Roman Catholic Diocese Of Campagna
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campagna was twice been a Latin suffragan bishopric with see in Campagna, a town in the Salerno province of Campania region, southern Italy. Its former cathedral episcopal see is now a co-cathedral: the Minor basilica of Santa Maria della Pace (dedicated to Our Lady of Peace). History A first Diocese of Campagna was established on 19 July 1525, on territories split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salerno, Archdiocese of Salerno and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Satriano, Diocese of Satriano, the bishop of that see cumulated as first Bishop of Campagna, and his successors continued to do so. On 27 June 1818, it was suppressed and its territory (not the title) merged into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia, Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia. On 30 September 1921, a (second) Diocese of Campagna was 'restored' on territory split off from the then Metropolitan Archdiocese of Roman C ...
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Campagna
Campagna (Italian: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. Its population is 17,148. Its old Latin name was Civitas Campaniae (City of Campagna). Campagna is located in one of the valleys of the Picentini Mountains, at an altitude of 270 meters above sea level. History The first records of the area date back to the ninth century in the Lombard period. The position of the town was strategic for enemies attacks during the Middle Ages. Lately, the town became an important cultural and religious center. It was the seat of bishops until 1973, when the Diocese of Campagna merged with the Archdiocese of Salerno. During the Second World War, Campagna was a temporary home for many Jews thanks to Giovanni Palatucci and his uncle Giuseppe Maria Palatucci. People arrived from the north of Italy and Campagna citizens hid those people in the basements of the churches. Giovanni Palatucci was later honoured as a Righteous Among t ...
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