Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche
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The Italian archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory, with episcopal see Camerino, a city in the province of Macerata, in the central Italian Marche region, in the Apennines. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Fermo.
In 1986 the historical archdiocese of Camerino, an archdiocese since 1787, was united with the diocese of San Severino.[1][2]
History
During the persecution of Decius in 249, the priest Porphyrius, master of the youthful martyr Venantius, and the Bishop Leontius suffered martyrdom at Camerino. Gerontius appears at the Council of Rome in 464/465.
Other bishops of the diocese were:
- Victorinus of Camerino (6th century)
- St. Ansovinus (816);
- Alberto degli Alberti (1437), prominent at the Council of Florence, where he was made cardinal and sent as legate by Pope Eugenius IV to Alfonso V of Aragon and René of Anjou, between whom he brought about a peace;
- Agapito Rufo (1465), of whom Pope Pius II said "that it was doubtful if there ever was a more joyous poet or a more illustrious orator";
- Berardo Buongiovanni (1537), legate in Poland and present at the Council of Trent;
- Alfonso Binarino (1547) and Girolamo Bobo (1580), reformers;
- Innocenzo del Bufalo (1601), papal legate to Henry II of France.
- Cardinal Giambattista Altieri, brother of Pope Clement X.
Source
Notes
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ Portale della Arcidiocesi di Camerino-San Severino Marche - Content
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
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- Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
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