The Diocese of Sulmona-Valva ( la, Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central
Italy
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, created in 1986. It is a
suffragan
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of the
Archdiocese of L'Aquila
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila ( la, Archidioecesis Aquilanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.Diocese of Sulmona
The Diocese of Sulmona-Valva ( la, Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, created in 1986. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila. The diocese was created in 1818 when the Dioc ...
Duchy of Spoleto
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Lombards
The Lombards had invaded Italy in 568 AD and conquered much of it, establishing ...
; later it belonged to the
counts of the Marsi
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. When the Normans conquered the
Abruzzi
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, Sulmona increased in importance.
Emperor Frederick II
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made it the capital of the "Gran Giustizierato" of the Abruzzi.
Legend associates the evangelization of the district with the name of
Saint Britius
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,
Bishop of Spoleto
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, in the second century. The first known Bishop of Sulmona is Palladius (499); in 503 a Fortunatus Valvensis is mentioned. Saint Pamphilus,
Bishop of Valva The Diocese of Valva (Latin: ''Dioecesis Valvensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese. In the 13th Century, it was united with the Diocese of Sulmona
The Diocese of Sulmona-Valva ( la, Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiast ...
, renowned for his sanctity and miracles, died about 706; he was buried in
Sulmona Cathedral
Sulmona Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Sulmona, ''Basilica Cattedrale di San Panfilo'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sulmona, Italy, and is the seat of the Bishop of Sulmona-Valva (formerly of the Bishop of Sulmona).
History
Construction of the ...
.
Four or five other bishops of Valva are known, but none of Sulmona until 1054, when
Pope Leo IX
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named as
Bishop of Valva The Diocese of Valva (Latin: ''Dioecesis Valvensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese. In the 13th Century, it was united with the Diocese of Sulmona
The Diocese of Sulmona-Valva ( la, Dioecesis Sulmonensis-Valvensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiast ...
, the Benedictine Domenico, and determined the limits of the Dioceses of San Pelino (
Saint Pelinus
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Life
Pelinus was a native of Dyrrac ...
) (i.e., Valva) and San Panfilo (Saint Pamphilus) (i.e., Sulmona), which were to have only one bishop, elected by the two chapters. Under Bishop
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* Giacomo (name), including a list of people with the name
Other uses
* Giacomo (horse), a race horse, winner of the 2005 Kentucky Derby
* ''Giácomo'' (film) ...
, a monk of
Casa Nova
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(1252), it was arranged that the two chapters should unite in making the election, as frequent disputes had arisen when they acted separately.
Other bishops were: Bartolomeo of Tocco (1402), esteemed for his learning by Pope Innocent VII, who gave him his own
mitre
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; Donato Bottini (1448), an Augustinian; Pompeo Zambeccari (1547), nuncio in Poland; Francesco Bonapaduli (1638); Pietro Antonio Corsignani (17380, the historian of the Abruzzi.
During the dispute between the
Holy See
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and the
Kingdom of Naples
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the see remained vacant from 1800 till 1818.
List of bishops
Postnominal initials:
Benedictine
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, foun ...
Cistercian
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= OCist,
Franciscan
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= OFM,
Minorite
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= OFMC,
Augustinian Augustinian may refer to:
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*Augustinianism, the teachings of Augustine of Hippo and his intellectual heirs
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* Canons Regular of Sain ...
Olivetan
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= OSBOliv
* Geruntius (mentioned in 494/495), bishop of Valva
* Palladius (mentioned in 499), bishop of Sulmona
* Fortunatus (mentioned in 502), possibly bishop of Valva
*
Pamphilus Pamphilus may refer to:
* Pamphilus of Amphipolis, painter of 4th century BC, head of Sicyonian School
* Pamphilus of Alexandria, grammarian in the 1st century
* Saint Pamphilus of Caesarea (late 3rd century - 309), scholarly creator of the librar ...
(mentioned in 682), bishop of Sulmona
* Gradescus (mentioned in 701), bishop of Sulmona
* Vadpert (mentioned in 775)
* Ravennus (mentioned in 840)
* Arnulfus (mentioned in 843)
* Opitarmo (mentioned in 880)
* Grimoald (attested 968, 983)
* Theodulf (mentioned in 1010)
* Transeric (mentioned in 1030)
* Suabilo (mentioned in 1042)
* Dominicus OSB (1053–1073)
* Transmund (1073–1080), dismissed
* John (1092–1104)
* Walter (1104–1124)
* Odo (I) (1130–1140)
* Gerald (1143–1146)
* Siginulf (1146–1168)
* Oderisius of Raino (1172–1193)
* William (I) (1194–1206)
* Odo (II) (1206 – before 6 May 1226)
* Berard (1226–1227), elected but never confirmed
* Nicholas (1227–1247)
* Walter of Ocra (3 October 1247 – 1249)
* ?Jacobus (I) OCist (1249–1251?)
