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History

Tradition has it that Christianity was introduced at

Foligno Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

in the first half of the second century. Felicianus, the patron saint of the city, though certainly not the first bishop, was consecrated by

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and martyred under

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(24 January); the exact dates of his history are uncertain. Until 471 no other bishop is known.

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in Syria was made bishop by

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in 523. In 740 the episcopal city of Forflamme was destroyed by the angry Lombard King Liutprand. It was not revived, and it is believed that the responsibility for the inhabitants passed to Foligno. In February 1145,

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died of a wound received in street fighting in Rome, and his hastily elected successor

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was immediately driven out of the city and replaced with a republic. He settled in exile in Viterbo. On 10 March 1146, Cardinal Giulio Romano of S. Marcello, Legate of Eugenius III convoked a council in Foligno. The council was attended by the bishops of Narni, Amelia, Spoleto, Todi, Assissi, Perugia, Cagli, Gubbio, Urbino, Montefeltro, Rimini, Pesaro, Fossombrone, Senigallia, Ancona, Umana, Fermo, Ascoli, Escolano, Jesi, Osimo, Camerino, Nocera, and Bishop Benedetto of Foligno. Also present were numerous Provosts, Archdeacons, Archpriests, Abbots and Priors. On 10 March 1146, the assembled clergy participated in the consecration of the cathedral of Foligno, dedicated to S. John the Baptist, S. Feliciano, and S. Fiorenzio.

Cathedral, churches, and monasteries

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, of very early date, and possessing a beautiful crypt, was rebuilt beginning in 1133; in 1201 a wing, with a façade, was added, famous for its sculptures by Binello and Rodolfo (statues of

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and of Bishop Anselm), restored in 1903. No Provost or Canon of the cathedral Chapter could be installed without the consent of the bishop. The privileges of the Canons of the cathedral Chapter were confirmed by Pope Innocent II in 1138. The ''Canonica'', residence of the Canons, already existed in 1078, when Bishop Bonfilius made extensive grants of property to the Prior and Canons, especially half of the cloister of the cathedral and two gardens. In 1684, the cathedral was administered and served by a Chapter consisting of three dignities and sixteen Canons. The dignities were: the Prior, the Dean, and the Archpriest. In 1777, there were still three dignities, but only twelve Canons. Other churches are:

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, of the Lombard period, with

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; San Claudio (1232); San Domenico (1251); San Giovanni Profiamma (1231), whose name recalls the ancient city of

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. The Monastery of Sassovivo, founded c. 1080, eventually held control over 92 other monasteries and 41 churches, including the Church of Ss. Quatuor Coronatorum and the Church of Ss. Sergius and Bacchus in Rome. It had a remarkable cloister of 120 columns.

Synods

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(1547-1555), a Benedictine biblical scholar and theologian, who participated in the early sessions of

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(1545–1547). He did not attend the later sessions that resumed in 1551, but he submitted a memorandum urging the necessity of bishops being resident in their dioceses. At the beginning of his tenure, Bishop Isidoro Chiari summoned and presided over a diocesan synod, which met on 14 November 1547. He held a second synod on 22 October 1548. A third synod took place on 14 October 1549, and a fourth on 15 October 1550. Bishop Tommaso Orsini (1568–1576) held a diocesan synod in Foligno on 17 January 1571, and had its constitutions published. Bishop Giulio Troili (1698–1712) held a diocesan synod on 21–22 May 1703. A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Giosafatte Battistelli (1717–1735) on 21 June 1722.

Suffragan

The diocese of Foligno had always been directly subject (a suffragan) of the Holy See (the Pope). In accordance with the decree ''Christus Dominus'', chapter 40, of the

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, on 15 August 1972

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issued the decree ''Animorum utilitate'', in which he changed the status of the diocese of Perugia, from being directly dependent upon the Holy See to being a Metropolitan archdiocese. The ecclesiastical province of Perugia was to contain as

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s the dioceses of Assisi, Citta di Castello, Citta della Pieve, Foligno, Nocera and Tadinum, and Gubbio. The diocese of Foligno ceased to be directly dependent upon the Holy See.

