The Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino ( la, Archidioecesis Senensis-Collensis-Ilcinensis) is a
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archdiocese in
Tuscany
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Siena. Until 1459, the diocese was immediately subject to the Holy See (Papacy), and its bishops attended the Roman synods. In 1459,
Pope Pius II
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made Siena a metropolitan archbishopric.
History
From September 1407 to January 1408, Siena played host to the papal Court of
Pope Gregory XII
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of the Roman Obedience.
In 1423, Siena was host to what was announced as a general council of the Church. Such meetings had been mandated by the
Council of Constance
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, and, though
Pope Martin V
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was most reluctant to have another council like Pisa or Constance, he authorized the assembly to meet in Pavia in the Spring of 1423. On 22 June, however, alleging the presence of the pestilence in Pavia, the Pope transferred the council to Siena. On 21 July 1423 the Council reopened in Siena, though there was only one general session, on 8 November. Work continued until the papal legates dissolved the council on 26 February 1424, though the papal bull of dissolution was not published until 12 March.
On 22 April 1459,
Pope Pius II
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issued the bull "Triumphans Pastor", in which he raised the diocese of Siena to metropolitan status, and assigned to it as
suffragan
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s the dioceses of Soano, Chiusi, Massa, and Grosseto.
Consolidation
The
Second Vatican Council
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, in order to ensure that all Catholics received proper spiritual attention, decreed the reorganization of the diocesan structure of Italy and the consolidation of small and struggling dioceses.
In 1980, the diocese of Montalcino claimed a Catholic population of 24,500 persons. Colle di Val d'Elsa had slightly over 60,000.
On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat. Based on the revisions, a set of ''Normae'' was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, ''aeque personaliter'', was abolished. This made the combining of Montalcino and Colle di Val d'Elsa under one bishop infeasible. Instead, the Vatican continued consultations which had begun under
Pope John XXIII
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for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese. On 30 September 1986,
Pope John Paul II
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ordered that the dioceses of Montalcino and Colle be merged with the diocese of Siena, into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title ''Archidioecesis Senensis-Collensis-Ilcinensis''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Siena, and the cathedral of Siena was to serve as the cathedral of the merged dioceses. The cathedrals in Montepulciano and Colle were to become co-cathedrals, and the cathedral Chapters were to be a ''Capitulum Concathedralis''. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Siena, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the former dioceses of Montepulciano and of Colle.
Synods
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Cardinal Francesco Maria Tarugi (1597–1607), Archbishop of Siena, presided over a provincial synod in Siena in 1599, and published the decrees of the assembly.
Archbishop Giuseppe Mancini (1824–1855) held a provincial synod in Siena from 30 June to 7 July 1850. The sessions were attended by four suffragan bishops (Massa e Populonia, Sovana e Pitigliano, Grosseto, and Chiusi e Pienza) as well as two bishops directly dependent upon the Holy See (Arezzo, Montepulciano). The decrees of the synod were published.
Gabriele Condulmer
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Enea Silvio Piccolomini
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(1458–1459)
Archbishops of Siena
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Francesco Piccolomini Francesco Piccolomini may refer to:
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(1460–1503)
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Giovanni Piccolomini
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Francesco Maria Tarugi
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He arrived to Rome in 1555, and there joined the oratory of St Philip Neri. In 1571, at age 45, he decided to b ...
Metello Bichi
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(17 December 1612 – 23 March 1615 resigned)
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Alessandro Petrucci
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Celio Piccolomini
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Biography
Celio Piccolomini was born in Siena in 1609. On 29 October 1656, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Cesare Sacchetti, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina, with Carlo de' Vecchi, B ...
(18 March 1671 – 24 May 1681)
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Leonardo Marsili .
Leonardo Marsili (1641–1713) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Siena (1682–1713).
Biography
Leonardo Marsili was born in Siena, Italy on 15 May 1641 and ordained a priest on 17 May 1665.
On 26 Jan 1682, he was appoi ...
Antonio Felice Zondadari
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(1795–1823)
* Giuseppe Mancini (1824–1855)
* Ferdinando Baldanzi (1855–1866)Born in Prato in 1789, Baldanzi had been a Canon of the cathedral of Prato, and then Bishop of Volterra (1851–1855). He was appointed Archbishop of Siena by
Pope Pius IX
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Antonio Buoncristiani
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(23 May 2001 – 6 May 2019 retired)
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Augusto Paolo Lojudice
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Montalcino
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