravenna 2004, pp. 104–108.
  7. ^ Holweck 1969, "Adheritus", p.13.
  8. ^ Holweck 1969, "Eleuchadius", p. 308.
  9. ^ Holweck 1969, "Maricanus, fourth bishop of Ravenna". p. 652, col. 2.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Agnellus of Ravenna 2004, pp. 109–165.
  11. ^ Holweck 1969, "Marcellinus", p. 649.
  12. ^ a b Benigni, Umberto (1911). "Ravenna" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company. pp. 662–667. p. 666: Among the bishops ... mention should be made of Joannes Angeloptes (430-33), so called because he had the gift of seeing his guardian angel ...
  13. ^ a b c d e Hodgkin, Thomas (1892). "Bishops and Churches of Ravenna". Italy and Her Invaders. Vol. I: The Visigothic Invasion. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 899–917.
  14. ^ a b c Dates according to Andreescu-Treadgold, Treadgold Procopius and the imperial panels of S. Vitale
  15. ^ Lucchesi, Giovanni (January 2018). "Sant' Ecclesio Celio di Ravenna". Santi e Beati (in Italian).
  16. ^ Brown, Thomas S. (1993). "Ecclesio, santo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 42. Treccani | Institute of the Encyclopedia of Italy.
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    • Bovini, Giuseppe (1990). La cattedra eburnea del vescovo Massimiano di Ravenna (in Italian). Ravenna: Società cooperativa Giorgio La Pira. p. 13. ISBN 978-88-85315-00-6.
    • Rowland, Benjamin. "Byzantine (330-1453)". Scholastic Art.
  18. ^ Martindale, Jones & Morris 1992, "Agnellus I", p. 31.
  19. ^ Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "Pope St. Nicholas I" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  20. ^ Belletzkie, Robert Joseph (1980). "Pope Nicholas I and John of Ravenna: The Struggle for Ecclesiastical Rights in the Ninth Century". Church History. 49 (3): 262–272. doi:10.2307/3164449. ISSN 0009-6407. On 24 February 861 Nicholas I excommunicated and deposed one of Italy's most powerful prelates, John VIII, archbishop of Ravenna.
  21. ^ Bray, Massimo, ed. (1999). "Gebeardo Tedesco". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 52. Treccani | Institute of the Encyclopedia of Italy.
  22. ^ Kirsch, Johann Peter (1910). "Guibert of Ravenna" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  23. ^ Trerè, Filippo, "The iconography of Mary in the mosaics of Ravenna", Opera di Religione della Diocesi di Ravenna
  24. ^ Mazzanti, Giuseppe (2003). "Guglielmo da Capriano". In Massimo Bray (ed.). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 60. Treccani | Institute of the Encyclopedia of Italy.
  25. ^ "Blessed Raynald of Ravenna". Saints SQPN. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  26. ^ a b c d e Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI (in Latin). Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 329.

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