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Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucera–Troia

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The Diocese of Lucera-Troia (Latin: Dioecesis Lucerina-Troiana), sometimes called Nocera, is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, in southern Italy, with its episcopal seat at Lucera Cathedral. The diocese reached its present configuration in 1986, by combining the older diocese of Lucera with the diocese of Troia,[1][2] the seat of which was Troia Cathedral, now a co-cathedral of the united diocese.

Diocese of Lucera–Troia

Dioecesis Lucerina-Troiana
Lucera Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceFoggia-Bovino
Statistics
Area1,337 km2 (516 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2019)
66,840
59,850 (est.)
Parishes33
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th century
1986 (merger)
CathedralLucera Cathedral
Co-cathedralTroia Cathedral
Secular priests51 (diocesan)
15 (Religious Orders)
5 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGiuseppe Giuliano
Website
www.diocesiluceratroia.it
Co-cathedral in Troia

Ecclesiastical history

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Lucera

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Local tradition traces the origin of the bishopric of Lucera to the third century and Saint Bassus.[3] Two other imaginary bishops, Johannes and Marcus, first appear in a martyrology written in the 11th or 12th century, whose authority is usually rejected.[4] Pope Gelasius I (492–496) wrote to two local bishops, complaining about the attack on the Monastery in Fundo Luciano in the territory of the diocese of Lucera led by two priests of the diocese of Lucera, and orders the bishops to advise the (unnamed) bishop of Lucera to go to the monastery to ensure that attacks against the clergy should not take place.[5] The first historically certain bishop is Marcus (c. 743).

It was in the 1220s, under Bishop Bartolomaeus, that Frederick II began the settlement of Sicilian Saracens at Lucera.[6]

In 1391, the diocese of Lucera was increased by the addition of the bishopric of Castel Fiorentino (Farentino), a city founded in 1015 by the Byzantine catapan Basil Mesardonites, and the place of Emperor Frederick II's death.

After 1409, the diocese of Tortiboli - created before 1236 - was united to Lucera. In 1969, the name (though not the diocese) was revived under its Latin name Tortibulum.[7]

In 1609, 1687, and 1759, the diocese of Lucera is attested as a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.[8]

Troia

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Around 1031, the diocese of Troia is attested as being directly subject to the pope.[9] This was confirmed by Pope Paschal II in a bull of 10 November 1100, granting the bishops of Troia the right to be consecrated by the pope in perpetuum.[10]

In 1127, Count Roger II of Sicily presented Pope Honorius II (1124–1130) with a large gift of gold and silver, and promised him the towns of Troia and Montefusco, if the pope would grant him the standard and title of Duke of Apulia. In November 1127, Pope Honorius was in Troia, where he held a council, in which he excommunicated Count Roger and anyone who should support his efforts to become Duke of Apulia.[11] On 5 December 1127, the pope granted Troia a charter of constitutions and liberties. He also turned aside the leaders of Apulia, fearing the creation of a Norman kingdom in southern Italy.[12]

On 31 December 31, 1963, the diocese of Troia

The cathedral of Troia, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was administered by a Chapter of twenty canons, headed by four dignities (led by the Archdeacon, and the Archpriest).[13] In 1675, there were four dignities and sixteen canons. In 1752, there were four dignities and twelve canons.[14]

Pope Urban II held a synod at Troia on 11–12 March 1093, at which fifty-five bishops were in attendance.[15]

Post-Napoleonic restoration

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Following the extinction of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Congress of Vienna authorized the restoration of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples. Since the French occupation had seen the abolition of many Church institutions in the Kingdom, as well as the confiscation of most Church property and resources, it was imperative that Pope Pius VII and King Ferdinand IV reach agreement on restoration and restitution. Ferdinand, however, was not prepared to accept the pre-Napoleonic situation, in which Naples was a feudal subject of the papacy. Neither was he prepared to accept the large number of small dioceses in his kingdom; following French intentions, he demanded the suppression of fifty dioceses.[16] Lengthy, detailed, and acrimonious negotiations ensued.[17] On 17 July 1816, King Ferdinand issued a decree, in which he forbade the reception of any papal document, including without prior reception of the royal exequatur. This meant that prelates could not receive bulls of appointment, consecration, or installation without the king's permission.[18]

A concordat was finally signed on 16 February 1818, and ratified by Pius VII on 25 February 1818. Ferdinand issued the concordat as a law on 21 March 1818.[19] The re-erection of the dioceses of the kingdom and the ecclesiastical provinces took more than three years. The right of the king to nominate the candidate for a vacant bishopric was recognized, as in the Concordat of 1741, subject to papal confirmation (preconisation).[20] On 27 June 1818, Pius VII issued the bull De Ulteriore in which the metropolitan archdiocese of Benevento was restored. The united dioceses of Montecorvino and Vulturaria were permanently suppressed and added to the territory of the diocese of Lucera.[21] Lucera continued as a suffragan of Benevento.[22]

The diocese of Troia had been immediately subject to the Holy See in 1752,[23] and it remained so under the new arrangements in the Kingdom of Naples in 1818.[24]

Post-Vatican-II changes

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Following the Second Vatican Council, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, Christus Dominus chapter 40,[25] Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy. The decree "Eo quod spirituales" of 12 September 1976 created a new episcopal conference in the region called "Basilicata".[26] Pope Paul VI ordered consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned.

On 30 April 1979, Pope John Paul II continued the reorganization by promoting the diocese of Foggia to the rank of metropolitan archbishopric, and assigned to its new ecclesiastical province the dioceses of Siponto, Troia (which had been directly subject to the Holy See), Ausculo e Cerignola, Bovino, Lucera, Santo Severino and Vestana.[27]

On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat. Based on the revisions, a set of Normae was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, aeque personaliter, was abolished. The Vatican continued consultations which had begun under Pope John XXIII for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese.

