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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Crete
The Diocese of Crete () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located on the island of Crete in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece. History Roman Catholic presence on the island of Crete dates to its conquest by the Republic of Venice in the years after the Fourth Crusade (1204), and its establishment as a Venetian colony in 1212. Immediately after that, the first Latin Rite Archbishop of Crete was appointed, with a succession of holders until the Ottoman conquest of the island in the Cretan War (1645–1669). Thereafter the see remained vacant, until re-established as a simple bishopric on 28 August 1874, initially a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of İzmir, but today a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos. Present day Catholic Churches in Heraklion (Saint John The Baptist), Chania, Rethymnon (St. Antony of Padua) Bishops Venetian period * anonymous (1213 – ?), took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of İzmir
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of İzmir () is a Latin archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Asian Turkey (Anatolia). The archdiocese's cathedral Mother Church, motherchurch and thus see of its archbishop is St. John's Cathedral (İzmir), St. John's Cathedral. It also includes a World Heritage Site: Meryem Ana Evi Meryem Ana Evi, Bülbüldağı. Martin Kmetec Order of Friars Minor Conventual, OFMConv, was appointed Archbishop of İzmir by Pope Francis on 8 December 2020. History In 1346 was established a Latin ''Archdiocese of Smyrna (Smirne)''. In 1575 it was suppressed as residential see but immediately transformed into a Latin titular archbishopric. The title was held by: * Eugenio di Pesaro, Augustinian Order, OESA (1575.11.16 – ?) * Agostino Buzio di Varese, Order of Friars Minor, OFM (1580.07.04 – ?) * Carlo Gaudenzio Madruzzo (1595.10.23 – 1600.04.02) (later Cardinal) In 1625 the residential see was restored, but demoted to missionary pre-dioce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Xenopulos
Georgios Xenopoulos, SJ (; 23 August 1898 – 28 January 1980) was a Greek Jesuit and prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1947 until his retirement in 1974, he was the Bishop of Santorini and the Bishop of Syros. In addition, he was at various times the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Athens, the Diocese of Crete, and the Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica. He died in 1980, aged 81. Biography Xenopoulos was born on 23 August 1898 in Syros, Greece. He joined the Society of Jesus and was ordained to the priesthood on 31 July 1926. On 22 February 1947, Xenopulos was appointed Bishop of Syros and Bishop of Santorini by Pope Pius XII. His episcopal consecration took place on 20 July 1947, with the Archbishop of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos, Giovanni Francesco Filippucci, as principal consecrator, and Archbishop Antonios Grigorios Voutsinos, AA, and Bishop George Calavassy serving as co-consecrators. From 1950 to 1953, he was apostolic administrator of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the other being the Conventuals (OFMConv). Franciscans reformed as Capuchins in 1525 with the purpose of regaining the original Habit (tunic) of St. Francis of Assisi and also for returning to a stricter observance of the rule established by Francis of Assisi in 1209. History Origins The Order arose in 1525 when Matteo da Bascio, an Observant Franciscan friar native to the Italian region of Marche, said he had been inspired by God with the idea that the manner of life led by the friars of his day was not the one which their founder, St. Francis of Assisi, had envisaged. He sought to return to the primitive way of life of solitude and penance, as practised by the founder of their Order. His religious superiors tried to suppress the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frangkiskos Papamanolis
Frangkiskos Papamanolis (; 5 December 1936 – 2 October 2023) was a Greek Roman Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of Syros and Milos, Bishop of Santorini and Apostolic Administrator of Crete. Biography In 1962 Papamanolis was ordained priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFMObs, now OFM), the ... and on 27 June 1974 was appointed bishop, being ordained on 20 October 1974. He died on 2 October 2023, at the age of 86. References External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20141218000019/http://www.cathecclesia.gr/hellas/index.php/2008-03-19-22-02-01/-a-/2008-03-19-22-20-37.html 1936 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Greece 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Greece Bishops appointed by Pope Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Vitturi
Lorenzo Vitturi (; 1543– 1597) was Latin Archbishop of Candia (Crete) from 1576 to 1597. Life Lorenzo Vitturi was born on about 1543 in the Venetian noble Vitturi family, son of Daniele. He was the nephew of Pietro Landi, Latin archbishop of Crete (known also as ''Candia'') in the Kingdom of Candia which was at the time under the control of the Republic of Venice. The Landi family kept that archbishopric, with a few exception, since 1458. Lorenzo was grown up in Rome where he studied as an ecclesiastic. In 1576 his uncle resigned the archbishopric in his favour, and he was appointed archbishop of Crete by Pope Gregory XIII on 6 February 1576. He received the episcopal consecration in the chapel of Saint Justus of the Patriarcal Palace of Castello on 3 March 1577 by the hands of the Patriarch of Venice Giovanni Trevisan, and in the same ceremony he received also the pallium. Lorenzo Vitturi used to live in Crete, and during the plague of 1591 he behaved heroically by bringin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Campeggio
