Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
-Città della Pieve ( la, Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis) was historically the Diocese of Perugia. It became the Archdiocese of Perugia in 1882, but without
suffragan
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History
In the
martyrologies
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are found the names of the martyrs Constantius (Constantinus, whom some believe to have been a bishop), Florentius, and Felicissimus, who died at
Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
. Under the
Emperor Decius
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A distinguished politician during the reign of Philip the Arab, Decius was procla ...
one Decentius was bishop, according to the tradition; but the first bishop of whom there is any certain knowledge was St. Herculanus, killed by King
Totila
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in 546; many admit there were two bishops and saints of this name, of whom the first is said to have died either in one of the great persecutions or under
Julian the Apostate
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(Cappelletti).
Notable successors of St. Herculanus:
* Joannes, who consecrated
Pope Pelagius I
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(566)
* Aventius (591)
* Laurentius (649)
* Benenatus (679))
* St. Asclepiodorus (about 700), whose relics were later taken to Metz
* Conon (998) and Andreas (1033), who had various controversies with the abbots of San Pietro
* Joannes (1105), who consecrated the monastery of Monte Corona
* Vivianus, who was present at the council of 1179
* Giovanni (1206), who gave a convent to St. Francis
* Salvio de' Salvi (1231), a learned prelate, who restored Santo Stefano, the ancient cathedral
* Francesco Poggi, O. Min. (1312), who built S. Domenico nuovo
* Andrea Bontempi (1339), a cardinal, and legate general of Umbria
*
Andrea Giovanni Baglione
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(1434), who filled several convents with reformed religious
*
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* Dionisio Lazzari (1617-1689), Italian sculptor and architect
* Dionisio Aguado y García (1784-1849), Spanish classical guitarist and composer
* Papa Isio (1846-1911), Dionisio Ma ...
(1482), who erected the altar of the chapel del Sacro Anello
*
Giovanni Lopez
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(1492), a cardinal who enjoyed influence under
Pope Alexander VI
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*
Trilo Baglione
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(1501), deposed by Alexander VI for having taken up arms against
Cesare Borgia
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and restored to his see by
Pope Julius II
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*
Antonio Ferreri
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(1506), who suspected by Julius II died in the Castle of S. Angelo in 1508
* Cardinal
Agostino Spinola
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Biography
A member of the Spinola family, Agostino Spinola was born in Savona, Italy ca. 1482, the son of Giovanni Spinola, ''consignore'' of Garessio, and P ...
(1510), under whom the canons of the cathedral, who since the twelfth century had lived according to the Rule of St. Augustine, were relieved of that rule
*
Giacomo Simoneta
Giacomo Simonetta (1475–1539) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Giacomo was born in Milan, the son of Giovanni and his second wife Catarina Barbavara, daughter of Marcolino Barbavara.
He studied law in Milan. In ...
(1535), a cardinal
* Fulvio Corneo (1550), reformer of the diocese and founder of the seminary
* Ippolito Corneo (1553), who established a house of reform, and a monastery for poor young men
* Giulio Oradini (1562), who founded a college for clerks
*
Napoleone Comitoli
Napoleone Comitoli (1548 – 30 August 1624) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Perugia (1591–1624).M. Ant. Ausidei (1726), who embellished the cathedral
* Alessandro M. Odoardi (1776), a zealous prelate, who discovered the body of St. Costanzo
* Camillo Campanelli (1804), who took the oath of allegiance to Napoleon
* Carlo Filesio Cittadini (1818), against the Provisional Government of 1831, who saved the city from pillage at that time
*
Gioacchino Pecci
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(1846), who became Pope Leo XIII, and who made Perugia an archdiocese without suffragans
Ordinaries
Diocese of Perugia
Erected in the 2nd century with the Latin name ''Dioecesis Perusina''
*
Agostino da Lanzano
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Juan López (cardinal)
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Juan López was born in Valencia, ca. 1455. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Christian theology.
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(29 Dec 1492 – 15 Oct 1498 Appointed,
Archbishop of Capua
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Antonio Ferrero
Antonio Ferrero (died 1508) (called the Cardinal of Gubbio) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Antonio Ferrero was born into a poor family in Savona. As a youth, he was a squire of Cardinal Girolamo Basso della Rover ...