* Jacobus (II) OP (10 April 1252 – 1263)
* Jacobus (III) of Orvieto OP (6 March 1263 – after 1273)
* Giles of Liège OFM (25 February 1279 – 1290), dismissed
* William (II) OSB (28 August 1291 – ????)
* Pietro dell'Aquila OSB (1294 – 18 September 1294) elected but never confirmed
* Federico Raimondo de Letto (30 March 1295 – 1307)
* Landulf I (4 June 1307 – 1319)
* Andrea Capograssi (25 May 1319 – 1330)
* Pietro di Anversa OFM (4 May 1330 – 1333)
* Nicolò di Pietro Rainaldi (30 October 1333 – 1343)
* Francesco di Sangro (12 February 1343 – 1348)
* Landulf II (2 July 1348 – 1349)
* Francesco de Silanis OFM (17 January 1350 – ????)
* Martino de Martinis (14 April 1368 – ????)
** Roberto de Illice (18 April 1379 – 2 July 1382), anti-bishop, became
Archbishop of Salerno
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* Paolo da Letto (around 1379 – ????)
** Nicola de Cervario OFM (2 July 1382 – 4 June 1397), anti-bishop, became
Bishop of Digne
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* Bartolomeo Gaspare (1384–????)
* Bartolomeo Petrini (1402–1419)
* Lotto Sardi (6 March 1420 – 21 May 1427), became
Archbishop of Spoleto
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* Benedetto Guidalotti (21 May 1427 – 29 October 1427), became
Bishop of Teramo
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* Bartolomeo Vinci (29 October 1427 – December 1442)
* Francesco de Oliveto OSB (12 August 1443 – 14 June 1447), became Bishop of Rapolla
* Pietro d'Aristotile (14 June 1447 – 1448)
* Donato Bottino OESA (4 September 1448 – 1463)
* Bartolomeo Scala OP (3 October 1463 – 1491)
* Giovanni Melini Gagliardi (7 November 1491 – 1499)
* Giovanni Acuti (1499–1512)
**
Andrea della Valle
Cardinal Andrea della Valle (29 November 1463, in Rome – 3 August 1534) was an Italian clergyman and art collector.
Life
Andrea belonged to an ancient family of Roman nobles. He was the son of Filippo della Valle, a Roman patrician; the fami ...
(1512–1512), apostolic administrator
* Prospero de Rusticis (3 March 1512 – 1514), dismissed
* Giovanni Battista Cavicchio (28 July 1514 – 1519)
**
Andrea della Valle
Cardinal Andrea della Valle (29 November 1463, in Rome – 3 August 1534) was an Italian clergyman and art collector.
Life
Andrea belonged to an ancient family of Roman nobles. He was the son of Filippo della Valle, a Roman patrician; the fami ...
Pope
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* Cristóbal de los Ríos (18 June 1521 – 1523)
* Orazio della Valle (17 July 1523 – 1528)
* Francisco de Lerma (14 August 1528 – ????)
* Bernardo Cavalieri delle Milizie (3 September 1529 – 1532)
* Bernardino Fumarelli (13 November 1532 – 5 June 1547)
*
Pompeo Zambeccari
Pompeo Zambeccari (1518–1571) was Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal from 1550 to 1553, and served also as Bishop of Valva and Sulmona from 1547 to 1571.
Life
Pompeo Zambeccari was born in Bologna in 1518. He was given the tonsure (and so entered in ...
(1 July 1547 – 8 August 1571)
*
Vincenzo de Doncelli
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Vincenzo de Doncelli was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. On 24 September 1571, h ...
Francesco Boccapaduli
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Apostolic Nuncio to Venice (1652–1654), Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland (1647–1652), Bishop o ...
Alessandro Masi
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(27 May 1647 – 12 September 1648)
* Francesco Carducci (22 March 1649 – 5 November 1654)
* Gregorio Carducci (14 June 1655 – 15 January 1701)
* Bonaventura Martinelli (21 November 1701–August 1715)
*
Francesco Onofrio Odierna
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* Matteo Odierna OSBOliv (17 March 1727 – June 1738)
* Pietro Antonio Corsignani (23 July 1738 – 17 October 1751)
* Carlo De Ciocchis (24 January 1752 – 10 September 1762), dismissed
* Filippo Paini (22 November 1762 – 1799)
** ''Sede vacante (1799–1818)''
* Felice Tiberi CO (6 April 1818 – 22 April 1829)
* Giuseppe Maria Deletto (27 July 1829 – 10 November 1839)
* Mario Mirone (27 April 1840 – 27 June 1853), became
Bishop of Noto
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The di ...
* Giovanni Sabatini (27 June 1853 – 10 March 1861)
** ''Sede vacante (1861–1871)''
* Tobia Patroni (22 December 1871 – 20 August 1906)
* Nicola Jezzoni (6 December 1906 – 18 July 1936), retired
* Luciano Marcante (14 March 1937 – 29 January 1972), retired
* Francesco Amadio (29 January 1972 – 14 May 1980), became
Bishop of Rieti
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