The diocese of Montefiascone (''Latin Name: Faliscodunensis o Montis Falisci'') was a Catholic ecclesiastical territory in
Italy
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. It was created from the
diocese of Bagnorea The diocese of Bagnoregio is a former Roman Catholic territory, located in the modern Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Lazio, located about northwest of Rome. In 1986 was united into the
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016."Titular Episcopal See of Montefiascone" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016. The diocese was immediately subject to the Holy See (Papacy).
History
The town of Montefiascone, or, more specifically, the Rocca di Montefiascone, had long been the official residence of the Rector of the Patrimony of Saint Peter, and, whenever a pope visited, of the pope as well.
Pope Urban V had stayed at Montefiascone during his journey from Avignon to Rome, and was greatly impressed by the loyalty and affection of the inhabitants toward himself and his predecessors. The Pope held a consistory for the creation of new cardinals at Montefiascone on 22 September 1368. He named six Frenchmen, a Roman, and an Englishman (Simon de Langham).
The diocese of Montefiascone was erected by
Pope Urban V
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by the papal bull, ''Cum Illius'' of 31 August 1369. He appointed the church of S. Margarita to serve as its cathedral, and he installed in it a Chapter composed of two dignities (the Dean and the Sacristan) and eight Canons with prebends. The Dean was to be elected by the Chapter and installed by the bishop, but the other offices were to be filled by appointment by the bishop. The territory for the diocese was taken from the diocese of Bagnoregio, and any properties or rights within that territory which belonged to the bishops of Bagnoregio, Castro, Orvieto, Viterbo or Tuscano were assigned to the bishop of Montefiascone.
Pope Urban held another consistory for the creation of new cardinals at Montefiascone on 7 June 1370. Two cardinals were named, one a Florentine and the other from Rodez in France. He departed from Montefiascone for Avignon on 26 August 1370, where he died on 19 December 1370.
New diocese
Its first bishop was the French Augustinian Pierre d'Anguiscen, appointed in 1376. In 1378, when the
Western Schism
The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Vatican Standoff, the Great Occidental Schism, or the Schism of 1378 (), was a split within the Catholic Church lasting from 1378 to 1417 in which bishops residing in Rome and Avignon bo ...
began, Bishop Pierre became a partisan of
Clement VII
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(Avignon Obedience), and he was therefore deposed by
Urban VI
Pope Urban VI ( la, Urbanus VI; it, Urbano VI; c. 1318 – 15 October 1389), born Bartolomeo Prignano (), was head of the Catholic Church from 8 April 1378 to his death in October 1389. He was the most recent pope to be elected from outside the ...
(Roman Obedience).
On 5 December 1435, the diocese of Montefiascone was united with the
diocese of Corneto The Roman Catholic Diocese of Corneto had its see in Corneto, an old name for Tarquinia. It was absorbed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia
See also
*Roman Catholic Diocese of Montefiascone
*Roman Catholic Diocese of Civitav ...
in the person of the bishop; that is the bishop of Montefiascone was also at the same time the bishop of Corneto, with each diocese retaining its own institutional integrity. The union continued until, in 1854, Corneto became a part of the
diocese of Civitavecchia
The Diocese of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia ( la, Dioecesis Centumcellarum-Tarquiniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It was established under this name in 1986. The diocese is immediat ...
.
In 1483, Bishop Domenico della Rovere laid the cornerstone for the new cathedral of S. Margarita in Montefiascone, and in his Last Will and Testament in 1501 he left money to continue the work, which had barely reached the level of the main floor of the church at the time of his death.
Synods
Cardinal Marcantonio Barbarigo (1687–1706) held a diocesan synod in the cathedral of Montefiascone on 1–3 June 1692. Bishop Lodivio Zacchia held a diocesan synod in 1622. Cardinal Jean-Siffrein Maury (1794–1816) held a diocesan synod. Bishop Sebastiano Pompilio Bonaventura (1706–1734) presided over a diocesan synod on 16–18 June 1710.
