The Diocese of Volterra ( la, Dioecesis Volaterrana) is a

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History

Volterra was an ancient

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'', Volterra was the birthplace of St. Linus, the immediate successor of St. Peter. Nothing is known of its Christian origins. Justus (560), along with his brother Clement and Ottaviano, is one of the three patrons of the diocese of Volterra, and was involved in the

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. In the Carolingian period it belonged to the Marquisate of Tuscany; with the approval of Henry, son of

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, its governance passed into the hands of the bishop, until his temporal authority was suspended by the commune. In the wars or factions of the 13th century, Volterra, being

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, was continually embroiled with the Florentines, who captured it in 1254, but won permanent control only in 1361. The diocese of Volterra was immediately subject to the

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until 1856, when it became a suffragan of Pisa.

Diocesan synods

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held but important meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purposes were to proclaim the various decrees already issued by the bishop, to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy, and to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica ''de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis'' (March 19, 1997)
''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' 89
(1997), pp. 706-727. Bishop Guido Servidio (1574–1598) presided over a diocesan synod in the cathedral of Volterra on 8–10 May 1590, and had the constitutions of the meeting published. Bishop Orazio degli Albizzi (1655–1676) held a diocesan synod on 2 October 1657, and published the acts; he held another synod on 11 November 1674. A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Ottavio del Rosso (1681–1714) in the cathedral on 14–15 June 1684, the acts of which were published. He held his second synod in the cathedral of Volterra on 26–27 April 1690; its decrees were also published.

Bishops of Volterra

to 800

:... *Eumantius (before 496) *Opilio (before 496) *Eucharistius (494-496) *Elpidius (attested 496, 501, 502) *Gaudentius (attested 556) :Leo (566?) *Geminianus (attested 649) :... *Marcianus (attested 680) :... *Tommaso (attested 752) :...

800 to 1200

:... : ndreas (820 or 822)*Grippo (attested 821) *Petrus (attested 826, 833) *Andreas (attested 845, 851, 853) :... *Gauginus (attested 874, 882) *Petrus (attested 886) :... *Alboinus (attested 904–908) :... *Adelardus (attested 918–929) :... *Boso (attested 943–959) *Petrus (attested 966–991) *Benedictus (attested 997–1015) *Gunfredus (attested 1017–1039) *Guido (Wido) (attested 1042–1061) *Herimannus (attested 1064–1073) *Petrus (attested 1018–1099) *Ruggero Gisalbertini (1103–1132) *Crescentius (attested 1133–1136) *Adimarus (Odimarus, Odalmarus) (attested 1137–1147) *Galganus (attested 1150–1168) *Hugo Saladini (attested 1171–1184) *Hildebrandus (attested 1185–1211)

1200 to 1500

*Paganus de Ardenghesca (1212–1239) *Galganus (1244–1251) *Rainerius Ubertini (1251–1260) *Albertus Scolari (1261–1269) :''Sede vacante'' (1269–1273) *Rainerius Ubertini (attested 1273–1301) *Rainerius Belforti (1301–1320) *Rainuccius Allegretti (1321–1348) *Filippo Belforti (1348–1358) *Almerico Chiati (1358–1361) ''Bishop-elect'' *

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(18 Mar 1362 –1363) *Andrea Cordoni (1363–1373) *Lucius de Cagli (1374–1375) *Simon Pagani (1375–1384) *Onofrio Visdomini O.E.S.A. (1384–1390) *Antonio Cipolloni (1390–1396) *Giovanni Ricci (1396–1398) * Luigi Aliotti (1398–1411) *Jacopo di Scolaio degli Spini (1411) *Stefano del Buono (1411–1435) * Roberto Adimari (1435–1439 Resigned) * Roberto Cavalcanti (27 Apr 1440 – 25 Feb 1450) * Giovanni Neroni Diotisalvi (21 Feb 1450 –1462) * Ugolino Giugni (1462–1470) *

Antonio degli Agli Antonio degli Agli (died 1477) was a Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Volterra (1470–1477), Bishop of Fiesole (1467–1470), and Bishop of Dubrovnik (1465–1467). ''(in Latin)''Francesco Soderini Francesco di Tommaso Soderini (10 June 1453 – 17 May 1524) was a major diplomatic and Church figure of Renaissance Italy, and brother of Piero Soderini. He was an adversary of the Medici family. Biography On 27 Mar 1486, he was ordained a priest ...

