The Diocese of Monte Cassino (Latin: ''Dioecesis Cassinensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in
Monte Cassino
Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, west of Cassino and at an elevation of . Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first h ...
, a rocky hill on the former site of the Roman town of
Casinum
Casinum was an ancient town of Italy, of Oscan origin. Varro states that the name in Oscan language meant ''forum vetus'' ("old forum"), and also that the town itself was Samnite before the Roman conquest. Casinum was a Samnite city only bef ...
about southeast of
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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, Italy, to the west of the town of
Cassino
Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley.
Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...
.
["Diocese of Monte Cassino"]
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org'' is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Catholic Churches. The website is not officially sanctioned by the Church. It is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in ...
''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 25, 2016["Territorial Abbacy of Montecassino"]
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016 In 1367, it was suppressed.
Ordinaries
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Angelo Acciaioli (bishop)
Angelo Acciaioli (1298 – October 4, 1357) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop from Florence.
Angelo was born in Florence of the noble Acciaioli family, the son of Monte, the grandson of Tommaso Acciaiuoli, also known as Mannino Acciaiuoli. ...
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O.P. (1355-1357 Died)
See also
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Catholic Church in Italy
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, image = San_Giovanni_in_Laterano_-_Rome.jpg
, imagewidth = 250px
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, caption = Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, the ''cathedra'' seat of the Pop ...
References
Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
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