On September 30, 1986, the diocese of Troia was united with Lucera to form the diocese of Lucera–Troia,[28] as a suffragan of the also reconstituted Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.[29] Both its cathedral in Lucera and its co-cathedral in Troia have the rank of minor basilica.

Bishops

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Diocese of Lucera

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Erected: 4th Century
Latin Name: Lucerina

to 1450

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  • Anastasius (attested 558–560)[30]
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  • Lando (attested 1061–1068)[31]
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  • Benedictus (1096–1099)[32]
  • Robertus (attested 1127)[33]
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  • Andreas (attested 1221–c. 1225)[34]
  • Bartolomeus (attested 1225)[35]
  • Guilelmus de Ricia ( ? –1294)[36]
  • Aimardus (1295–1302)[37]
  • Stephanus (1302– ? )
  • Jacobus ( ? –1322)[38]
  • Augustinus (Gazotti), O.P. (1322–1323)[39]
  • Jacobus
  • Rogerius
  • Martinus
  • Antonius (1348–1363)[40]
  • Jacobus Gauga (Gurga) (1363–1373)
  • Bartholomaeus de Aprano (1373–1378)[41]
  • Antonius, O.Min. (1378–1393) Avignon Obedience[42]
  • Thomas (1381– ? ) Roman Obedience[43]
  • Thomas of Acerno (1378–1381) Roman Obedience[44]
  • Bartholomaeus ( ? ) Roman Obedience

Territory Added: 1391 from the suppressed Diocese of Fiorentino

Territory Added: 1409 from the suppressed Diocese of Tortiboli

1450 to 1700

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1700 to 1986

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  • Domenico Morelli (1688–1716)[51]
  • Domenico Maria de Liguori (Liguoro), C.R. (1718–1730)[52]
  • Vincenzo Ferrero, O.P. (1730–1733)[53]
  • Michael Marculli (1733–1759 Died)
  • Giuseppe Maria Foschi (1759–1776 Died)
  • Giovanni Arcamone, C.R. (1792–1793 Died)
  • Alfonso Maria Freda (1798–1816 Died)

Territory Added: 1818, from the suppressed Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino

  • Andrea Portanova (1818–1840 Died)
  • Giuseppe Iannuzzi (1843–1871 Died)
  • Giuseppe Maria Cotellessa (1872–1889 Died)
  • Carmelo Ciotola (1891–1892 Died)
  • Giuseppe Consenti, C.SS.R. (1893–1907 Died)
  • Lorenzo Chieppa (1909–1918 Died)
  • Giuseppe di Girolamo (1920–1941 Resigned)
  • Domenico Vendola (1941–1963 Resigned)
  • Antonio Cunial (1963–1970 Appointed, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto)
  • Angelo Criscito (1970–1985 Retired)
  • Carmelo Cassati, M.S.C. (1985–1986 Resigned)

Diocese of Troia

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to 1200

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  • Orianus (c. 1022 – c. 1028)[54]
  • Angelus (1028 – 4 May 1041)[55]
  • Johannes (1041–1059)[56]
  • Arduinus (mentioned in 1059)
  • Stephen the Norman (March 1059 – 11 October 1077)[57][58]
  • Gualterius Frangente (2 November 1077 – 4 August 1087)[59]
  • Gerard of Piacenza (8 October 1087 – 10 January 1097)[60][58]
  • Hubertus Cenomanicus (20 June 1097 – 13 December 1101)[61]
  • Guglielmus Bigoctus (13 January 1102 – 1108)[62]
  • Guglielmo (1108 – after 1127?)[63]
  • Honorius[58]
  • William (mentioned in 1140)
  • Guglielmo (1168)[64]
  • Elias (mentioned in 1177)
  • Guillelmus (attested 1180–1187)[65]
  • Roggerius (1187–1189)[66]
  • Gualterius de Palearia (1189– July 1201) deposed[67]

1200 to 1500

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  • Petrus (attested 1201–1206)[68]
  • Philippus (13 October 1212– ? )[69]
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  • Matteo de Barbuco (20 January 1252 – c. April 1270)[70]
(Bishop Matteo in exile 1252–1266)
Sede vacante (1270–1276)[71]
Bertero (1276–1277)[72]
Sede vacante (1277–1278)[73]
  • Ugo de Curtis, O.P. (1278–1279)[74]
  • Rainerio, O.F.M. (1280–1284)[75]
  • Rogerio, O.F.M. (1284–1302)[76]
  • Pietro, O.F.M. (9 September 1302 – 1309)[77]
  • Guglielmo Bianchi, O.S.B. (1309–1310)[78]
  • Beraldo (1311–1322)[79]
  • Arnaldo (1322–1332)[80]
  • Bisanzio (1332–1341)[81]
  • Enrico Trezza (1341 – 1361?)[82]
  • Nicola de Cesis (17 November 1361 – ?)[83]
  • Guido (? – 1366)[84]
  • Bartolomeo (13 September 1387 – ?) Roman Obedience
  • Riccardo (1391–1393) Avignon Obedience[85]
  • Nicola di Giovinazzo (1393?–1409) Avignon Obedience[86]
  • Angelo di Manfredonia (1410–1438) Roman Obedience[87]
  • Giacomo Lombardo (4 July 1438 – 1468)
  • Giovanni Paolo Vassalli (1469–1474)[88]
  • Stefano Grube (1474?–1480)[89]
  • Scipione Piscicelli (1480–1484)[90]

