The Diocese of Nola ( la, Dioecesis Nolana) is a

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, suffragan of the

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, now a suburb of

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is dedicated to

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( it, Basilica Cattedrale di Maria SS Assunta). The dedication was originally to S. Stephen, the Protomartyr, but after the second reconstruction the dedication was changed to the Assumption. It is traditionally credited with the introduction of the use of

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s into Christian

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History

Antiquity

The diocese was founded in the 3rd century by He was

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, as were St Januarius's companions Reparatus, Faustillus, and Acacius. The early center of worship was at

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, outside Nola proper and now named for its cemetery. The

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of St Felix Martyr was built by Bishop Paulinus in the late 4th or early 5th century. Paulinus is traditionally credited with the introduction of

s into Christian

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, whence two major medieval forms became known as ''s'' and ''s''.. The information is stated to be derived from Polydore Vergil (c. 1470–1555), hardly "traditionally credited", as claimed. Felix's remains, and then Paulinus's own, made the site a focus of

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. (Paulinus's body was removed to the neighboring

of Benevento in 839, traded to the

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in 1000, and finally restored to Nola in 1909.)

Middle Ages

Around 505, the mythical Bishop Paulinus III supposedly enslaved himself to free a widow's son. Several buildings were restored under Bishop Lupicinus around 786. In 1370, Bishop Francesco Scaccani began construction of the present Gothic cathedral, which was completed by Gian Antonio Boccarelli in 1469. The cathedral was administered and serviced by a Chapter, composed of four dignities (the Dean, the Archdeacon, the Treasurer, and the Cantor) and sixteen Canons. In addition, there was a Theologus and a Penitentiarius, in accordance with the decrees of the

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; they held prebends, but did not have a vote in the Chapter. There were also twelve beneficed clergy. In 1918, the Chapter had three dignities (Dean, Precentor, and Treasurer) and 7 Canons; there were eight Canons ''de numero''.

Renaissance

The seminary was founded by Bishop Antonio Scarampi (1549–1569), introducing the reforms decreed by the

. Bishop Traiano Caracciolo constructed a new seminary building in 1738. In 1585, Bishop Fabrizio Gallo (1585–1614) founded several charitable institutions. In 1588 Gallo held a diocesan synod.

Modern period

Giambattista Lancellotti, who served as bishop from 1615 to 1656, also served as

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from 1622 to 1627.

Bishops

to 1200

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(. 523) : ... : uodvultdeus* Paulinus (387?–431) * Paulinus Junior (attested 442) : ... * Deodatus (attested 473) * Felix (attested 484) *

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(484–?) * Theodosius (attested 490) * Serenus (attested 494–501) : aulinus III() : ... * Priscus (attested 523) * Musonius (attested 535) * Leo (attested 536) : ... * Joannes (attested c. 555–560) * Aurelianus * Senatus : ... * Gaudentius (attested 594, 595) : ... * Aurelius (attested 680) : ... * Lupicinus (Lupinus) () : ... * Lando * Jacobus (Jacopo) * Leo Tertius (attested 896, 911) * Joannes * Stephanus (attested 965, 973) * Sixtus (attested 986) * Sasso (attested 1093) * Guilelmus (attested 1105, 1123) : ... * Paganus (attested 1136) : ... * Bartholomaeus (attested 1143) : ... * Robertus (1158–1173) * Rufinus (1173–1175) * Bernardus (1175–) : ''...''

1200 to 1600

*Marinus (attested 1202) : ''...'' * Petrus (–1225) * Marco Perrone (1225–) * Petrus (December 1239 – ) * Giovanni Montefuscolo (1259–1288) : Francesco Fontana (1289–1296) ''Administrator'' :

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(23 August 1296 – 6 January 1298) ''Administrator'' * Landone (22 April 1298 – 1304) *

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( – ?) * Giacomo (14 May 1311 –1328) * Pietro Sparano (1328–1331) * Nicolò de Acerno (22 October 1331 – 1340) * Lygus di Orvieto (1340–1349) * Nicola d'Offerio (1349) * Francesco Rufolo (1349–1370) * Francesco Scaccani (1370–1400) * Gianantonio Tarentino (Torrenti) (1400–1402) ? * Flaminio Minutolo (26 July 1402 – 1442) * Leone dei Simeoni (23 March 1442 – July 1469) * Giovanni Antonio Boccarelli (9 August 1469 – 1475) * Marco Vigerio (July 1475 – December 1475) * Orlando Orsini (15 December 1475 – 1503) * Gianfrancesco Bruno (4 July 1505 – 1549) * Antonio Scarampi (1549 – 9 March 1569) * Filippo Spinola (1569–1585) * Fabrizio Gallo (15 July 1585 – 6 November 1614)"Bishop Fabrizio Gallo"
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1600 to present

* Giambattista Lancellotti (1615–1656) * Francesco Gonzaga (1657–1673) * Filippo Cesarini (1674–1683) * Francesco Maria Moles (1684–1695) * Daniele Scoppa (16 May 1695 – 13 May 1703) * Francesco Maria Federico Carafa (7 April 1704 – 6 January 1737) * Traiano Caracciolo (21 March 1738 – 16 February 1764) * Nicola Sanchez de Luna (13 May 1764 – 23 April 1768) * Filippo Lopez y Royo (16 May 1768 – 17 June 1793) * Giovanni Vincenzo Monforte (1798–1802) * Vincenzo Torrusio (29 October 1804 – 24 March 1823) * Nicola Coppola (17 November 1823 – 14 April 1828) * Gennaro Pasca (23 June 1828 – 2 October 1855) * Giuseppe Formisano (28 September 1855 – 7 January 1890) * Agnello Renzullo (22 June 1890 – 11 April 1924)Born in Naples in 1836, Renzullo had previously been Bishop of Isernia e Venafro (1880–1890). ''Annuario pontificio 1912'' (Roma: Tip. Vaticana 1912), p. 135. * Egisto Domenico Melchiori (2 May 1924 – 5 December 1934) * Michele Raffaele Camerlengo (5 May 1935 – 9 September 1951) * Adolfo Binni (14 February 1952 – 7 January 1971) * Guerino Grimaldi (19 March 1971 – 2 July 1982) * Giuseppe Costanzo (6 August 1982 – 7 December 1982) * Umberto Tramma (23 June 1990 – 25 March 1999) * Beniamino Depalma (15 July 1999 – 11 November 2016) * Francesco Marino (11 November 2016 – present)

References

Bibliography

Reference works

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Studies

* *Ebanista, C.; Fusaro, F. (2005), ''Cimitile. Guida al complesso basilicale e alla città''. Nuova edizione ampliata e aggiornata. Cimitile: Commune de Cimitile–Progetto grafico di R. C. La Fata, 2005. *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1925). ''Italia pontificia'' Vol. VIII (Berlin: Weidmann 1925), pp. 297–302. *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)
'. Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 228–239. * * *Santaniello, Giovanni (2005)
"I successori del vescovo Paolino di Nola (secoli V e VI)"
in: ''Teologia e Vita'', Quaderni dell'Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose "Giovanni Duns Scoto - Nola", nº 7, giugno 2005, pp. 18–51. *

Acknowledgments

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