The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio ( la, Archidioecesis Ferrariensis-Comaclensis) has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Comacchio was combined with the historical archdiocese of Ferrara. It is 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

archdiocese of Bologna The Archdiocese of Bologna is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Italy. The cathedra is in the cathedral church of San Pietro, Bologna. The current archbishop is Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, ...

. The episcopal seat was transferred from Vicohabentia (Voghenza) to the newly founded Ferrara in 657. The earliest known bishop of Vicohabentia is Marcellinus, who was consecrated c. 429–431. Originally, it seems, the diocese (or at least the diocese of Vicohabentia) was a suffragan of the metropolitanate of Ravenna. Ferrara repeatedly contested that opinion, and claimed to be directly dependent upon the Holy See (the Pope).

Pope John XIII Pope John XIII ( la, Ioannes XIII; died 6 September 972) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 October 965 to his death. His pontificate was caught up in the continuing conflict between the Holy Roman emperor, Otto I, and t ...

, in April 967, confirmed that Ferrara was under papal jurisdiction, as far as election, consecration, investiture, and jurisdiction were concerned.

Pope Benedict VII Pope Benedict VII ( la, Benedictus VII; died October 983) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from October 974 to his death. Family and early career Benedict was born in Rome, the son of David or Deodatus and nephew of Alberic I ...

, in April 978, again confirmed the papal jurisdiction in much the same language. At some point between 1106 and 1123, however, the diocese of Ferrara fell under the control of the metropolitan of Ravenna, and Bishop Landolfo was suspended from office because of his refusal to submit to Archbishop Walter of Ravenna.

Pope Innocent II Pope Innocent II ( la, Innocentius II; died 24 September 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143. His election as pope was controversial and the fi ...

restored the original independence of the diocese of Ferrara on 11 March 1133; but on the death of Bishop Landolfo in 1138, the Archbishop of Ravenna asserted the right to consecrate his successor. The Ferrarese were required to produce their documentary proofs before the Pope, who issued a decree in favor of Ferrara as directly dependent upon the Holy See on 22 April 1139. Ferrara became an archdiocese, though without suffragans, by the Bull ''Paterna pontificii'' of

Pope Clement XII Pope Clement XII ( la, Clemens XII; it, Clemente XII; 7 April 16526 February 1740), born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to his death in February 1740. Clement presided over the ...

on 27 July 1735. Pope Clement goes out of his way to state that the diocese had always been directly subject to the Holy See, citing the decree ''Ad hoc'' of Pope Innocent II at the Lateran Council of 1139, and recalling subsequent similar rulings of Celestine II, Lucius II, Gregory VIII, Clement III, Celestine III, Innocent IV, Alexander VIII, Innocent XII, and Clement XI. This fortunate arrangement continued until 1976. In a decree of the Vatican Sacred Congregation of Bishops of 8 December 1976, a new arrangement of certain dioceses in ecclesiastical provinces was announced; the diocese of Ferrara was made a suffragan of the Archbishop of Bologna, though the Archbishop of Ferrara was allowed to keep the title of archbishop. As part of a project begun on orders from

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

, and continued under his successors, to reduce the number of dioceses in Italy and to rationalize their borders in terms of modern population changes and shortages of clergy, the diocese of Comacchio was united to the diocese of Ferrara by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops, on 30 September 1986. There was to be one bishop, and one curia, one cathedral, one Council of Consultors and one Council of Priests, and one seminary. The former cathedral of Comacchio was granted the title of Co-cathedral, and its Chapter was retained and not united with the Chapter of the Cathedral of Ferrara. The old diocesan name of ''Vicohabentia'' (Voghenza) was revived in 1967, as a titular See. It has been held by an auxiliary bishop of Cortona and an auxiliary bishop of Rome.

