Diocese of Larino

The Italian Catholic diocese of Larino, in the province of Campobasso, Southern Italy, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Termoli-Larino. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.^[1]

History

Larino is a mile from the site of the ancient Larinum, destroyed by war and epidemic, and is first mentioned as an episcopal see in 668.

Among the bishops were

• Saint Pardus, traditionally named as the first bishop and said to have died in 650;
• Giovanni Leone (1440), canonist and theologian;
• Fra Giacomo de' Petruzzi, a philosopher;
• Belisario Baldovino (1555), present at the Council of Trent, founder of the seminary and episcopal palace;
• the Oratorian Gian Tommaso Eustachi (1612);
• Carlo M. Pianetti (1706), who restored the cathedral, with its marble façade;
• Gian Andrea Tri (1726), historian of Larino.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.