The erection of the diocesan seminary for Corneto and Montefiascone was the work of Cardinal Marcantonio Barbarigo.
End of the diocese
By the middle of 1986, papal policy in the selection of bishops had concentrated in the person of Bishop Luigi Boccadoro: the
Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania
The Diocese of Viterbo ( la, Dioecesis Viterbiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in central Italy. From the 12th century, the official name of the diocese was the Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania. In 1 ...
, the diocese of
Acquapendente Acquapendente is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, in Lazio (Italy). Acquapendente is a centre for the agricultural production of vegetables and wine, and has a tradition of pottery craftsmanship.
History
The area of modern Acquapen ...
(since 1951), the diocese of Montefiascone (since 1951), and the Administratorship of the diocese of Bagnoregio (since 1971); he was also the Abbot Commendatory of Monte Cimino. On September 30, 1986,
Pope John Paul II
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moved to consolidate these several small dioceses by suppressing them and uniting their territories into the diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania, whose name was changed to the Diocese of Viterbo. The diocese of Montefiascone ceased to exist.
Bishops
Diocese of Montefiascone
*Pierre d'Anguiscen (1369–1378)
* Nicola Scarinci (1379–1398)
*Antonius (Porziani) (1398–1404)
*Andreas de Galeatiis (1404–c.1410?)
*Antonius de Anagnia (c.1410–1429)
*Dominicus, O.P. (1429–1432)
*Petrus Antonius (1432–1435)
Diocese of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
''5 December 1435: one bishop was the head of two dioceses at the same time''
''Latin Name: Cornetanus Tarquiniensis et Montisflasconsis''
*
Pietro Dell'Orto
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People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death
* Pietro II Can ...
Domenico della Rovere
Domenico della Rovere (1442 – 23 April 1501) was an Italian cardinal and patron of the arts.
Life
He was born at Vinovo, near Turin, and was not a relative of Pope Sixtus IV (Francesco Della Rovere), who, however, favoured him in the hope ...
Lorenzo Pucci
Lorenzo Pucci (18 August 1458 – 16 September 1531) was an Italian cardinal and bishop from the Florentine Pucci family. His brother Roberto Pucci and his nephew Antonio Pucci also became cardinals.
Biography
Pucci was born in Florence.
He b ...
(23 Mar 1519 – 13 Apr 1519 Resigned)
*
Guido Ascanio Sforza
Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (26 November 1518 – 6 October 1564) was an Italian cardinal, known also as ''The cardinal of Santa Fiora''.
Born in Rome, he was the son of Costanza Farnese and therefore grandson of Pope Paul III, brot ...
(12 Nov 1528 – 4 Jun 1548 Resigned)
*
Ubaldinus Bandinelli
Ubaldinus Bandinelli (died 1551) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Corneto e Montefiascone (1548–1551). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
On 4 June 1548, Ubaldinus Bandinelli was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul III as Bishop ...
(4 Jun 1548 – Mar 1551 Died)
*
Achille Grassi
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Biography
Achille Grassi was born in Bologna on 16 February 1456, the son of Baldassarre Grassi, a Bolognese patrician, and Orsina Bocchi.
...
(21 Aug 1551 – 1555 Died)
*
Carlo Grassi
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Biography
Carlo Grassi was born in Bologna in 1519, the son of Bolognese patrician Palatine Count Giannantonio Grassi and his wife Diana Grati.
He was the ...
(20 Dec 1555 – 25 Mar 1571 Died)
* Ferdinando Farnese (27 Aug 1572 – 30 Mar 1573 Appointed,
Bishop of Parma
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)
*
Francesco Guinigi
Francesco Guinigi (died 1578) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Corneto e Montefiascone (1573–1578). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
On 8 April 1573, Francesco Guinigi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIII as Bishop o ...
