The Diocese of Vittorio Veneto ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis Venetorum) is a
Roman Catholic
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
in northern Italy, with capital in
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto is a city and ''comune'' situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities:
Alpago ( BL), Belluno ...
. It was historically known as Diocese of Ceneda, the name being changed in 1939.
["Diocese of Vittorio Veneto"]
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Ceneda began as a
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
of the
patriarchate of Aquileia
The Patriarchate of Aquileia was an episcopal see in northeastern Italy, centred on the ancient city of Aquileia situated at the head of the Adriatic, on what is now the Italian seacoast. For many centuries it played an important part in histor ...
until the latter's suppression in 1751. From 1752 until 1818 Ceneda was a suffragan of the
archdiocese of Udine
The Archdiocese of Udine ( la, Archidioecesis Utinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The see was established in 1751 when the Patriarchal see of Aquileia was divided. From 1818 to 184 ...
. Since 1818 Ceneda has been in the ecclesiastical province headed by the
Patriarchate of Venice
The Patriarchate of Venice ( la, Patriarchatus Venetiarum), also sometimes called the Archdiocese of Venice, is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or patriarchal archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Venice, Italy. In 1451 the Patriarchate o ...
. Art from several churches in the diocese is housed in its
diocesan museum
A diocesan museum is a museum for an ecclesiastical diocese, a geographically-based division of the Christian Church.
Austria:
* Diocesan Museum, Graz, Styria
* Gurk Treasury, Carinthia
* Diocesan Museum, Linz, Upper Austria
* Cathedral Mus ...
.
History
The city of
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto is a city and ''comune'' situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities:
Alpago ( BL), Belluno ...
includes the town of Ceneda which in ancient times was a ''castrum'' known as ''Ceneta'' and poetically as ''Acedum''. The city is situated in the
province of Treviso
The Province of Treviso ('' it, Provincia di Treviso'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso. The province is surrounded by Belluno in the north, Vicenza in the west, Padua in southwest, Venice in the so ...
, just north of
Conegliano
Conegliano (; Venetian: ''Conejan'') is a town and ''comune'' of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of people. The remains of a 10th-century castle ar ...
.
It was pillaged by
Attila
Attila (, ; ), frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European traditio ...
the Hun in 452, and a century later by
Totila
Totila, original name Baduila (died 1 July 552), was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552 AD. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the t ...
. After 568, during the domination of the
Lombards
The Lombards () or Langobards ( la, Langobardi) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.
The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and ...
, it was governed by a duke and then a count. Still later it became part of the
marquisate of Treviso
The March of Treviso ( la, Marca trevisana, it, Marca trevigiana or ) was a medieval territory in Venetia, between the Garda and the Julian March. The territory corresponded roughly to the region around the city of Treviso, including Belluno, F ...
.
The Gospel is said to have been preached in the region in the first century by
St. Fortunatus, deacon of bishop
St. Hermagoras of Aquileia. Attesting to the presence of Christianity is one of the earliest ''pieve'' of the diocese, Sant'Andrea di Bigonzo, which dates from the fourth century.
However, the historical beginning of episcopal see of Ceneda is uncertain. There may have been a bishop present in Ceneda very soon after the Lombard conquest. The first reputed bishop seems to have been Vindemius who was present in 579 at the
Synod of Grado The Synod of Grado was a Synod held in 579 by bishops loyal to the Patriarch of Aquileia. It was held in Grado as the Patriarch had fled there after the Lombard invasion of Northern Italy. The Synod helped to prolong the schism of the Three Chapt ...
which continued the
Schism of the Three Chapters The Schism of the Three Chapters was a schism that affected Chalcedonian Christianity in Northern Italy lasting from 553 to 698 AD, although the area out of communion with Rome contracted throughout that time. It was part of a larger Three-Chapter C ...