1500 to 1800

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  • Giannozzo Pandolfini (1484–1525)[91]
  • Ferrando Pandolfini (1525–1560)[92]
Scipione Rebiba (1560) Apostolic Administrator[93]
  • Prospero Rebiba (1560–1593)[94]
  • Jacopo Aldobrandini (1593–1606)[95]
  • Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, CR (1607–1622)[96]
  • Giovanni Battista Roviglioni (9 January 1623 – December 1623)[97]
  • Felice Siliceo (18 December 1623 – 1626)[98]
  • Giovanni Battista Astalli (19 January 1626 – 17 August 1644)[99]
  • Giovanni Tommaso Veneziani (30 January 1645 – 1647)[100]
  • Antonio Sacchetti (13 January 1648 – June 1662)[101]
  • Sebastiano Sorrentino (12 February 1663 – 17 July 1675)[102]
  • Antonio de Sangro, CR (1675–1694)[103]
  • Emilio Giacomo Cavalieri (1694–1726)[104]
  • Giovanni Pietro Faccoli (11 September 1726 – 2 January 1752)[105]
  • Marco De Simone (17 July 1752 – 24 February 1777)[106]
  • Giovanni Giacomo Onorati (1777–1793)[107]
    • Sede vacante (1793–1797)
  • Gennaro Clemente Francone (1797–1799)[108]

1800 to 1986

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Sede vacante (1799–1804)
  • Michele Palmieri (1804–1824)[109]
  • Antonio Monforte (3 May 1824 – 13 February 1854)
  • Tommaso Passero, O.P. (16 July 1856 – 8 September 1890)
  • Domenico (Daniele) Tempesta, O.F.M.Ref. (1891–1899)[110]
  • Paolo Emilio Bergamaschi (19 June 1899 – 26 July 1910), resigned
  • Domenico Lancellotti (21 April 1911 – 14 March 1918, transferred to Conversano)
  • Fortunato Maria Farina (21 June 1919 – 15 May 1951), resigned
  • Giuseppe Amici (15 May 1951 – 1º February 1955, transferred to Cesena)
  • Antonio Mistrorigo (9 March 1955 – 25 June 1958, transferred to Treviso)
  • Antonio Pirotto (24 August 1958 – 14 December 1974), retired
  • Giuseppe Lenotti (14 December 1974 – 28 January 1981)
  • Salvatore De Giorgi (4 April 1981 – 30 September 1986), resigned

Diocese of Lucera-Troia

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United: 30 September 1986
Latin Name: Lucerina-Troiana

  • Raffaele Castielli (1987–1996 Resigned)
  • Francesco Zerrillo (1997–2007 Retired)
  • Domenico Cornacchia (2007–2016)[111]
  • •Giuseppe Giuliano (20 Oct 2016 Appointed - )

