The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostium ( la, Archidioecesis Brundusina-Ostunensis) in

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, has carried its present name since 1986. It is a

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of the

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''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016 The historical archdiocese of Brindisi was promoted from a diocese in the tenth century. The territory of the diocese of Ostuni was added to it in 1821. The archdiocese lost its status as

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in 1980.

History

There is no historical proof for early beginnings of Christianity in Brindisi, except the account given by

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, who died c. 330, of the fall of

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, who withdrew to Brindisi and cast himself from a high rock into the sea. According to a local legend, the first Bishop of

Brindisi Brindisi ( , ) ; la, Brundisium; grc, Βρεντέσιον, translit=Brentésion; cms, Brunda), group=pron is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Histo ...

was

Leucius of Brindisi Saint Leucius was initially a missionary from Alexandria, Egypt, who later founded the Diocese of Brindisi, as the first Bishop in 165. It is believed that he later suffered martyrdom in 180. Early life Not much is known of Leucius' early life, ...

, about 165, who later underwent martyrdom. Leucius is called a confessor or, by

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, a martyr. He is said to have been from Alexandria in Egypt, to have come to Brindisi already a bishop, with his archdeacon, and to have baptised some 27,000 people. The earliest account of his life says he died under the Emperor Theodosius; Theodosius I ruled from 379–395, and Theodosius II from 408–450. Other versions put his death under Commodus, between 180 and 192, and yet others place his martyrdom under Valerianus, 253–259. That he was made a bishop from the east rather than one connected with Rome suggests that his story was worked on when Brindisi was subject to Constantinople, between the 8th and 10th centuries.

Oria

The Diocese of Brindisi at first embraced the territory comprised within the present diocese of Oria. In the tenth century, after Brindisi had been destroyed by the

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, the bishops took up their abode at Oria, on account of its greater security. In 1572–1591, during the tenure of the Spanish Bishop Bernardino de Figueroa movements were made to separate Oria as seat of a new diocese. The town was erected into an

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on 8 May 1591 by

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, after the death of the Spaniard, Archbishop Bernardino de Figueroa. After an interval of four and a half years first bishop of Oria was appointed, Vincenzo del Tufo, in 1596. In the reorganization of the dioceses of the

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in 1818 Brindisi was combined with the Diocese of Ostuni, formerly its suffragan. Brindisi has been an archiepiscopal see since the tenth century. The ancient cathedral was located outside the city, but in 1140 Roger II, King of Sicily and Naples, built the present cathedral in the centre of the city.

Synods

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica ''de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis'' (March 19, 1997)
''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' 89
(1997), pp. 706-727. In 1608, Bishop Juan de Falces (1605-1636) presided over a diocesan synod. He held another, his third, on 10 September 1615. A fourth took place on 16 October 1616. A fifth diocesan synod was held on 9 April 1617, and a sixth on 22 April 1618. His seventh synod was held on 8 September 1618, his eighth on 2 May 1621, and his ninth on 10 April 1622.

Bishops of Brindisi

to 1200

*Leucius ( ? ) : arcus (attested 325):

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:... *Julianus (attested c.492–496) :... *Pretiosus (6th cent. ?) :... * Andrea (died 979) :... *Nardo (c. 1040) * Eustasius (c.1052–c.1071) :... *Gregorius ? (attested 1074, 1080 ?) ;Archbishops of Brindisi e Oria *Godinus (1085–1098) *Baldwin (attested 1100) *Nicholas (1101–1105) *Guilelmus (1105–1118) *Bajalardus (Bailardo) (1118–1143) *Lupus (1144–1172) *Wilelmus (1173–1181) *Petrus (1183–1196) *Girardus (1196–c.1216)

1200 to 1500

*Peregrinus (1216–1224) *Petrus de Bisignano (1225–1239?) *Petrus Paparone (1239–1254?) *Peregrinus (1254–1288?) *Adenulfus (1288–1295) *Andreas Pandone (1296–1304) :Radulfus (1304–1306) ''Administrator'' *Bartholomaeus (1306–1319) *Bertrandus, O.P. (1319–1333) *Guilelmus Isardi, O.Min. (1333-1344) *Guilelmus de Rosières, O.S.B. (1344–1346) *

Galhard de Carceribus Galhard de Carceribus (died 30 May 1348) was a papal legate, bishop of Veszprém (appointed on 2 March 1345), and archbishop of Brindisi (from 19 July 1346 to his death in 1348). He was born in the Diocese of Cahors. During 1335 to 1343 he visi ...