Lorenzo Campeggio (7 November 1474 – 19 July 1539) was an Italians, Italian cardinal and politician. He was the last cardinal protector of England. Life Campeggio was born in Milan to a noble family, the eldest of five sons. Campeggio initially intended to pursue a career in law, obtaining his degree in 1499. In 1510, following the death of his wife, Campeggio began to serve the Catholic Church. In 1511 and from 1513 to 1517, Campeggio served as nuncio on two separate occasions to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I. In 1517, during his second period as nuncio to Maximilian I, Pope Leo X, Leo X made him a cardinal. On 22 January 1523, Campeggio was appointed cardinal–protector of Kingdom of England, England. While in England, Campeggio was tasked with convincing Henry VIII to pledge his support to a planned crusade against Selim I that was envisioned by Leo X. In 1528, Campeggio returned to England in order to hear the case for divorce between Henry VIII and Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Padua
The Diocese of Padua (; ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century."Diocese of Padova " ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016."Diocese of Padova" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016. The diocese of Padua was originally a suffragan (subordinate) of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. When the Patriarchate was suppressed permanently in 1752, it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Udine. In 1818, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Donà
Pietro Donato (also Donà or Donati; – 7 October 1447) was a Venetian Renaissance humanist and successively Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete, archbishop of Crete (1415–1425), bishop of Castello (1425–1428) and bishop of Padua (1428–1447). He was governor of Perugia from 1425 to 1430. He was also a noted bibliophile, epigraphist, collector, and patron of art. Life Donato was born into a Venetian patrician family around 1390. He was the third son of Nicolò Donà. He received his education at the humanist boarding school of Gasparino Barzizza. Promoted by Biagio Pelacani, he studied arts at the University of Padua. He received a bachelor's degree in 1410 and a doctorate of arts in 1418. He was a Thomist. As a humanist he kept a correspondence with Poggio Bracciolini. By 1411, Donato was a protonotary apostolic. In 1415, he was elected Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete, archbishop of Crete with a dispensation from Antipope John XXIII, Pope John XXIII on account of his age. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Giustiniani (archbishop Of Candia) (1655–1735)
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Marco Giustiniani or Marco Giustinian may refer to: *Marco Giustiniani (died 1277), Venetian diplomat, see Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 *Marco Giustiniani (1301–1346), Venetian diplomat took part in the Siege of Zadar (1345–1346) * Marco Giustiniani (fl. 1341–1378), Venetian diplomat * Marco Giustiniani (archbishop of Candia) (1392–1405), see Roman Catholic Diocese of Crete *Marco Giustiniani (died 1438), Venetian governor * Marco Giustiniani (1549–1581), Venetian governor * Marco Giustiniani (bishop of Chios) (1547–1640) *Marco Giustiniani (bishop of Verona) (died 1649) *Marco Giustiniani (bishop of Torcello) Marco Giustiniani or Marco Giustinian may refer to: *Marco Giustiniani (died 1277), Venetian diplomat, see Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 *Marco Giustiniani (1301–1346), Venetian diplomat took part in the Siege of Zadar (1345–1346) * Marco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patara (Lycia)
Patara (, Lycian language, Lycian: 𐊓𐊗𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊀, ''Pttara''; ) was an ancient and flourishing maritime and commercial city that was for a period the capital of Lycia. The site is located on the Turkish coast near to the village of Gelemiş, Kaş, Gelemiş, in Antalya Province. Saint Nicholas was born in the town in 270, and lived most of his life in the nearby town of Myra. Only part of the site has been excavated and renovated. The protection and archaeology of the site have been subject to battles between archaeologists and illegal developers. History Hittite Period Patara was referred to as Patar in Hittite texts: "King Tudhaliya IV (1236-1210 BC), after the Lukka lands, Lukka expedition, came to this city with his army and made offerings." Iron Age The city was said to have been founded by Patarus (), a son of Apollo. It was noted during antiquity for the temple and oracle of Apollo, second only in importance to that of Delphi. The god is often given the surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Patriarchate Of Constantinople
The Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople was an office established as a result of the Fourth Crusade and its conquest of Constantinople in 1204. It was a Roman Catholic replacement for the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and remained in the city until the reconquest of Constantinople by the Byzantines in 1261, whereupon it became a titular see. The office was abolished in 1964. History In the early middle ages, there were five patriarchs in the Christian world. In descending order of precedence: Rome by the Bishop of Rome (who rarely used the title "Patriarch") and those of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. The sees of Rome and Constantinople were often at odds with one another, just as the Greek and Latin Churches as a whole were often at odds both politically and in things ecclesiastical. There were complex cultural currents underlying these difficulties. The tensions led in 1054 to a serious rupture between the Greek East and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