Bishops of Foligno

to 1200

: [Crispoldus of Jerusalem">[Crispoldus_of_Jerusalem.html" ;"title="[Crispoldus of Jerusalem">[Crispoldus of Jerusalem: Brictius (San Brizio) (also bishop of Spoleto and Foligno) : Felicianus (193-249) : [Felicianus II (303)] : [Paul (Paolo) (350)] * Urbanus (475–498) * Fortunatus (attested 499, 501, 502) * Saint Vincent of Laodicea, Vincentius (523–551) :[Candidus of Foligno (590–602)] :... : Jacobus (Giacomo) (602–642) :... * Florus (676–700) :... * Eusebius (740–760) :... * Dorotheus (attested 830) * Dominicus (attested 850, 853) * Argisius (attested 861) * Onuphrius (attested 870) : ... * Benedictus (attested 967, 968) : ... * Longinus (Longino) (995–1024) * Berardus (Berardo) (attested 1024, 1029) * Henricus (Enrico) (attested 1031) * Sigemannus (Sigemanno) (attested 1047) * Azzo degli Atti (1049–1059) *

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(attested 1072, 1078–1094) * Andreas (1099– attested 1120) * Marcus (attested 1123) * Benedictus (attested 1138, 1145) * Anselmo degli Atti (1155–1201)

from 1200 to 1500

:''Sede vacante'' (1201–1208) : erardo da Sora (1201–1208)* Egidio degli Atti (1208–1243) :''Diocese suppressed'' (1243–1265) :: Bernardo Merganti (1243–1264) ''Administrator'' : ''Diocese restored'' (31 March 1265) * Paperone de' Papareschi (1265–1285) * Berardo de Comitibus (1285–1296) : iacomo degli Anastasi (1296)* Bartolomeo Caetani (1296–1304) * Ermanno degli Anastasi (1304–1307) Bishop-elect * Bartolòmino Giuntoncini Sigisbuldi (1307–1326) * Paolo Trinci (1326–1363) * Rinaldo Trinci (1363) * Giovanni Angeletti (1364–1397) * Onofrio Trinci (1397–1403) * Federico Frezzi (1403–1416) (Roman Obedience) * Niccolò Ferragatti (1417–1421) : aspare (1421)Bishop-elect * Giacomo Berti (1423–1437) : inaldo (II) Trinci (1437–1439)* Cristoforo Corsini Boscari (Berti) (1437–1444) *

Antonio Bolognini Antonio Bolognini (died 1461) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Foligno (1444–1461) and Bishop of Nocera de' Pagani (1438–1444). ''(in Latin)''Antonio Bettini Antonio Bettini (13 June 1396 – 22 October 1487) was an Italian clergyman, diplomat and writer. Bettini was born in Siena in 1396. He joined the convent of San Girolamo in Siena in 1439 and worked closely with Pope Pius II. Pius made Bettini b ...

(1461–1487) * Francesco Rosa (22 November 1486 – 3 March 1489) * Luca Borsciani Cybo (1489–1522)

from 1500 to 1800

* Cardinal Bernardino Carvajal (1522–1523) Administrator * Rodrigo Carvajal (4 February 1523 – 1539) * Fabio Vigili (9 September 1539 –1540) * Blosio Palladio (4 November 1540 – 27 January 1547) *

da Brescia (28 January 1547 – 18 March 1555) : rcole Tambusio (March 1555 – September 1555) Bishop-elect * Sebastiano Portico (18 September 1555 – 27 February 1556) * Giovanni Angelo Medici (1556–1557) *

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(7 May 1557 – 13 March 1560 named bishop of Novara *

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(13 March 1560 – 6 January 1568) *

Tommaso Orsini Tommaso Orsini (died 25 January 1576) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Foligno (1568–1576) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Strongoli (1566–1568). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 15 August 1566, Tommaso Orsini was appointed durin ...