References

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  1. ^ "Diocese of Lucera-Troia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Lucera-Troi" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ Bassus, and a successor named Pardus, are parenthesized by Gams, p. 891 column 1; and are named with question marks by Lanzoni, p. 275.
  4. ^ Lanzoni, p. 276: "Io credo che l'autore della Vita intendesse di scrivere la storia di quel s. Marco, vescovo di Aeca, confessore, che visse appunto nel iv secolo. Ma egli seppe poco o nulla del suo eroe; e per accreditare le fantasticherie che avrebbe narrato, ricorse al volgare espediente degli autori dei romanzi antichi...."
  5. ^ Kehr IX, pp. 157-158.
  6. ^ Vittorio Fiori, Lucera: tra cristiani e musulmani (in Italian) (self published PDF). Antonetti, "Su Bartolomeo, vescovo di Lucera," pp. 104-105.
  7. ^ David Cheney. Catholic-Hierarchy.org, Titular Bishop of Tortibulum; retrieved: 31 August 2022.
  8. ^ Gauchat, p. 225, note 1. The city of Lucera had about 8,000 inhabitants. Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 248, note 1; VI, p. 267, note 1.
  9. ^ Philippus Jaffé, Regesta pontificum Romanorum Vol. I, second edition (Leipzig: Veit 1885), p. 518, no. 4096.
  10. ^ Kehr IX, pp. 205-206, no. 11.
  11. ^ Philippus Jaffé (1885), Regesta pontificum Romanorum Tomus I, editio secunda (Leipzig: Veit 1885), p. 832.
  12. ^ Kehr IX, p. 213, no. 1.
  13. ^ Ughelli I, p. 1336. Cappelletti XXI, pp. 458-459.
  14. ^ Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 391, note 1; VI, p. 418, note 1.
  15. ^ Philippus Jaffé, Regesta pontificum Romanorum I, second edition (Leipzig: Veit 1885), p. 671. Kehr IX, p. 205, no. 8.
  16. ^ Francesco Scaduto (1887). Stato e chiesa nelle due Sicilie dai Normanni ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Palermo: A. Amenta. pp. 42–58, 74–78.
  17. ^ F. Artaud de Montor, Histoire du Pape Pie VII (in French) Vol. II, second edition (Paris: Adrien Leclerc 1837), pp. 507-509.
  18. ^ Vito Giliberti (1845), Polizia ecclesiastica del regno delle due Sicilie (in Italian), (Napoli: F. Azzolini), pp. 399-400.
  19. ^ F. Torelli (1848), La chiave del concordato dell'anno 1818 I, second edition (Naples: Fibreno 1848), pp. 1-19.
  20. ^ Torelli I, p. 9.
  21. ^ Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus decimus quintus (Vol. 15) (Rome 1853), p. 59, § 30: "Ecclesiam praeterea episcopalem Vulturariensem, et Montis Corbini perpetuo suppreimentes illius civitatem ac dioecesim praedictae episcopali ecclesiae Lucerinae unimus atque aggregamus. Motta Montecorvino had become a bishopric in the tenth century, counting among its bishops Saint Albert of Montecorvino. It was joined to that of Vulturaria, now known as Volturara Appula, an almost depopulated town, in 1433. Vulturaria at present gives its name to a titular diocese.
  22. ^ Tini perpetuo quoque orelli I, pp. 117-118. Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus decimus quintus (Vol. 15) (Rome 1853), pp. 57-58, § 11.
  23. ^ Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 418, note 1.
  24. ^ Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus decimus quintus (Vol. 15) (Rome 1853), p. 59, § 30.
  25. ^ Christus Dominus 40. Therefore, in order to accomplish these aims this sacred synod decrees as follows: 1) The boundaries of ecclesiastical provinces are to be submitted to an early review and the rights and privileges of metropolitans are to be defined by new and suitable norms. 2) As a general rule all dioceses and other territorial divisions that are by law equivalent to dioceses should be attached to an ecclesiastical province. Therefore dioceses which are now directly subject to the Apostolic See and which are not united to any other are either to be brought together to form a new ecclesiastical province, if that be possible, or else attached to that province which is nearer or more convenient. They are to be made subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the bishop, in keeping with the norms of the common law. 3) Wherever advantageous, ecclesiastical provinces should be grouped into ecclesiastical regions for the structure of which juridical provision is to be made.
  26. ^ The bull Eo quod spirituales (in Latin), in: Acta Apostolicae Sedis 68 (1976), pp. 678-680. (in Latin)
  27. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 71 (Città del Vaticano 1979), pp. 563-564. (in Latin)
  28. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 727-729. (in Latin)
  29. ^ The diocese of Bovino was permanently suppressed, and its territory assigned to the archdiocese of Foggia. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 710-712. (in Latin)
  30. ^ Anastasius was consecrated a bishop by Pope Pelagius I (556–561). Lanzoni, p. 277, no.2. Philippus Jaffé, Regesta pontificum Romanorum Vol. I, second edition (Leipzig: Veit 1885), p. 130, no. 988. Kehr IX, p. 156, no. 3.
  31. ^ Bishop Lando was first suspended from office by Pope Alexander II, then deposed in a judicial synod. He had been accused and convicted of fornication, simony and the sale of sacred property. Kehr IX, pp. 156-157, nos. 4-6: "quia accusatus et convictus est de fornicatione et simoniaca episcopatus adeptione sacrorumque ordinum venditione." He was not from Nucerina in Picenum, but from Lucerina.
  32. ^ "Ego Benedictus, Lucerie episcopus": Mattei-Cerasoli (1919), p. 311-312.
  33. ^ "Ego Robertus, Dei gratia Laucerinus episcopus": Mattei-Cerasoli (1919), p. 312.
  34. ^ (Albertus) Andreas had been a canon of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, a chaplain of the cardinal of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (Leo?), and then Bishop of Massa Lubra. He was transferred from the diocese of Massa Lubra to Lucera by Pope Honorius III. Eubel I, pp. 312, 315. Mattei-Cerasoli (1919), p. 312.
