Roman Catholic Diocese of Adria-Rovigo
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Adria-Rovigo
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The Italian Catholic Diocese of Adria-Rovigo, in the Triveneto, has existed under this name since 1986. It is suffragan to the patriarchate of Venice.[1]
Its territory comprises roughly the northeastern Italian Province of Rovigo (Rovigo itself is not an episcopal see), and a part of one town in the Province of Padua.
Ecclesiastical history
Tradition dates the preaching of the Gospel in Adria from the days of Saint Apollinaris, himself consecrated bishop by Saint Peter. The figure of this Bishop of Ravenna has a singular importance in the hagiographical legends of the northeast of Italy. Even if Emilia, Romagna and the territory around Venice were Christianized and had bishops (the two facts are concomitant) before Piedmont, for example, their conversion does not go back beyond the end of the second century.
The first known bishop of Adria is Gallonistus, who was present at a synod in Rome (649) under Pope Martin I (Mansi, XII). The Venerable Bede's Martyrology mentions a Saint Colianus, Bishop of Adria, but nothing is known about him. Amongst the bishops of Adria is the [[Blessed Aldobrandinus of Este (1248-1352).
Bishops
Sources and references
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. [1]- Zattoni, Il valore storico della Passio di S. Apollinare e la fondazione dell episcopato a Ravenna e in Romagna, in the "Rivista storico-critica delle scienze teologiche", I, 10 and II, 3.
See also
Notes
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
External links
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
- Religious organizations established in 1986
- Rovigo
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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