Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pesaro
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The archdiocese of Pesaro is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. Its see at Pesaro was elevated in status to archiepiscopal see in 2000. Its suffragans are the diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola and the archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado.[1]
History
The first bishop, St. Florentius, is said to have governed this see in the middle of the second century, while the bishop, St. Decentius, according to tradition, suffered martyrdom under Diocletian.
Bishop Heradianus was at the Council of Sardica in 343. Other bishops were:
- Germanus, who went with Cresconius di Todi to Constantinople in 497 as legate of Pope Anastasius II;
- Felix, whom Gregory the Great brought to trial;
- Maximus (649);
- Benenatus, a legate to the Sixth General Council (680);
- Stabilinus (769);
- Adelberto (998), founder of the monastery of S. Tommaso in Folgia, where Pope Clement II died in 1047;
- Pietro (1070), who was deposed, being a partisan of the schism of Frederick Barbarossa;
- Bartolomeo (1218);
- Omodio (1346);
- Biagio Geminelli (1354);
- Leale Malatesta (1370);
- Cardinal Antonio Casini (1406);
- Giulio Simonetti (1560), was at the Council of Trent, and founded the seminary;
- Gian Lucido Palombara (1658), consecrated the new cathedral;
- Umberto Radicati (1742;
- Cardinal Gennaro Antonio de' Simoni (1775);
- Andrea Mastai-Ferretti (1806).[2]
Notes
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
- Pesaro
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