. In 680, it seems that a bishop Ursinus was present at the
Council of Rome
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convened against the Monothelites. However, the diocese does not seem to have been officially organized until 685 when the Lombard duke Grumoaldo assigned to the bishop of Ceneda a large part of the territory that had formerly been under the care of Oderzo to counter the claims of Oderzo's bishop in exile. Oderzo had, in fact, been destroyed by the Lombards in 667 and its Oderzo sought refuge with the
Byzantine
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s in the Venetian lagoon.
Significantly, the patron saint of the diocese is actually a bishop of
Oderzo
Oderzo ( la, Opitergium; vec, Oderso) is a ''comune'' with a population of 20,003 in the province of Treviso, Veneto, northern Italy.
It lies in the heart of the Venetian plain, about to the northeast of Venice. Oderzo is crossed by the Montican ...
, Titianus, whose body is said to have miraculously been carried up the Livenza River against the current and to have come to rest at the site of the present cathedral after being carried in a cart by a donkey.
From 994 the bishop of that city became also its temporal lord, even after it was politically incorporated into the Republic of
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
in 1389. In 1447 and in 1514 bishops Francesco and Oliviero gave the republic civil investiture of the territory of Ceneda, reserving for themselves and their successors (until about 1768) authority over the city and a few villas.
Among its bishops have been: Azzo (1140); Sigifredo (1170), during whose time there were many conflicts between Ceneda and the neighbouring towns; Antonion Correr (1409); Lorenzo da Ponte (1739), the last bishop to exercise temporal power, and Albino Luciani (1958–1969) who became pope
John Paul I
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in 1978.
Shrines
Within the confines of the diocese is the Basilica of
Motta di Livenza
Motta di Livenza (or di Ligenda/ Ligondo·la/ Livanda·la, later Ligondza, then Livenza) is a town in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy.
Twin towns
Motta di Livenza is twinned with:
* L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers, France
* Cres, Croatia
* Para ...
, built near the spot where Giovanni Cigana reported the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...
appeared to him on March 9, 1510 during his praying of the
rosary
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. She asked him and the inhabitants of the area to fast as an act of repentance for
sin
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for at least three consecutive Saturdays, pray to God for mercy, and to build a basilica on the site so that people could come for prayer. The
Marian apparition
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In the Catholic Church, in order for a reported appearance to be classified as a Marian ap ...
was subsequently investigated and proclaimed worthy of belief by
pope
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Julius II
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.
Diocesan patrons
*San Tiziano - feast day January 16.
*Sant'Augusta di Serravalle - feast day August 27; March 27 in the ''
Roman Martyrology
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''
Bishops
Diocese of Ceneda
''Erected: 6th century''
''Latin Name: Cenetensis''
''Metropolitan:
Patriarchate of Venice
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''
Some series begin with:
*
Vindemius (579–591?)
*
Ursinus (680–?)
*
Satinus (731–?)
*
Valentinianus (712–740)
*
Maximus
Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connection it may refer to:
* Circus Maximus (disambiguation)
* Pontifex maximus, the highest priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome
People Roman h ...
(741–790)
*
Dulcissimus (c.793–?)
*
Ermonius (c.827–?)
*
Ripaldus (885–908)
Coterminously Bishops of Ceneda and Counts of Ceneda:
from 950 to 1300
*
Sicardo (962–997),
given title of count by Holy Roman Emperor
*
Grauso (c. 998 – 1002?)
*
Bruno
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
()
*
Helminger (Elmengero) (1021–1031)
*
Almanguino (1053–?)
*
Giovanni Giovanni may refer to:
* Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname
* Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data
* ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...
(1074–?)
*
Roperto (1124–?)
*
Sigismondo
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The opera was not a success and Rossini later re-used some of its music in ''Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra'', ''The Barber ...
(1130–?)
*
Azzone Degli Azzoni
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(1140–1152)
*
Aimone (1152–?)
*
Sigisfredo da Conegliano (1170–1184)
*
Matteo Da Siena
Matteo di Giovanni (c. 1430 – 1495) was an Italian Renaissance artist from the Sienese School.
Biography
Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo was born in Borgo Sansepolcro around 1430. His family relocated to Siena and he is firmly associated with ...