  35. ^ "Bartolomeus, Dei gratia Lucerne ecclesie minister humilis" and "Ego Bartholomaeus, Lucerinus episcopus." Mattei-Cerasoli (1919), p. 312. Kamp, p. 277: "der mit dem Elekten von 1222 identisch sein dürfte, legte 1225 einen Streit mit dem Abt Balsamus von Cava um den Zins und die Exemtion der Caveser Obödienz S. Giacomo bei Lucera bei. Zu seiner Zeit begann die Ansieldlung der sizilischen Sarazenen in Lucera, durch die Bischof aus der Stadt verdrängt wurde, wenngliech er für seine Güterverluste eine Entschädigung erhielt." A bishop Bartolomeo reported in the 1260's is the result of forgery. Antonetti, "Su Bartolomeo, vescovo di Lucera," p. 104.
  36. ^ Guilelmus submitted his resignation to Pope Celestine V (July–December 1294). Eubel I, p. 315.
  37. ^ Aimardus had been the archpriest of Lucera. He was provided by Celestine V, but confirmed by Boniface VIII. He was already consecrated by 12 December 1295, when he received a letter from Pope Boniface VIII. He was transferred to the diocese of Salpi by Boniface VIII on 9 June 1302. Eubel I, pp. 315, 431.
  38. ^ Bishop Jacobus was transferred to the diocese of Mothone (Greece) by Pope John XXII on 2 August 1322. Eubel I, pp. 315, 351.
  39. ^ Bishop Augustinus was transferred from the diocese of Zagreb (1303–1322) to Lucera on 21 August 1322 by Pope John XXII. He died on 3 August 1323. Eubel I, pp. 315, 537.
  40. ^ Antonius had been treasurer of the cathedral chapter. He was elected by the chapter, but provided by Pope Clement VI on 21 January 1348. Eubel I, p. 315.
  41. ^ Bartolommeo, a canon of the cathedral of Naples, was appointed bishop of Lucera by Pope Gregory XI on 17 October 1373. He was transferred to the diocese of Aversa by Pope Clement VII (Avignon Obedience) on 5 November 1378. Eubel I, pp. 123, 315.
  42. ^ Antonius held the title of master of theology. Eubel I, p. 315.
  43. ^ Thomas was provided by Pope Urban VI on 16 October 1381. Eubel I, p. 315, note 9.
  44. ^ Thomas was provided by Pope Urban VI (1378–1389). Gams, p. 891, col. 2.
  45. ^ Nicholas was appointed Bishop of Salpi on 22 April 1422 by Pope Martin V. Eubel I, pp. 315, 431.
  46. ^ Battistachius was a secretary and personal friend of Pope Boniface IX (Roman Obedience), who appointed him Bishop of Lucera on 8 November 1396, a rank and title since Lucera was in the hands of the Avignon Obedience and Battistadchius could not take possession until Nicholas Antonio died. On Nicholas' death he was again appointed by Pope Martin V, on 22 April 1422, since the schism was by then healed. Ughelli VII, p. 321. D'Avino, p. 305. Gams, p. 891 column 2. Eubel II, p. 181, note 1. Eubel believes that there were two Battistachius, presumably uncle and nephew;
  47. ^ On the transfer to Salpi of Nicholas Antonius, the see of Lucera became available, and Battistachius the younger, the homonymous nephew, a doctor of canon law and canon of the cathedral of Lucera, was appointed bishop on 22 April 1422 by Pope Martin V. The schism had by then been resolved. Ughelli VII, p. 321. D'Avino, p. 305. Gams, p. 891 column 2. Eubel II, p. 181, note 1.
  48. ^ a b c d e f g h i Eubel III, p. 229.
  49. ^ a b c d e f g h Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. IV. p. 225.
  50. ^ Ritzler and Sefrin V, pages 248–249 (in Latin).
  51. ^ Morelli was born in Foggia in the diocese of Troia in 1642, and held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Naples 1668). He became Vicar General of the diocese of Benevento, and of Siponto. He was named bishop of Lucera on 17 May 1688 by Pope Innocent XI. He died in 1716. Ritzler and Sefrien V, p. 248 with note 3.
  52. ^ De Ligouri was born in Naples in 1679, and was Provost of the Theatine house in Naples. He lectured in theology and canon law. On 10 January 1718, Pope Clement XI named him Bishop of Lucera. He was appointed Bishop of Cava de' Tirreni on 8 February 1730 by Pope Benedict XIII. He died in Cava in May 1751. Ritzler and Sefrin V, pp. 152 with note 6. 249 with note 4.
  53. ^ Ferrero was born in Naples in 1658, and was a master of theology in the Dominican Order, and was Prior in several of their houses. He was bishop of Gravina di Puglia (1725–1730). He was transferred to the diocese of Lucera on 8 February 1730 by Pope Benedict XIII. He died in Naples in October 1733. Ritzler and Sefrin V, pp. 213 with note 7; 249 with note 5.
  54. ^ Bishop Orianus was appointed by Pope Benedict VIII. His name appears in an inscription on the cathedral of Troia, placed in 1127. Kehr, Italia pontificia IX, p. 202. Ada Campione, Note per la ricostruzione del dossier agiografico di Secondino vescovo di Aecae, (in Italian), in: Vetera Christianorum 40 (2003), p. 286, note 91 (she calls him Onorio). Mario De Santis, La "Civitas Troiana" e la sua Cattedrale, (in Italian) pp. 89-90; 105, note 9.
  55. ^ In February 1037, Bishop Angelo wrote a document in his ninth year as bishop, and the fourth year of the Emperor Michael IV the Paphlagonian. He died fighting the Normans on 4 May 1041: Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Scriptorum Tomus V (Hannover: Hahn ), p. 54, column 1: "Deinde collectis mense Maii in unum omnibus Graecis apud Montem Maiorem iuxta fluentia Aufidi, initiatum est proelium quarto die intrante....Et Angelus presbyter episcopus Troianus atque Stephanus Acherontinus episcopus ibi interfecti sunt." F. Ughelli, Italia sacra Vol. 1 (Venice: Coleti 1716), pp. 1343-1344.
