The former Italian Catholic diocese of Alatri existed until 1986, when it was united into the

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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 23, 2016"Diocese of Alatri"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 14, 2016 Comprising historically seven towns close to

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, it was under the immediate jurisdiction of the

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History

Local legends place the conversion of

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Alatri Alatri () is an Italian town and ''comune'' of the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio, with c. 30,000 inhabitants. An ancient city of the Hernici,Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hernici". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). it is kno ...

, and neighboring towns in the apostolic age. A named bishop of Alatri is Paschasius (551), who accompanied

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to Constantinople on the occasion of the controversy of the Three Chapters. In the church of St. Mary Major in Alatri was preserved a wooden statue of the Madonna, an example of Roman art of the twelfth century.See Fogolari, Sculpture in legno del secolo XII, in L'Art, 1903, I, IV; also Venturi, Storia dell' arte Italiana, III, 382.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Alatri

''Erected: 6th Century''
''Latin Name: Alatrinus''
''Immediately Subject to the Holy See'' * Giovanni de Rosso (14 Jan 1478 - 1493 Died) ''(in Latin)'' *

Jacobelli Silvestri Jacobelli Silvestri (died 1516) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1493–1516). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 15 Apr 1493, Jacobelli Silvestri was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Bishop of Alatri The ...

(15 Apr 1493 - 1516 Died) *

Graziano Santucci Graziano Santucci, O.S.A. (died 1517) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1516–1517). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Graziano Santucci was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Augustine. On 11 Nov 1516, he was appoint ...

(11 Nov 1516 - 1517 Died) ''(in Latin)'' *

Cristoforo Numai Cristoforo Numai (died 23 March 1528) was an Italian Franciscan, who became minister general of the Friars Minor and a cardinal. Life A native of Forlì, his date of birth is uncertain. In his youth he studied at Bologna and, after joining th ...

(1517 - 23 Mar 1528 Died) ::''Administrator

Filippo Ercolani Filippo Ercolani (died 1535) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1530–1535) and Administrator of Alatri (1528–1530). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 20 Apr 1528, Filippo Ercolani was appointed during the papacy of Pope ...

(20 Apr 1528 - 1530 Resigned)'' *

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(4 Feb 1530 - 1 Jul 1530 Resigned) *

(1 Jul 1530 - 1535 Resigned) * Agostino Spínola (10 May 1535 - 18 Oct 1537 Died) * Bernardino Visconti (Conti) (29 Oct 1537 - 1540 Died) * Valerio Tartarini (Valeriano Tartarini) (20 Feb 1540 - 1545 Died) * Zaccaria Rondani (Zaccaria Rondariis) (3 Jul 1545 - 1547 Died) *

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(Camillo Peruschi) (22 Apr 1547 - 1572 Died) * Stefano Bonucci (23 Jan 1573 - 1 Oct 1574 Appointed,

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) *

Ignazio Danti Ignazio (or Egnazio) Danti, O.P. (April 1536 – 10 October 1586), born Pellegrino Rainaldi Danti, was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer, who served as Bishop of Alatri (1583–1586). ''(in Latin)' ...

(14 Nov 1583 - 10 Oct 1586 Died) *

Bonaventura Furlani Bonaventura Furlani, O.F.M. Conv. (died December 1597) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1586–1597). ''(in Latin)''Luca Antonio Gigli Luca Antonio Gigli and Luca Antonio Lilius (died 1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1597–1620) and Titular Bishop of ''Paphus'' (1597). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''Francesco Campanari Francesco Campanari (1555–1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1620–1632). ''(in Latin)''Alessandro Vittrici Alessandro Vittrici (or Vittrice; died 5 October 1650) was a Roman art collector and Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1632–1648) and as governor of Rome from 1647. ''(in Latin)''Michelangelo Brancavalerio Michelangelo Brancavalerio (October 1617 – 25 March 1683) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1648–1683). ''(in Latin)''

(4 May 1648 - 25 Mar 1683 Died) *

Stefano Ghirardelli Stefano Ghirardelli (1633 – February, 1708) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Alatri (1683–1708). ''(in Latin)''

(14 Jun 1683 - Feb 1708 Died) *Ludovico Savageri (30 Mar 1729 Succeeded - 13 Jan 1744 Resigned) *Giovanni Francesco Cavallini (16 Mar 1744 - 6 Feb 1764 Died) *Nicola Gagliardi (11 May 1764 - 30 Jun 1777 Died) *Pietro Stefano Speranza (28 Jul 1777 - 26 Jun 1802 Died) *Giuseppe Della Casa (20 Sep 1802 - 31 Mar 1818 Died) *Francesco-Saverio Domeniconi (25 May 1818 - 16 Feb 1835 Died) *Valentino Armellini (6 Apr 1835 - 17 Dec 1841 Died) *Adriano Giampedi (24 Jan 1842 - 11 Oct 1850 Died) *Raffaele Bocci (17 Feb 1851 - 27 Jan 1855 Died) *Gaetano Rodilossi (23 Mar 1855 - 16 Dec 1878 Died) *Pietro Saulini (28 Feb 1879 - 26 May 1887 Died) *Francesco Giordani (25 Nov 1887 - 13 Dec 1902 Died) *Benedetto Spila (24 Apr 1903 - 29 Apr 1909 Resigned) *Americo Bevilacqua (29 Apr 1909 - 22 Jan 1915 Resigned) *Michele Izzi (1 Jul 1915 - 31 Dec 1917 Died) *Antonio Torrini (23 Dec 1918 - 15 Jun 1928 Appointed,

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) *Mario Toccabelli (16 Sep 1930 - 1 Apr 1935 Appointed,

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) *Edoardo Facchini (5 May 1935 - 21 Oct 1962 Died) *Vittorio Ottaviani (19 Dec 1962 - 10 Nov 1973 Appointed,

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) *Umberto Florenzani (21 Dec 1973 - 30 Sep 1986 Appointed,

Bishop of Anagni-Alatri The Diocese of Anagni-Alatri () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Alatri was united to the historical Diocese o ...

) ''30 September 1986 United with and suppressed to the Diocese of Anagni to form the

Diocese of Anagni-Alatri The Diocese of Anagni-Alatri () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. It has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Alatri was united to the historical Diocese o ...

References

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Ferdinando Ughelli Ferdinando Ughelli (; 21 March 1595 – 19 May 1670) was an Italian Cistercian monk and church historian. He is best known for his monumental ''Italia sacra'', a massive nine-volume treatise detailing the history of all Italian dioceses from the ...

, ''Italia Sacra'' (Venice, 1722), I, 288; **Cappelletti, ''Le chiese de Italia'' (Venice, 1866), VI, 433; **Orlandi, ''Compendiose notizie sacre e profane delle città d'Italia'' (Perugia, 1770), I. {{coord missing, Italy