History

The earliest bishop of certain date is Constantinus Ferrariensis, who was present at the Roman Synod of

Pope Nicholas I Pope Nicholas I ( la, Nicolaus I; c. 800 – 13 November 867), called Nicholas the Great, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 24 April 858 until his death. He is remembered as a consolidator of papal authority, exerting dec ...

in 861. The synod had been summoned to deal with the case of Bishop John of Ravenna, who had excommunicated innocent persons and opposed pious works, and who, after having been admonished and summoned to a synod, refused to appear. St. Maurelius (''not'' M. Aurelius), Bishop of Vicohabentia and patron of the city of Ferrara, must have lived before this time. His legend is treated by Daniel Papenbroch, in the ''Acta Sanctorum'' Some think that the bishops of Ferrara are the successors to those of Voghenza (the ancient Vicus Haventia). On 25 March 1210, the

Emperor Otto IV Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France. He was a follower of his uncle Richard the Lionheart, who made him Count of Poitou in 1196 ...

, residing at Ferrara, issued an edict against heretics in Ferrara: ''...omnes hereticos Ferrarie commorantes, Patharenos sive Gazaros, Imperiali banno subjacere...et domus destruantur.''

Pope Alexander III Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland ( it, Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181. A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a con ...

visited Ferrara during his Venetian trip, from 10 April to 9 May 1177. At the end of his visit, on 8 May, he dedicated the High Altar in the Cathedral.

Pope Urban III Pope Urban III ( la, Urbanus III; died 20 October 1187), born Uberto Crivelli, reigned from 25 November 1185 to his death in 1187. Early career Crivelli was born in Cuggiono, Italy as the son of Guala Crivelli and had four brothers: Pietro, D ...

died at Ferrara on 20 October 1187, only a month after having escaped from Verona, where he was being besieged by

Frederick Barbarossa Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (german: link=no, Friedrich I, it, Federico I), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death 35 years later. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on ...

. He was buried in the Cathedral. The Conclave to elect his successor began (and ended) on the next day with the election of Cardinal Alberto di Morro, who took the name

Pope Gregory VIII Pope Gregory VIII ( la, Gregorius VIII; c. 1100/1105 – 17 December 1187), born Alberto di Morra, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States for two months in 1187. Becoming Pope after a long diplomatic career as Aposto ...

. He left Ferrara for Rome on November 16, and died at Pisa on 17 December 1187. Bishop Niccolò Roberti (1393–1401) was the son of Cabrino de' Roberti da Reggio and his wife Margherita del Sale, and grandson of Filippo de' Roberti da Troia. The bishop had two brothers, Filippo and Alberto, and a sister Giovanna, who was married to

Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara Alberto (V) d'Este (27 February 1347 – 30 July 1393) was lord of Ferrara and Modena from 1388 until his death. He was associated in the lordship of the House of Este by his brother Niccolò in 1361, becoming the sole ruler of Ferrara and Mo ...

(died 1393). Suddenly, on 22 January 1400, Alberto's son,

Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara Niccolò III d'Este (9 November 1383 – 26 December 1441) was Marquess of Ferrara from 1393 until his death. He was also a condottiero. Biography Born in Ferrara, the son of Alberto d'Este and Isotta Albaresani, he inherited the rule of t ...

, ordered the arrest of Alberto de' Roberti, the President of the Council; his brother Filippo; their mother Margherita; and Marco de' Pii da Carpi, who was married to the Bishop's sister Taddea. Alberto and Margherita's property was confiscated, and both were beheaded on 6 March 1400. The Bishop's brother Filippo was sent into exile, and Marco Pio was kept in prison. Bishop Niccolò was deposed from his bishopric, though

Pope Boniface IX Pope Boniface IX ( la, Bonifatius IX; it, Bonifacio IX; c. 1350 – 1 October 1404, born Pietro Tomacelli) was head of the Catholic Church from 2 November 1389 to his death in October 1404. He was the second Roman pope of the Western Schism.Richa ...

issued a decree vouching for his absolute innocence. The cause of the Marchese's violent actions is unknown. On 8 January 1438,

Pope Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV ( la, Eugenius IV; it, Eugenio IV; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 3 March 1431 to his death in February 1447. Condulmer was a Venetian, and ...

opened the seventeenth ecumenical council in Ferrara, but the plague of 1439 compelled him to move the sessions to Florence.