(1187–1217)
*
Gherardo da Camino (1217)
*
Alberto Da Camino (1220–1242)
*
Warnerio da Polcenigo (Guarnieri Da Polcenigo) (1242–1251)
*
Rugerino di Aquileia (1251–1257)
*
Biaquino Da Camino (1257)
*
Alberto Da Collo
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(1257–1261)
*
Odorico (1261)
*
Presavio Novello (Prosapio Novello) (1262–1279)
*
Marzio da Fiabiane (Marco Da Fabiane) (1279–1285)
*
Pietro Calza (1286–1300)
from 1300 to 1600
*
Francesco Arpo (1300–1310),
first count of Tarzo
*
Manfredo di Collalto (1310–1320)
*
Francesco Ramponi
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People with the given name Francesco
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(1320–1348)
*
Gasberto de Orgoglio (Gualberto De'Orgoglio) (1349–1374)
*
Oliviero da Verona (1374–1377)
*
Francesco Calderini (1378–1381?)
*
Giorgio Torti (1381–1383)
["Bishop Giorgio Torti"]
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
*
Marco Porri (Marco De'Porris) (1383–1394),
["Bishop Marco Porri"]
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Venetian Republic
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*
Martino de' Franceschinis (Martino Franceschini) (1394–1399))
*
Pietro Marcelli
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People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his dea ...
(1399–1409)
["Bishop Pietro Marcelli"]
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*
Antonio Correr (bishop) (1409–1445)
["Bishop Antonio Correr, O.P."]
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*
Pietro Leon
Pietro Leon (died 1474) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ceneda (1445–1474) and Bishop of Ossero (1436–1445). ''(in Latin)'' (1445–1474)
*
Nicolò Trevisan
Nicolò Trevisa (died 1498) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ceneda (1474–1498). (1474–1498)
*
Francesco Brevio
Francesco Brevio (died 1508) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ceneda (1498–1508). (1498–1508)
*
Marino Grimani
Marino Grimani (c.1489–1546) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from an aristocratic Venetian family.
He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age. He was patriarch of Aquileia in 1517.
He was created Cardin ...
(1508–1517)
*
Domenico Grimani
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(1517–1520)
*
Giovanni Grimani Giovanni VI Grimani (8 July 1506, Venice - 3 October 1593, Venice) was an Italian bishop and patriarch of Aquileia.
Life
Nephew of Cardinal Domenico Grimani, brother of Marino Grimani and a member of the Venetian noble family of the Grimani, he was ...
(1520–1531)
*
Marino Grimani
Marino Grimani (c.1489–1546) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from an aristocratic Venetian family.
He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age. He was patriarch of Aquileia in 1517.
He was created Cardin ...
(1532–1540)
*
Giovanni Grimani Giovanni VI Grimani (8 July 1506, Venice - 3 October 1593, Venice) was an Italian bishop and patriarch of Aquileia.
Life
Nephew of Cardinal Domenico Grimani, brother of Marino Grimani and a member of the Venetian noble family of the Grimani, he was ...
(1540–1545), second time
*
Marino Grimani
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He was elected bishop of Ceneda in 1508, when he was under age. He was patriarch of Aquileia in 1517.
He was created Cardin ...
(1545–1546)
*
Michele della Torre Michele Della Torre (1511–1586) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
A member of the Della Torre family, Michele Della Torre was born in Udine in 1511, the son of nobleman Luigi della Torre and his wife Taddea Strasoldo. He became ...
(1547–1586), named cardinal 1583
*
Marco Antonio Mocenigo (1586–1597), erected diocesan seminary
from 1600 to 1786
*
Leonardo Mocenigo
Leonardo Mocenigo (died 1623) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ceneda (1599–1623). (1599–1623)
*
Piero Valier (1623–1625), translated to
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
*
Marco Giustiniani (1625–1631)
["Bishop Marco Giustiniani"]
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*
Marcantonio Bragadin(1631–1639), translated to
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...