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Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni
Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (8 June 1623 – 29 June 1698) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Clement X.
Biography
Altieri was born Paluzzo Paluzzi degli Albertoni in Rome, the eldest of two sons to Antoni ...
Marcantonio Barbarigo
Marcantonio Barbarigo (6 March 1640 – 26 May 1706) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the founder of the Pontifical Institute of the Religious Teachers Filippini and also founded both the Religious Teachers Filippini o ...
(1687–1706)
*Sebastiano Pompilio Bonaventura (1706–1734)
* Pompeio Aldrovandi (9 Jul 1734 – 6 Jan 1752 Died)
:''Sede vacante'' (6 January 1752–14 January 1754)
*Saverio Giustiniani (1754–1771)
*Francesco Maria Banditi, C.R. (30 Mar 1772–1775 Resigned)
*Cardinal
Giuseppe Garampi
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He was born in Rimini, the son of Count Lorenzo Garampi, a patrician of the city of Rimini. As a youth he studied in Rimini u ...
(1776–1792)
*Cardinal Jean-Siffrein Maury (1794–1816 Resigned)
:''Sede vacante'' (1817–1820)
*Bonaventura (Domenico Giuseppe) Gazzola, O.F.M. Ref. (21 Feb 1820 – 29 Jan 1832 Died)
*Giuseppe Maria Velzi, O.P. (2 Jul 1832 – 23 Nov 1836 Died)
*
Gabriele Ferretti
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Personal life
He was born into nobility, the son of Palatine Count ''Liverotto Ferret ...
(1837)
* Filippo de Angelis (15 Feb 1838 Succeeded –1842)
*Nicola Mattei Baldini (27 Jan 1842 – 23 Oct 1843 Died)
*
Niccola Paracciani Clarelli
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He was also Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops ...
(22 Jan 1844 – Jun 1854 Resigned)
Diocese of Montefiascone
''14 June 1854: United with the
Diocese of Civitavecchia
The Diocese of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia ( la, Dioecesis Centumcellarum-Tarquiniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It was established under this name in 1986. The diocese is immediat ...
and then split into the Diocese of Montefiascone and the Diocese of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia''
''Immediately Subject to the Holy See''
*Luigi Jona (1854–1863)
*Giuseppe Maria Bovieri (22 Feb 1867 – 22 Apr 1873 Died)
*Concetto Focaccetti (25 Jul 1873 – 15 Jul 1878 Appointed,
Bishop of Acquapendente
The Italian Roman Catholic diocese of Acquapendente was an ecclesiastical territory in Lazio. The seat of the bishop was in the cathedral of Acquapendente, dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre (''San Sepolcro''). The diocese was established in 1649, wh ...
)
*Luigi Rotelli (15 Jul 1878 – 22 Dec 1882 Resigned)
*Luciano Gentilucci (15 Mar 1883 – 29 Nov 1895 Appointed,
Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica
The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica ( la, Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the Marche has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
History
The history of Fabriano is close ...
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*Domenico Rinaldi (29 Nov 1895 – 21 Apr 1907 Died)
*Domenico Mannaioli (16 Aug 1907 – 6 Aug 1910 Resigned)
*Giovanni Rosi (19 Dec 1910 – 5 Apr 1951 Died)
*Luigi Boccadoro (14 Jun 1951 – 1986)On 27 Mar 1986 appointed Bishop of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino. On 30 September 1986, the dioceses were unified as the Diocese of Viterbo.
''30 September 1986: suppression of the diocese of Montefiascone.''
Notes and references
Bibliography
Reference works
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Studies
*Benigni, Umberto "Diocese of Montefiascone." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. Retrieved: 26 November 2022. bsolete, unbalanced*
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Montefiascone
Montefiascone is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Viterbo, in Lazio, central Italy. It stands on a hill on the southeast side of Lake Bolsena, about north of Rome.
History
The name of the city derives from that of the Falisci (''Mons Fa ...