(1478–1509 Resigned)

1500 to 1800

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(23 May 1509 –1514) *

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(12 Jun 1514 –1530) : Cardinal

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(1530-1532 Resigned) ''Administrator'' * Giovanni Matteo Sertori (1532–1545) * Benedetto Nerli (22 Jun 1545 – 1565) * Alessandro Strozzi (3 Apr 1566 – 4 Apr 1568) * Ludovico Antinori (2 Aug 1568 –1574) *

Marco Saracini Marco Saracini (1535–1574) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Volterra (1574). ''(in Latin)''

(1574) * Guido Servidio (1574 – 1 May 1598) * Luca Alemanni (7 Aug 1598 – Jun 1617 Resigned)Gauchat, ''Hierarchia catholica IV'', p. 372. * Bernardo Inghirami (12 Jun 1617 – 5 Jun 1633) *

Niccolò Sacchetti Niccolò Sacchetti (1584 – 8 June 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Volterra (1634–1650). ''(in Latin)''

(25 Sep 1634 – 8 Jun 1650) "Bishop Niccolò Sacchetti"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 *

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(19 Sep 1650 –1653) * Orazio degli Albizzi (5 Jul 1655 – 30 Jan 1676)"Bishop Orazio degli Albizzi"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 7, 2017 * Carlo Filippo Sfondrati, B. (12 Jul 1677 – 11 May 1680) * Ottavio del Rosso (14 Apr 1681 – 31 Dec 1714) *Lodovico Maria Pandolfini (13 Jan 1716 – 18 May 1746) *Giuseppe Du Mesnil (6 May 1748 – 13 Mar 1781) *Alessandro Galletti (13 Mar 1781 Succeeded – 2 Jun 1782) *Aloisio Buonamici (23 Sep 1782 – 2 May 1791) *Rainieri Alliata (19 Dec 1791 –1806)

since 1800

*Giuseppe Gaetano Incontri (6 Oct 1806 – 15 Apr 1848) *Ferdinando Baldanzi (1851–1855) *Giuseppe Targioni (3 Aug 1857 – 17 Apr 1873) *Ferdinando Capponi (25 Jul 1873 –1881) *Giuseppe Gelli (27 Mar 1882 – 2 Mar 1909) *Emanuele Mignone (29 Apr 1909 –1919) *Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. (22 Apr 1920 –1923) *Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. (20 Dec 1923 – 20 Dec 1942) *

Antonio Bagnoli Antonio Bagnoli (25 February 1902 – 24 December 1997) was an Italian ordinary of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Volterra and then the Bishop of Fiesole. Biography Antonio Bagnoli was born on 25 February 1902 in Cortenuova, an Ita ...

(17 Aug 1943 –1954 *Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. (24 Aug 1954 – 3 Aug 1956 Resigned) *Marino Bergonzini (12 Jan 1957 –1970) *Roberto Carniello (7 Oct 1975 – 5 Mar 1985 Resigned) *Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli (25 May 1985 – 18 Mar 2000 Retired) *

Mansueto Bianchi Mansueto Bianchi (Lucca, 4 November 1949 − Rome, 3 August 2016) was an Italian Catholic bishop. Biography Born in Lucca, Tuscany, ordained to the priesthood in 1974, Bianchi served as Bishop of Volterra, Italy from 2000 to 2006. He then serv ...

(18 Mar 2000 –2006)On 4 November 2006 Bianchi was transferred to the diocese of

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Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

. *Alberto Silvani (8 May 2007 – 12 January 2022) *Roberto Campiotti (12 January 2022 – present)

Notes and references

Books

* p. 763-764. (Use with caution; obsolete) * * * * * * * * *

Studies

* * * * * ith many documents*Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1908)
''Italia pontificia''
vol. III. Berlin 1908. pp. 279–315. *Lancini, Gaetano (1869). ''Illustrazione sulla cattedrale di Volterra''. Siena: Sordo-Muti. *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927)
''Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)''
Faenza 1927, pp. 559–564. *Paganelli, Jacopo (2015)
''«Episcopus vulterranus est dominus». Il principato dei vescovi di Volterra fino a Federico II''
Dissertation: University of Pisa. 2015. *Paganelli, Jacopo (2015)
"«Infra nostrum episcopatum et comitatum». Alcuni caratteri del principato vescovile di Volterra (IX-XIII sec.)".
2015, Rassegna Volterrana. *Schwartz, Gerhard (1913)
''Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern : mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951-1122''
Leipzig-Berlin 1913, pp. 223–224. *Schneider, Fedor (1907).
Regestum volaterranum: Regesten der Urkunden von Volterra (778-1303)
'. Roma: Loescher. * * *Volpe, G. (1964). "Vescovi e Comune di Volterra," in: ''Toscana Medievale'' (Firenze: Sansoni 1964), pp. 143–311.

External links

*Benigni, Umberto

The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 29 February 2020. {{authority control

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