  56. ^ The "Chronicon Troyanum" (Pelliccia, p. 336) says: "Vacavit postea ecclesia Troyana per mensem unum et dies x, et successit Clero Jo. Episcopus, quem consecravit PP. Benedictus Nonus [1032–1045], et seddit D. episcopus annis 30 et menses 1 diebus 25, obiit sexta die mensis Augusti. Vacavit ecclesia Troyana mens. octo diebus 25 et successit eid. Stephanus Eps Normannus. Kehr IX, p. 203, no. 2.
  57. ^ Bishop Stephanus attended the Roman synod of Pope Nicholas II in April 1059. Ughelli I, pp. 1344-1345. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIX, p. 912, 919.
  58. ^ a b c Chronici Trojani fragmentum.
  59. ^ Gualterius Francigena was consecrated by Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085). He succeeded on 2 November 1077. Pelliccia, "Chronicon Troyanum", p. 336. Kehr IX, p. 205 no. 7.
  60. ^ Pope Urban II consecrated Gerard of Piacenza. Urban held a synod at Troia on 11–12 March 1093. Jaffe I, p. 671. Kehr IX, p. 205, no. 8.
  61. ^ Bishop Ubertus was present at the Roman synod of Urban II in S. Peter's Basilica from 24 to 29 April 1099. Pelliccia, "Chronicon Troyanum", p. 337. Kehr IX, p. 205, no. 10.
  62. ^ Guiglielmus was consecrated by Pope Paschal II (1099–1118). He was present at the solemn transfer of relics on 19 July 1105. Pelliccia, "Chronicon Troyanum", p. 337.
  63. ^ Mattei-Cerasoli, p. 333, assigns him the dates 1116–1131. Ughelli I, p. 1545, knows of only one Guglielmo, and assigns him the dates 1106–1133. M. Cagiano de Azevedo, "La eroica avventura di Guglielmo II vescovo di Troia," in: Atti della pont. accadademia Romana di archeologia, Rendiconti, ser. III, vol. XXVII (1951—54) p. 275 ff. Kehr IX, p. 213, no. 3, note: "Adnotare iuvat inscriptionem portae aeneae cathedrali ecclesiae Troianae a Guillelmo II ep., aequitatis moderatore, liberatore patriae" a. 1127 dicatae, sub quo Troianus populus pro libertate tuenda arcem subvertit et urbem vallo murisque munivit."
  64. ^ William (III or IV): Mattei-Cerasoli, p. 333. Alessandro Di Meo, Annali critico diplomatici XI (Napoli: Orsiniana 1810), p. 329, assigns him the dates 1155–1173.
  65. ^ William (IV or V): Mattei-Cerasoli, p. 333. Kamp, p. 503 with notes 8-10.
  66. ^ Roggerius died in 1189. Kamp, p. 509.
  67. ^ Walter of Palearia: Kamp, pp. 509-514.
  68. ^ Petrus: Kamp, p. 515.
  69. ^ Philippus was consecrated a bishop at the Lateran Basilica by Pope Innocent III personally. Eubel I, p. 499.
  70. ^ Antonio Antonetti, Le elezioni episcopali e i vescovi della rinascita troiana (1266–1284), in Carte di Puglia, XV, nº 2, December 2013, pp. 31-42, at pp. 34-36.
  71. ^ Antonetti (2013), "L'elezioni", p. 36.
  72. ^ Bertero had been a canon of the cathedral of Troia. He was elected by the Chapter, examined by a committee of three cardinals in Viterbo, and approved by Pope John XXI. He was consecrated in Viterbo between September 1276 and March 1277, but he died before he could be installed in his bishopric. Antonetti (2013), "L'elezione", pp. 36-37.
  73. ^ The pope (it is not known whether it was John XXI or Nicholas III) reserved the appointment of the next bishop to himself. Unfortunately John XXI died on 20 May 1277, and Nicholas III was elected on 25 November 1277 after a six-month-long conclave. ": "Nos itaque considerantes attente quod prefata Troiana ecclesia ea occasione, presertim quod diu fuit destituta regimine, detrimenta gravia in spiritualibus et temporalibus dinoscitur incurrisse ac super hiis paterno sibi compatientes affectu ne ipsa vacaret diutius et graviora prioribus dispendia sustineret sedi ea vice duximus reservandam." Antonetti (2013), "L'elezioni", p. 37, with note 28.
  74. ^ Ugo was a Dominican friar, and chaplain of Cardinal Guillaume de Bray. Ugo was appointed to the diocese by Pope Nicholas III; on 4 August 1278, he received the pallium. Bishop Ugo was transferred to the diocese of Bethelehem on 3 October 1279. On 22 September 1285, Ugo was appointed collector of the 10% tax for the relief of the Holy Land by Pope Honorius IV. Eubel I, pp. 135 with note 8; 499 with note 4. Antonetti (2013), "L'elezioni", pp. 37-38.
  75. ^ After the transfer of Bishop Ugo, the cathedral Chapter proceeded to an election, "deliberantes per via procedere compromissi duobus ex eis, scilicet Nicolao diacono et Symoni subdiacono canonicis Troianis", finally choosing Bishop Benedict of Ascoli Satriano. He was rejected by Pope Nicholas III, however, who appointed the Franciscan Raynerius, a chaplain of King Charles I of Sicily, on 3 (11) May 1280. Raynerius became a consiliarius et familiaris of the king. Eubel I, p. 499 with note 5. Antonetti (2013), "L'elezioni", p. 38.
  76. ^ On 20 December 1284, Pope Nicholas III authorized Cardinal Gerardo, Bishop of Sabina, the papal legate, to present the pallium to Bishop Rogerius. Rogerius died in 1302, according to Ughelli I, p. 1346, no. 16. Eubel I, p. 499.
  77. ^ Eubel has another Pietro between Rogerio and Pietro: Pietro de Cateneto, O.F.M.
  78. ^ Following the death of Bishop Pietro, the cathedral Chapter met to elect a successor; eleven canons voted for Guillelmus, a Cluniac monk and Prior of the priory of the Cluniac priory of Podio (diocese of Sisteron), while two voted for Magister Bernardo da Boiano, the Archdeacon of Troia, who was then at Avignon. Thereupon Canon Beneventus, who was presiding, declared Guillelmus elected. Guillaume was duly examined by a committee of three cardinals and declared suitable. Pope Clement V confirmed the election, and performed the consecration of Guillelmus personally. He notified interested parties in letters of 12 April 1309. Eubel I, p. 499. Regestum Clementis papae V Vol. IV (Rome: Typographia Vaticana 1886), p. 76-77, no. 3940.