(1346–1348) *Joannes de Porta (1348–1352) *Pinus, O.P. (1352–1378?) *Gurellus (1379– ) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Marinus del Judice (c.1379–1382) ''Roman Obedience'' *Riccardus de Rogeriis (1382–c.1409) ''Roman Obedience'' *Victor (1409–1411) ''Roman Obedience'' *Paulus (Romanus) (1411– ? ) *Pandullus (1412–1414) ''Pisan Obedience'' *Aragonus de Malaspina (1415–1418) ''Pisan Obedience'' *Paulus (1418–1423) *Petrus Gattula (1423– ) *Pietro de Gattula (1423-1437) *Goffredo Carusio (1453-1471) *Francesco de Arenis (1477-1483) *Roberto Piscicelli (1484-1513)

1500 to 1800

*Domingo Idiocáiz (1513-1518) *Gian Pietro Carafa (1518-1524) *

Girolamo Aleandro Girolamo Aleandro (also Hieronymus Aleander; 13 February 14801 February 1542) was an Italian cardinal, and . Life Aleandro was born on 13 February 1480 in Motta di Livenza, in the province of Treviso, part of the Republic of Venice. He studied i ...

(1524–1541) *Francesco Aleandro (1541-1560) :''Sede vacante'' (1560–1564) * Giovanni Carlo Bovio (1564–1572) * Bernardino de Figueroa (1571–1591) *Andrés de Ayardis (1591-1595) *Juan Pedrosa, O.S.B. (1598-1604) *Juan Santisteban de Falces, O.S.Hier. (1605-1636) *Francesco Surgenti (Sorgente), C.R. (1638-1640) *Dionysius Odriscol, O.F.M. Obs. (1640-1650) *Lorenzo Reynoso (1652-1656) :''Sede vacante'' (1656–1659) *Francesco de Estrada (1659-1671) *Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. (1673–1676) *Manuel de la Torre (1677-1679) *Giovanni de Torrecilla y Cárdenas (1681-1688) *Francesco Ramírez, O.P. (1689-1697) *Agustín Antonio de Arellano, O.S.A. (1698-1699) *Bernabé de Castro, O.S.A. (1700-1707) :''Sede vacante'' (1707–1715) * Pablo de Vilana Perlas (1715-1723) * Andrea Maddalena (1724–1743) *Antonino Sersale (1743-1750) *Giovanni Angelo Ciocchi del Monte (1751-1759) *Domenico Rovegno (1759-1763) *Giuseppe de Rossi (1764-1778) *Giovanni Battista Rivellini (1778-1795)Rivellini: *Annibale Di Leo (1798-1814)

since 1800

:''Sede vacante'' (1814–1818) *Antonio Barretta, Theat. (1818–1819) *Giuseppe Maria Tedeschi, O.P. (1819-1825) *Pietro Consiglio (1826–1839) *Didacus (Diego) Planeta (1841–1850) *Giuseppe Rotondo (1850-1855) *Raffaele Ferrigno (1856-1875) *Luigi Maria Aguilar, B. (1875-1892) *Salvatore Palmieri, C.Pp.S. (1893-1905) *Luigi Morando, C.S.S. (1906-1909) *Tommaso Valerio Valeri, O.F.M. (1910-1942) *Francesco de Filippis (1942-1953) *Nicola Margiotta (1953-1975) *Settimio Todisco (1975-2000) *Rocco Talucci (2000-2012) *Domenico Caliandro 2012–2022CV of Archbishop Caliandro: Arcidiocesi di Brindisi-Ostuno
"Arcivescovo: Biografia, S.E. Mons. Domenico Caliandro"
retrieved 28 June 2019. *Giovanni Intini 2022–present

Notes and references

Bibliography

Reference for bishops

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Studies

* *Carito, Giacomo (2007)
"Gli arcivescovi di Brindisi sino al 674,"
in: ''Parola e storia'', I, n. 2/ 2007, pp. 197-225. *Carito, Giacomo (2008)
"Gli arcivescovi di Brindisi dal VII al X secolo,"
, in ''Parola e storia : rivista dell'Istituto superiore di scienze religiose San Lorenzo da Brindisi dell'Arcidiocesi di Brindisi-Ostuni, facoltà teologica pugliese'' Vol. 2 (2008), n. 2 (4), pp. 289-308. *Carito, Giacomo (2009)
"Gli arcivescovi di Brindisi nell'XI secolo,"
, in ''Parola e storia'' Anno 3 (2009), n. 1 (5), pp. 57-78. *Carito, Giacomo (2010)
"Gli arcivescovi di Brindisi nel XII secolo,"
, in: ''Parola e storia'' Anno 4 (2010), n. 1 (7), pp. 51-89. *Coco, F. A. (1914). ''Titoli dignitari e nobiliari della sede arcivescovile di Brindisi. Studio storico critico.'' Lecce: Giurdignano, 1914. *Guerrieri, Vito (1848), "Brindisi", in: *Kamp, Norbert (1975). ''Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien.'' I. Prosopographische Grundlegung: 2. Apulien und Kalabrien. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1962). ''Italia pontificia''. Vol. IX: Samnium — Apulia — Lucania. Berlin: Weidmann. * *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)
'. Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 305–310, 312, 317. *

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