(30 Mar 1506 – 23 Jul 1508 (died))
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Matteo Baldeschi
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(degli Ubaldi) (28 Jul 1508 – Dec 1509 (died))
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Agostino Spínola
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Biography
A member of the Spinola family, Agostino Spinola was born in Savona, Italy ca. 1482, the son of Giovanni Spinola, ''consignore'' of Garessio, and ...
(19 Dec 1509 – 15 Feb 1529 (resigned))
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Carlo Spinola
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(15 Feb 1529 – 15 Nov 1535 (died))
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Giacomo Simonetta
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Biography
Giacomo was born in Milan, the son of Giovanni and his second wife Catarina Barbavara, daughter of Marcolino Barbavara.
He studied law in Milan. In ...
(20 Dec 1535 – 20 Jul 1538 (resigned))
*
Francesco Bernardino Simonetta
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(29 Jul 1538 – 1550 (died))
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Fulvio Giulio della Corgna
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Biography
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna was born in Perugia on 19 November 1517, the son of Francia della ...
,
O.S.Io.Hieros.
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(5 Mar 1550 – 22 Mar 1553 (resigned))
* Ippolito della Corgna (22 Mar 1553 – 1562 (resigned))
* Giulio Oradini (17 Apr 1562 – 10 Sep 1564 (resigned))
*
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna (also Della Cornia, Della Corgnia) (19 November 1517 – 2 March 1583) was a Tuscan Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna was born in Perugia on 19 November 1517, the son of Francia della ...
,
O.S.Io.Hieros.
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(6 Sep 1564 – 5 May 1574 (resigned))
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Francesco Bossi
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Biography
Francesco Bossi was born i ...
(5 May 1574 – 21 Oct 1579 Appointed,
Bishop of Novara
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Vincenzo Ercolano
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Bishop of Imola (1573–1579), ''(in Latin)''
and Bishop of Sarno (1569–1573). ...
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* Antonio Maria Gallo (5 Nov 1586 – 19 Jul 1591 Appointed,
Bishop of Osimo
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Cosimo de Torres
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(16 Sep 1624 – 3 Apr 1634 (appointed
Archbishop of Monreale
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* Orazio Monaldi (14 Dec 1643 – Dec 1656 (died))
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Marcantonio Oddi
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(23 Jun 1659 – 24 Feb 1668 (died))
* Lucalberto Patrizi (3 Jun 1669 – 29 Aug 1701 (died))
* Antonio Felice Marsili (5 Dec 1701 – 5 Jul 1710 (died))
* Vitale Giuseppe de' Buoi (23 Feb 1711 – 23 Nov 1726 (died))
* Marco Antonio Ansidei (16 Dec 1726 – 14 Feb 1730 (died))
* Francesco Riccardo Ferniani (11 Dec 1730 – 25 Aug 1762 (died))
* Filippo Amadei (22 Nov 1762 – 9 Aug 1775 (died))
* Alessandro Maria Odoardi (29 Jan 1776 – 2 Feb 1805 (died))
* Camillo Campanelli (23 Sep 1805 – 30 Jul 1818 (died))
* Carlo Filesio Cittadini (2 Oct 1818 – 16 Apr 1845 (died))
* Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, Archbishop (personal title), cardinal (in 1853) (19 Jan 1846 – 27 Feb 1880 (resigned upon election as Pope Leo XIII in 1878))
* Federico Pietro Foschi (27 Feb 1880 – 12 Nov 1895 (died))
Archdiocese of Perugia
Elevated: 27 March 1882'', with the Latin name ''Archidioecesis Perusina''
* Dario Mattei-Gentili (29 November 1895 – 30 September 1910 (resigned))
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* Giovanni Battista Rosa (11 December 1922 – 29 October 1942 (died))
* Mario Vianello (11 March 1943 – 13 August 1955 (died))
*
Pietro Parente
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(15 September 1955 – 23 October 1959 (appointed
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; future cardinal)
* Raffaele Baratta (17 December 1959 – 15 October 1968 (retired))
* Ferdinando Lambruschini (15 October 1968 – 25 July 1981 (died))
* Cesare Pagani (21 November 1981 – 12 March 1988 (died))
Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve
United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Città della Pieve; Latin name: ''Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis''
* Ennio Antonelli (6 October 1988 – 26 May 1995 (resigned)); future cardinal
* Giuseppe Chiaretti (9 December 1995 – 16 July 2009 (retired))
*
Gualtiero Bassetti
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(16 July 2009 – 27 May 2022 (retired)), cardinal in 2014
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Ivan Maffeis
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Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...