Cathedral and Chapter

The Cathedral of San Giorgio was begun in 1132, and consecrated in 1135 by Bishop Landolfo (1105–1138/1139), with the participation of the Papal Legate in Bologna, Cardinal Azzo. The High Altar was consecrated by

on 18 May 1177. It also served as a parish church, and the Archpriest of the Cathedral Chapter served as the pastor of the congregation. In 1735, when the diocese became a metropolitanate with an Archbishop, the Cathedral became a metropolitan cathedral. It was granted the title and privileges of a Minor Basilica by

on 13 November 1959.

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III ( la, Paulus III; it, Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death in November 1549. He came to ...

visited the city of Ferrara along with seventeen cardinals in April 1543. At the Solemn Mass held in the Cathedral on 24 April, the Feast of Saint George, he granted to all the Canons the right to call themselves ''Monsignor''. In 1746, the Chapter of the Cathedral was composed of seven dignities and thirteen Canons. The dignities were: the Archpriest, the Provost, the Archdeacon, the Primicerius, the Custos, the Treasurer, and the Dean. The Chapter was abolished on the Feast of Corpus Christi, 1798, in accordance with French laws, which had come into force in the

Cisalpine Republic The Cisalpine Republic ( it, Repubblica Cisalpina) was a sister republic of France in Northern Italy that existed from 1797 to 1799, with a second version until 1802. Creation After the Battle of Lodi in May 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte organized t ...

. It was restored in 1799, but abolished again in 1800.

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

restored the Chapter by a decree of 8 June 1805, but also reordered its composition. According to his orders, there were to be: the Archpriest, the Provost, the Treasurer, the Theologus, the Penitentiary, and ten additional Canons. The arrangement still holds good, with the addition of ''Honorary Canons'', currently five in number, with two ''Emeriti'' and three ''Supernumerarii''; there are also seven ''Mansionarii'', each with a five year term. On 12 April 1530 a new set of Statutes was approved for the Cathedral Chapter, ''Reverendi Capituli Dominorum Canonicorum Ecclesiae Ferrariensis nova Statuta anno 153o die XII mensis Aprilis condita''.

Seminary

The

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, in its 23rd Session, meeting on 15 July 1563, issued a decree, the 18th chapter of which required that every diocese have a seminary for the training of clergy. The seminary of the diocese of Ferrara was founded by Bishop Paolo Leoni (1578–1590), in accordance with the decrees of the

, and opened on 22 July 1584. In 1723, Cardinal Tommaso Ruffo (1717–1738) purchased the Palazzo Costabili-Trotti, to which he transferred the personnel of the seminary in 1724. In 1755, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi (1746–1768) added the Palazzo Libanori-Guastavillari. The seminary was closed in 1798 by the French occupation officials, though it was allowed to reopen in the next year. In 1955, the seminary moved to its present quarters, a completely modern building.

Synods

A diocesan synod was an irregular 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 1278 Bishop Guglielmo held a synod (''Cleri Conventus''), and on 9 December issued a set of Statutes. Bishop Guido held a diocesan synod in 1332 and published its Statutes and those of his predecessors which he had collected. It included a section on sorcerers (xliii), who were subject to excommunication. On 27 February 1579, Bishop Paolo Leoni held a synod in Ferrara. He held another in 1588; and another on 12 April 1589. Diocesan synods were held by Bishop Giovanni Fontana in 1590, 1591, 16 April 1592, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1596, 1587, and 1599. Cardinal Leni held a diocesan synod in 1612. Cardinal Magalotti held a synod in 1637. Cardinal Stefano Donghi held his first synod in Ferrara in 1666. Cardinal Taddeo del Verme held a diocesan synod in Ferrara in 1711. Cardinal Thomas Ruffo held a diocesan synod in 1726. A diocesan synod was held by Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi in June 1751. Cardinal Alessandro Mattei held a diocesan synod in 1781.

Parishes and churches

There are 171 parishes in the diocese. In addition there are 20 churches in the city of Ferrara which are not parishes; 2 in Comacchio; and 10 elsewhere in the diocese.

