The Italian Catholic Diocese of Amelia, existed from the fifth century until 1983. In that year it was united into the new
diocese of Terni, Narni, e Amelia
The Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia ( la, Dioecesis Interamnensis-Narniensis-Amerina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Umbria, central Italy. It was created in 1983, when the Diocese of Amelia was un ...
. It was a
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Terni–Narni–Amelia" ''GCatholic.org.'' Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
History
The Bishopric of Amelia appears on the pages of history relatively late.
Ferdinando Ughelli
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He was born in Florence. He entered the Cistercian Order and was sent to the Gregorian University in Rome, where he studied under t ...
mentions an Orthodolphus, Bishop, about the year 344. He mentions also Stephen, of whom there is no trace in history.
Flavius, Bishop of Amelia, seems to have been present at a synod held at Rome, 14 November, 465, by Pope Hilary. Ughelli goes on to enumerate Tiburtius, Martinianus, and then a Sallustino present at a synod held in 502 under
Pope Symmachus
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. Still further according to Ughelli, in the fifth century there was a Bishop of Amelia by name Sincerus. The
Bollandists
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, however, show that the date of his episcopate is uncertain; there is question even of his very existence.
A Bishop of Amelia still appears in 649 at the provincial synod held by Pope Martin at the
Lateran
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. The city of Amelia had great political importance during the eighth century, when between the opposition of the iconoclast Byzantine emperors, and the conquering Lombard power in the centre of Italy, the temporal power of the popes grew from day to day.''Catholic Encyclopedia'' article /ref>
Amelia Cathedral
Amelia Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Amelia, ''Cattedrale di Santa Firmina'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Amelia, Italy, Amelia in the province of Terni, Umbria, Italy. It was formerly the seat of the Bishop of Amelia, in existence from not later ...
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(6 Jul 1523 – 1558 Resigned)
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(28 Nov 1558 – 1562 Resigned)
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Bartolomeo Ferratini (iuniore)
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and Bishop of Sora (1531–1534).Eubel III, p. 302. He was Prefect of the papal household (Majordomo) from 1533 to 1534.
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(9 Oct 1562 – 1571 Resigned)
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Mariano Vittori
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(17 Dec 1571 – 2 Jun 1572 Appointed,
Bishop of Rieti
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(9 Jun 1572 – 28 May 1591 Died)
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Antonio Maria Graziani
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Antonio Maria Graziani was born in 1537 in Sa ...
(17 Feb 1592 – 1 Apr 1611 Died)
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(18 May 1611 – 25 Aug 1612 Died)
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Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri
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(1 Oct 1612 – 2 Oct 1623 Appointed,
Bishop of Faenza
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* Torquato Perotti (20 Jun 1633 – Sep 1642 Died)
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Gaudenzio Poli
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Gaudenzio Poli was born in 1609 in Castello Scheggino, Italy and ordained a deacon in Jan 1643.
On 23 Feb 1643, he ...
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
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* Giuseppe Crispini (13 Nov 1690 – 12 May 1721 Died)
*Giovan Battista Renzoli (16 Jul 1721 – Sep 1743 Died)
*Giacomo Filippo Consoli (2 Dec 1743 – Jul 1770 Died)
* Tommaso Struzzieri, C.P. (10 Sep 1770 – 18 Dec 1775 Appointed,
Bishop of Todi
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*Francesco Angelo Jacoboni (18 Dec 1775 – 30 Aug 1785 Died)
*Carlo Fabi (26 Sep 1785 – 31 Mar 1798 Died)
*Francesco Maria Gazzoli (11 Aug 1800 – 23 Sep 1805 Appointed,
Bishop of Todi
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*Fortunato Maria Pinchetti (31 Mar 1806 – 17 Dec 1827 Resigned)
*Vincenzo Macioti (23 Jun 1828 – 1 Feb 1836 Appointed,
Bishop of Ferentino
The Roman Catholic diocese of Ferentino existed until 1986, when it was united into the new diocese of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino.
History
It is said, by Ferdinand Ughelli, that in the time of Emperor Constantine, in the 1st third of the fourt ...
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*Mariano Brasca Bartocci (11 Jul 1836 – 12 Nov 1850 Resigned)
*Salvatore Valentini (17 Feb 1851 – 2 Aug 1855 Died)
*Nicola Pace (28 Sep 1855 – 6 May 1881 Resigned)
*Eusebio Magner, O.F.M. Cap. (13 May 1881 – 25 Sep 1882 Appointed,
Bishop of Orvieto
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Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania
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*Vincenzo Giuseppe Veneri (16 Jan 1893 – 18 Mar 1906 Died)
*Francesco Maria Berti, O.F.M. Conv. (31 Aug 1907 – 1 Jul 1938 Resigned)
*Vincenzo Lojali (17 Aug 1938 Appointed – 14 Mar 1966 Died)
''13 September 1983 United with the Diocese of Terni e Narni to form the
Diocese of Terni, Narni, e Amelia
The Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia ( la, Dioecesis Interamnensis-Narniensis-Amerina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Umbria, central Italy. It was created in 1983, when the Diocese of Amelia was un ...