(1568–1576) *

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(1576–1582) * Troilo Boncompagni (1582–1584) * Constantinus Barzellini (1584–1585) * Marcantonio Bizzoni (1586–1606) *

Francesco Simonetta Francesco Simonetta (died 1612) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Foligno (1606–1612) and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland (1606–1612). Biography Francesco Simonetta was born in Milan, Italy. On 17 July 1606, he was appointed dur ...

(1606–1612) * Porfirio Feliciani (2 April 1612 – 2 October 1634) *

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(1634–1642) * Antonio Montecatini (December 1642 – 7 January 1668) * Marcantonio Vicentini (1 April 1669 – 1683) * Giovanni Battista Pallotta (24 April 1684 – 17 January 1698) * Giulio Troili (15 September 1698 – 6 July 1712) * Dondazio Alessio Malvicini Fontana (1712–1717) * Giosafatte Battistelli (11 May 1717 – 21 March 1735) * Francesco Maria Alberici (1735–1741) * Mario Antonio Maffei (1741–1777) * Giuseppe Maria Morotti, (1777) Bishop-elect * Gaetano Giannini, (15 December 1777 – 28 March 1785) * Filippo Trenta (3 April 1785 – 4 March 1796)

since 1800

* Marco Antonio Moscardini (1796–1818) * Stanislao Lucchesi (October 1818 – 2 November 1830) * Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini (1831–1832) * Arcangelo Polidori (8 October 1834 – 6 May 1843) * Nicola Belletti (19 June 1843 – 1864) * Nicola Crispigni (or Grispigni) (27 March 1867 – 1879) * Vincenzo Serarcangeli (19 September 1879 – 1888) * Federico Federici (1888–1892) * Albino Angelo Pardini,

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(16 January 1893 – 22 December 1894) * Carlo Bertuzzi (18 March 1895 – 10 May 1910) *

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(15 April 1910 –1914) * Carlo Sica (22 January 1915 – 20 December 1917) * Stefano Corbini (18 June 1918 – 1 October 1946) * Secondo Chiocca (18 January 1947 – 15 April 1955) * Siro Silvestri (21 July 1955 –1975) *

Giovanni Benedetti Giovanni Benedetti (12 March 1917 – 3 August 2017) was an Italian prelate of Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Foligno for more than 26 years. Biography Benedetti was born in Spello, Italy, in 1917, ordained a priest of the Archdio ...

(25 March 1976 – 10 October 1992) *

Arduino Bertoldo Arduino Bertoldo (December 30, 1932 – April 3, 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Foligno, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in So ...

(10 October 1992 – 3 July 2008) *

Gualtiero Sigismondi Gualtiero is the name of: * Gualtiero Bassetti (born 1942), Italian prelate * Gualtiero Calboli (born 1932), Italian classicist and linguist * Gualtiero De Angelis (1899–1980), Italian actor and voice actor * Gualtiero Driussi (1920–1996), It ...

(3 July 2008 – 7 March 2020) *

Domenico Sorrentino Domenico Sorrentino (born 16 May 1948) is an Italian Catholic prelate and the current Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino since his appointment in 2005. Biography He was born at Boscoreale, near Torre Annunziata and Pompei, outside N ...

(26 June 2021 – present)

Notes

Books

Reference works for bishops

* pp. 695–697. * * * * * * * * *

Studies

* resents the traditional hagiography* * nformation on the cathedral, etc.* atalog of bishops, pp. 31–39*Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1909)
''Italia pontificia''
Vol. IV (Berlin: Weidmann 1909), pp. 43–50. *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)
'. Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 446–451. *Schwartz, Gerhard (1907)
''Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern: mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951-1122''
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner. pp. 236–238. (in German) *

Acknowledgment

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