Bishops and Archbishops

Diocese of Ferrara

:... *Viator (attested 881) :... *Leo (attested 970, 981) *Gregorius (attested 988, 998) *Ingo (Ingone) *Ambrosius *Rolandus (attested 1046) *Gratianus *Guido :... *Landolfo (1105–1138/1139) *Grifo (c. 1139 – after 1155) *Amatus (c. 1158 – c. 1173) *Presbiterinus (attested 1175, 1181) *Teobaldus (attested 1184, 1186) *Stephanus (1186–1189) *

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(1190–1210) :''Sede vacante'' (1210–1214) ::''

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, elected 1211'' *Rotlandus (1214–1231) *Gravendinus (Garsendinus) (1231–1237) Bishop Elect *

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(1239–1249) *Giovanni Quarini (1252–1257) *Alberto Pandoni, O.E.S.A. (1257–1274) *Guglielmo (1274 – after 1286) *Federico de'Conti di San Martino (1289–1303) : ttobono del Carretto (1304)*Guido, O.P. (1304–1332) *Guido da Baisio (1332–1349) *Filippo d'Antella (1349–1357) *Bernardo de la Bussière (1357–1371) :''Sede Vacante (1372–1377) ::Cardinal Pierre d'Estaing, O.S.B.Clun. (1371–1374) ''Administrator'' * Aldobrandino d'Este (1377–1381) *Guido da Baisio (1382–1383) *Tommaso Marcapesci (1384–1392) * Niccolò Roberti (1393–1401) * Pietro Bojardi (24 Jan 1401 – Dec 1431 Resigned) *

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(29 Oct 1431 Appointed – 24 Jul 1446 Died) *

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(de Padua) (8 Aug 1446 – 18 Apr 1460) *

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(26 Mar 1460 – 1474 Died) * Bartolommeo della Rovere, O.F.M. (1474–1494) *Cardinal Juan de Borja Lanzol (1494–1503) *Cardinal

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(8 Oct 1503 – 3 Sep 1520) ''Administrator'' *Cardinal

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(12 Sep 1520 – 1 May 1550 Resigned) ''Administrator'' *

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(1 May 1550 – 1563 Resigned) ''Administrator'' *

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(1563–1577) *

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(17 Mar 1578 – 7 Aug 1590 Died) * Giovanni Fontana (7 Aug 1590 – 5 Jul 1611) *Cardinal Giaovanni Battista Leni (1611–1627) *Cardinal

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(1628–1637) *Cardinal

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(1638–1653) *Cardinal

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(2 Aug 1655 – 26 Feb 1663 Resigned) *Cardinal

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(26 Feb 1663 – 26 Nov 1669 Died) * Carlo Cerri (19 May 1670 – 14 May 1690 Died) *

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(27 Nov 1690 – 27 Aug 1691) *

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(2 Jan 1696 – 27 Dec 1696 Died) *

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(27 Jan 1698 – 14 Mar 1701 Resigned) *

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(14 Mar 1701 – 12 Jan 1717 Died) *

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(10 May 1717 – 26 Apr 1738 Resigned)

Archdiocese of Ferrara

''Elevated: 27 July 1735''
''Immediately Subject to the Holy See'' *Raniero d'Elci (5 May 1738 – 15 Sep 1740 Resigned) *Bonaventura Barberini, O.F.M. Cap. (16 Sep 1740 – 15 Oct 1743 Died) *Girolamo Crispi (16 Dec 1743 – 24 Jul 1746 Died) *Marcello Crescenzi (22 Aug 1746 – 24 Aug 1768) *

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(15 Mar 1773 – 14 Feb 1777 Resigned) *

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(17 Feb 1777 – 2 Apr 1800) :Vacant (1800–1807) *Paolo Patricio Fava Ghisleri (24 Aug 1807 – 14 Aug 1822) *

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, S.J. (10 Mar 1823 – 2 Jul 1826 Resigned) *Filippo Filonardi (3 Jul 1826 – 3 May 1834) * Gabriele della Genga Sermattei (23 Jun 1834 – 13 Jan 1843 Resigned) *Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini (30 Jan 1843 – 11 Apr 1850 Died) *Luigi Vannicelli Casoni (20 May 1850 – 21 Apr 1877 Died) * Luigi Giordani (22 Jun 1877 – 21 Apr 1893 Died) *Egidio Mauri, O.P. (12 Jun 1893 – 13 Mar 1896 Died) *