  79. ^ Following the death of Bishop Guillelmus, the cathedral Chapter met to elect a successor; after three days they could not reach a consensus, and therefore proceeded to a scrutiny, though three canons refused to participate and withdrew. The others then elected Beraldus, parish priest of the ecclesia de Salis in the diocese of Toulouse. A delegation carried the electoral certificate to Avignon, and Pope Clement appointed the customary committee of three cardinals to examine the election and the candidate. A technical error as to the age of Beraldus (26 or 36) was found, and a public meeting was held by the pope to determine the matter. No one raised objections, and therefore the pope confirmed the election. The Bishop of Ostia, Nicolaus Alberti, was delegated to consecrate Beraldus a bishop, and three cardinals assigned to invest him with the pallium. Pope Clement signed a letter attesting to the full facts on 12 June 1311. Eubel I, p. 499. Regestum Clementis papae V, Vol. VI: Annus sextus (Rome: Typographia Vaticana 1887), pp. 210-212, no. 7032.
  80. ^ Following the death of Bishop Beraldus, the cathedral Chapter elected Bishop Sinibaldus of Guardialfiera, who died while his election was being processed in Avignon. The Chapter then elected Rostagni de Subrano, O.F.P., whose election was voided by Pope John XXII. The pope then provided (appointed) Arnaldus, on 20 October 1322. Eubel I, pp. 269, note 1; 499. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes Tome IV (Paris: Fontemoing 1906), p. 197, no. 16486.
  81. ^ The bishopric of Troia was subject to a reservation made by Pope John XXII. On the death of Bishop Arnaldus, on 27 June 1322 John XXII provided (appointed) Bisantius, the Primicerius of the cathedral Chapter of Giovinazzi, who was only a subdeacon. Eubel I, p. 499. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes Tome XI (Paris: Fontemoing 1904), p. 220, no. 57589.
  82. ^ Henricus was provided by Pope Benedict XII on 22 March 1341. He made arrangements with the papal treasury on 24 April 1341 for the fees he owed the papacy. Ughelli I, p. 1347. Eubel I, p. 499.
  83. ^ Nicolaus: Eubel I, p. 499, with notes 11 and 12.
  84. ^ On 11 August 1366, Bishop Guido of Troia was transferred to Venafro by Pope Urban V: Eubel I, p. 519.
  85. ^ Richardus had been bishop of Ugento (c. 1389–1391). He was transferred by Pope Clement VII to the diocese of Troia on 27 January 1391. On 29 March 1393, Riccardo was transferred to Otranto) by Pope Clement VII. Eubel I, pp. 280, 375, 499.
  86. ^ On 9 August 1409 Bishop Nicola was transferred to Cavaillon by Pope Alexander V. He made his arrangements with the papal treasury on 16 September 1409. Eubel I, pp. 179 with note 2; 499 with note 13.
  87. ^ On 30 April 1410, Angelo was appointed by Pope Gregory XII, a year after he had been deposed as pope by the Council of Pisa. He also paid the taxes owed by Bishop Bartolomeo. Eubel I, p. 499.
  88. ^ Vassalli had been Bishop of Potenza (1463–1468). On 17 April 1468, he was transferred to the diocese of Troia by Pope Paul II. Ughelli I, p. 1375, states that he was appointed on 1 August 1469, citing the Acta Consistorialia. Eubel, p. 257, citing the Liber Obligationum (payment book for bulls, etc.) gives the date of 17 April 1468. Vassalli's successor at Potenza was appointed on 17 April 1469. Eubel seems to have made a typographical error. On 10 March 1474, he was transferred to the diocese of Aversa. He died in 1501. Eubel II, pp. 100, 218, 257.
  89. ^ Grube was appointed bishop of Troia on 8 July 1475, according to Ughelli I, p. 1375. On 22 March 1480, he was transferred to the diocese of Riga by Pope Sixtus IV. He died on 26 December 1483. Eubel II, p. 223, 257.
  90. ^ Piscicelli made his arrangements with the papal treasury on 22 March 1480. He died in 1484. Eubel II, p. 257.
  91. ^ Pandolfini was a member of the Florentine nobility. He was appointed by Pope Sixtus IV on 10 March 1484. His name occurs on the façade of the Palazzo Pandolfini in Florence, placed after the election of Clement VII in 1523: "Gianozzo Pandolfini, Bishop of Troia, erected from the foundations aided by the greatest benefices from the popes Leo X and Clement VII in the year 1520." He was appointed castellan of the Castel S'Angelo by Clement VII. His nephew was appointed coadjutor for him on 17 February 1524. He died on 13 December 1525, at the age of sixty-eight, and was buried in Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monte in Rome. Ughelli I, p. 1347. Eubel II, p. 257 with note 3. V. Forcella, Inscrizioni delle chiese e d'altri edifici di Roma Volume IV (Roma: Fratelli Bencini 1874), p. 41, no. 95. Michael Linghor, "Palace and Villa: Spaces of Patrician Self-definition," in: Roger J Crum, Roger J. Crum, John T. Paoletti (edd.), Renaissance Florence: A Social History, Cambridge University Press 2006), p. 269.
  92. ^ Appointed coadjutor for his uncle Bishop Giannozzo on 17 February 1524, Ferdinando succeeded to the diocese on 13 December 1525. He was present at the council in Bologna in 1547. He requested a coadjutor himself on 17 December 1557, in the person of his nephew. Ferrando died in Florence in 1560. Ughelli I, p. 1347. Eubel III, p. 319 with note 3.
  93. ^ Cardinal Rebiba was appointed administrator in the consistory of 19 June 1560. He resigned upon the appointment of his nephew Prospero as bishop of Troia on 4 September 1560. Eubel III, p. 319.
  94. ^ Prospero succeeded his uncle, the cardinal, who resigned in his favor on 4 September 1560. Cardinal Rebiba also resigned the Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople in favor of Prospero, on 26 August 1573. The two Rebibas paid for the restoration of the bronze doors on the church of the abbey of Montecassino. In December 1578, Patriarch Rebiba celebrated the solemn requiem Mass for King Sebastian of Portugal at the Gesù in Rome. Eubel III, pp. 177, 319. Herbert Bloch (1986), Monte Cassino in the Middle Ages, Volume 1 (Cambridge: Harvard 1986), p. 559. Minou Schraven (2017), Festive Funerals in Early Modern Italy: The Art and Culture of Conspicuous Commemoration (New York: Routledge 2017), p. 102.