*
Sebastiano Pisani (seniore)
Sebastiano Pisani (1606–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Archbishop of ''Thessalonica'' (1669–1670), Bishop of Verona (1653–1668) and Bishop of Ceneda (1639–1653). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' (1639–1653)
*
Albertino Barisoni
Albertino Barisoni (died 14 August 1667) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ceneda (1653–1667). (1653–1667)
*
Pietro Leoni (bishop) (1667–1691)
*
Marcantonio Agazzi (1692–1710)
*
Francesco Trevisan
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People with the given name Francesco
* Francesco I (disambiguation), sev ...
(1710–1725)
*
Benedetto De Luca (1725–1739)
*
Lorenzo Da Ponte (bishop) (1740–1768), born Venice, last count-bishop. He was the namesake of the
librettist of the same name, whom he baptised.
*
Giannagostino Gradenigo (1768–1774 Died)
*
Giampaolo Dolfin
Giampaolo Dolfin (1736-1819) was a Roman Catholic prelate who became Bishop of Bergamo from 1777 to 1819.
Life
Born
From an Italian ...
(1774–1777 Appointed,
Bishop of Bergamo
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Marco may refer to:
People
* Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco
* Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor
* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...]
(1777–1785) (Appointed
Bishop of Vicenza
The Diocese of Vicenza ( la, Dioecesis Vicentina) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy. )
*
Pietro Antonio Zorzi
Pietro is an Italian language, Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his dea ...
,
CRS (1786–1792)
from 1786 to 1939
*
Giambenedetto Falier (1792–1821 Died)
*
Giacomo Monico
Giacomo Monico (1776–1851) was an Italian prelate who was named Patriarch of Venice in 1827 and Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal in 1833.
Life
Born in Riese Pio X, Riese, he was educated in the seminary of the diocese of Treviso and ordain ...
(1823–1827)
*
Bernardo Antonino Squarcina,
OP (1828–1842)
*
Manfredo Giovanni Battista Bellati
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*Manfredo Alipala, Filipino boxer who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
*Manfredo do Carmo (1928–2018), Brazilian mathematician, former president of the Brazilian Mathematical So ...
(1843–1869 Died)
*
Corradino Cavriani (1871–1885)
*
Sigismondo Brandolini Rota (1885–1908)
*
Andrea Caron (1908–1912)
*
Rodolfo Caroli Rodolfo Caroli (16 December 1869 – 25 January 1921) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Diocese of Rome, was Bishop of Ceneda for four years, and then an archbishop and papal nuncio for four years before dying at the ag ...
(1913–1917)
*
Eugenio Beccegato
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The name's translated literal meaning is well born, or of noble status. Similar d ...
(1917–1943)
Diocese of Vittorio Veneto
''Name Changed: 13 May 1939''
''Latin Name: Victoriensis Venetorum''
''Metropolitan:
Patriarchate of Venice
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''
*
Giuseppe Zaffonato
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph,
from Latin Josephus, Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
The feminine form of the name ...
(1945–1956)
*
Giuseppe Carraro
Giuseppe Carraro (26 June 1899 – 30 December 1980) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Verona from 1958 until his retirement in 1978. He also served as the Bishop of Vittorio Veneto until his transferral to the see ...
(1956–1958)
*
Albino Luciani (1958–1969), translated to
Venice
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(1969); elected
Pope
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(1978)
*
Antonio Cunial (1970–1982)
*
Eugenio Ravignani
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Ravignani was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1955. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vittorio Veneto, Italy, from ...
(1983–1997)
*
Alfredo Magarotto
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People with the given na ...
(1997–2003)
*
Giuseppe Zenti (2003–2007)
*
Corrado Pizziolo
Corrado Pizziolo (born 23 December 1949) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Bishop
of Vittorio Veneto.
Biography
Corrado Pizziolo was born in Scandolara di Zero Branco, and studied at the minor and ma ...
(2007–present)
References
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External links
*Benigni, Umberto.
Ceneda" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. p. 519. Retrieved:2016-09-30.
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Veneto
Dioceses established in the 6th century