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(30 Nov 1896 – 9 Apr 1900 Appointed,

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) * Giulio Boschi (19 Apr 1900 – 7 Jan 1919 Resigned) *Francesco Rossi (15 Dec 1919 – 25 Jul 1929 Died) *Ruggero Bovelli (4 Oct 1929 – 9 Jun 1954 Died) *Natale Mosconi (5 Aug 1954 – 21 Apr 1976 Resigned) *Filippo Franceschi (15 Jul 1976 – 7 Jan 1982 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Padua) *Luigi Maverna (25 Mar 1982 – 8 Sep 1995 Retired)

Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio

''United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Comacchio (-Pomposa)''
''Latin Name: Ferrariensis-Comaclensis''
''Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Bologna'' *

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(8 Sep 1995 – 16 Dec 2003 Appointed,

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) * Paolo Rabitti (2 Oct 2004 – 1 Dec 2012 Retired) * Luigi Negri (1 December 2012 – 15 February 2017 Retired) *

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(15 Feb 2017)

Notes and references

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Studies

*Balboni, Dante (1967). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie écclesiastiques'', 16 (1967) sub voce "Ferraria", coll. 1192-98, corretto da Antonio Samaritani, Enrico Peverada e Lorenzo Paliotto. * * Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1844)
''Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni''
vol. II, Venezia 1844, pp. 579–624
''Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni''
vol. IV, Venezia 1846, pp. 9–226. * Enciclopedia Cattolica sub voce Ferrara. Città del Vaticano 1950. * * * * * *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1906). ''Italia Pontificia'
Vol. V: Aemilia, sive Provincia Ravennas
Berlin: Weidmann. (in Latin). * Lanzoni, Francesco (1898)
''Il primo vescovo di Comacchio''
in Atti e memorie della regia deputazione di storia patria per le Provincie di Romagna, Terza serie, vol. XXVII, 1909, pp. 62–70 * Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)
', vol. II, Faenza 1927, p. 811-813; 819 * Santolaria de Puey y Cruells, José-Apelesbr>''Annuario Diocesano 2017. Indicatore ecclesiastico per l'anno 2017. Stato del clero e delle parrocchie''
Arcidiocesi di Ferrara-Comacchio 2016 * Santolaria de Puey y Cruells, José-Apeles ''Gli affreschi della Sala degli stemmi del Palazzo arcivescovile di Ferrara'', Archivio Storico Ecclesiastico di Ferrara,

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2017 *

Bibliography of churches

* * * * * Andrea Borsetti ''Supplemento al Compendio historico del Guarini'' * COMITATO DIOCESANO PER IL GRANDE GIUBILEO 2000 ''Guida del pellegrino in terra ferrarese'' * FERRARIAE DECUS ''Chiese di Ferrara antiche e nuove'' * Giovannini, Claudio (2005). ''Alla ricerca delle 103 chiese, monasteri, oratori esistenti in Ferrara nell'anno 1782'' Ferrara: 2005. * * *

Ugo Malagù Ugo is the Italian form of Hugh, a widely used name of Germanic origin. Its diminutive form is Ugolino. It is also a Nigerian Igbo first name. It may refer to: People * Vgo (stonemason), medieval stonemason * Ugo Bassi, a Roman Catholic pries ...

''Guida del ferrarese'' * Alfonso Maresti ''Teatro genealogico et istorico'' * Gualtiero Medri ''Chiese di Ferrara nella cerchia antica'' * *

Giuseppe Antenore Scalabrini Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin 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 is Giuse ...

''Guida per la città e i borghi di Ferrara in cinque giornate'' * * Marcello Toffanello ''Ferrara Guide'' * TOURING CLUB ''Ferrara e provincia'' * Piero Viganò ''Ferrara, il fascino del suo territorio'' * Piero Viganò ''Paesi e parrocchie dell'Arcidiocesi di Ferrara''

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