  95. ^ Aldobrandini, the nephew of Cardinal Niccolò Ardinghelli, was a canon of San Lorenzo in Florence, and of the cathedral of Florence (1551–1607). He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure, and was Auditor of the papal legation to Tuscany. He served as Rector of Ancona and of Fano. Pope Sixtus V appointed him a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures in the Roman Curia. He was appointed bishop of Troia by Pope Clement VIII (Aldobrandini) on 15 November 1593. He served as papal Nuncio in Naples. He died in Florence on 10 March 1606 (according to Salvini), and is buried in San Lorenzo. Ughhelli I, p. 1348. Salvino Salvini (1782), Catalogo cronologico de' canonici della chiesa metropolitana fiorentina (Florence: Gaetano Cambiagi), p. 93, no. 583. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 346.
  96. ^ Da Ponte was a Theatine. In Rome, he was a consultor at the Holy Inquisition. He was appointed on 14 May 1607 by Pope Paul V (Borghese), and was consecrated in Rome on 20 May by Cardinal Marcello Lante della Rovere. He died in September 1622. Ughhelli I, p. 1348. Gauchat IV, p. 346 with note 3.
  97. ^ Roviglioni: Gauchat IV, p. 346 with note 4.
  98. ^ Siliceo: Gauchat IV, p. 346 with note 5.
  99. ^ Astalli: Gauchat IV, p. 346 with note 6.
  100. ^ Veneziani: Gauchat IV, p. 346 with note 7.
  101. ^ Sacchetti: Gauchat IV, p. 346 with note 8.
  102. ^ Sorrentino: Gauchat IV, p. 346 with note 9.
  103. ^ Born in Naples, and a member of the family of the Marchesi of San Lucido, De Sangro became a Theatine in 1645. He lectured in philosophy and theology in their houses, and became Provost and Visitor. He was named bishop of Troia by Pope Clement X on 16 December 1675. He carried out the restoration of the bronze doors on the cathedral of Troia in 1691. He died on 24 January 1694. Ritzler and Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 391 with note 3. Herbert Bloch, Monte Cassino in the Middle Ages, Volume 1 (Cambridge: Harvard 1986), p. 557.
  104. ^ Cavalieri was born in Naples in 1663, and was the maternal uncle of Alfonsus Maria de Ligouri. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure. He was a consultor of the Holy Inquisition of Naples. He was appointed bishop of Troia on (19 April 1694), and consecrated in Rome on 2 May by Cardinal Ferdinando de Abdua. He died in Troia on 11 August 1726. Giovanni Rossi (1741), Della vita di monsignor D. Emilio Giacomo Cavalieri della Congregazione de' Pij Operari vescovo di Troia, (in Italian), Napoli: Carlo Salzano e Francesco Castaldo soci, 1741. Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 392 with note 4. Domenico Vizzari (1976), Emilio Cavalieri da inquisitore napoletanao a vescovo di Troia, (in Italian), 1976. Domenico Vizzari (1982), Monsignor Emilio Giacomo Cavalieri dei pii operai - Vescovo di Troia : note, (in Italian), Ardor, Montalto Uffugo, 1982.
  105. ^ Faccoli was consecrated personally by Pope Benedict XIII on 7 September 1726, according to D'Avino. He held a diocesan synod. D'Avino, p. 705, col. 2. Ritzler and Sefrin V, p. 392 with note 5.
  106. ^ De Simone: Ritzler and Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 418-419 with note 2.
  107. ^ Onorati was born at Rochetta, in the diocese of Laquedonia in 1721, and held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Naples 1759). He was Vicar General of the diocese of Brindisi for eight years, and then Vicar General of Benevento. He was bishop of Teano (1768–1777). He was transferred to Troia by Pope Pius VI on 12 May 1777. He died in Troia on 6 March 1793. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, pp. 399 with note 5; 419 with note 3.
  108. ^ Born at Portici in the diocese of Naples in 1728, Francone held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Rome, Sapienza 1767). He became a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures in the Roman Curia, and a consistorial advocate. He was a conclavist of Cardinal Filippo Pirelli of Naples in the Conclave of 1769. He became Archbishop of Cosenza (1772–1792), and Bishop of Gaeta (1792–1797). He was transferred to the diocese of Troia by Pope Pius VI on 18 December 1797, having been nominated by King Ferdinand IV on 24 October 1797. After a rule of less than seventeen months, he died on 7 May 1799. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, pp. 138 with note 6; 191 with note 5; 419 with note 4.
  109. ^ Palmieri was Bishop of Mottola from 1797 to 1804. He was transferred to the diocese of Troia on 29 October 1804. On 3 May 1824, Palmieri was transferred to Monopoli by Pope Leo XII. He died in Monopoli, his home town, on 24 November 1842. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 297; VII, pp. 269, 379.
  110. ^ Tempesta was a native of San Donato (diocese of Sora). He was appointed titular bishop of Sura and auxiliary bishop of Aquino, Sora e Montecavo on 22 December 1882. He was transferred to the diocese of Trivento on 14 March 1887 by Pope Leo XIII. On 4 June 1891, he was transferred to the diocese of Troia. He died in Troia on 23 April 1899. Ritzler and Sefrin VIII, pp. 530, 567, 569. André Chapeau, Charles N. Bransom Jr., "Franciscan Bishops," Franciscan Studies, Vol. 47 (1987), pp. 287-372, at p. 364, no. 104.
  111. ^ Cornacchia was transferred to the diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi on 15 January 2016. Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, "Vescovo: S.E. Mons. Domenico Cornacchia." Retrieved: 3 September 2022.

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