The Italian Catholic diocese of Bertinoro existed from 1360 to 1986. In that year it was merged with the
diocese of Forlì
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
to create the
diocese of Forlì-Bertinoro
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
. (for Chronology of Bishops) (for Chronology of Bishops)
History
Bertinoro
Bertinoro () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the Italy, Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. It is located on hill Mount Cesubeo, in Romagna, a few kilometers from the ''Via Aemilia, Via Emilia''.
History
There ...
is in
Romagna
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Etymology
The name ''Romagna'' originates from the Latin name ''Romania'', which originally ...
, in the
province of Forlì-Cesena
The Province of Forlì-Cesena () is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capitals are the cities of Forlì and Cesena. The province has a population of 394,273 as of 2016 over an area of . It contains 30 '' comuni'' (: ''comu ...
. According to legend, about the year 303 St. Illuminata, a virgin of
Ravenna
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, took refuge here, but was martyred.
Up to 1360 Bertinoro was a town within the territory of the Bishop of Forlimpopoli. In that year, however, Cardinal Albornoz being commander of the troops of
Pope Gregory IX
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,
Forlimpopoli
Forlimpopoli (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Forlì-Cesena, north-eastern Italy. It is located on the '' Via Emilia'' between Cesena and Forlì.
History
The name of Forlimpopoli derives from the Roman ''Forum Popilii'', most lik ...
was destroyed, when Albornoz took the city by force, obliged the inhabitants to abandon it, and razed it to the ground. The episcopal see was then transferred to Bertinoro, and the bishop, Roberto dei Resinelli, an Augustinian, took with him relics of St. Rufillus. In 1377 Roberto was succeeded by Bishop Teobaldo, who received from
Pope Urban VI
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the civil authority over Bertinoro and
Cesena
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, and fought against the bodies of mercenaries recruited by the
Antipope Clement VII
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The son of ...
, by whom he was made prisoner.
Bishop Ventura degli Abati was highly praised by
Pope Martin V
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for his learning and piety.
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* Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona (1600–1672), Roman Catholic prelate
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, a Dominican (1544), was an able theologian; Gianandrea Caligari (1580), formerly
nuncio
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to
Poland
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, restored the Cathedral of Santa Caterina. Giovanni della Robbia (1624), a Dominican, established at Forlimpopoli the Accademia degli Infiammati.
In 1803 Pope Pius VII suppressed the diocese of Bertinoro; it was re-established in 1817. From 1824 to 1859 it was united to the
diocese of Sarsina
The Catholic diocese of Sarsina (''Sassina, Saxena, Bobium'') was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, seated in Sarsina, in the province of Forlì, some 32 km south-southwest of Cesena. The diocese was ...
.
The bishops' seat was
Bertinoro Cathedral
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.
Bishops of Bertinoro
to 1600
*Robertus de Bretevilla (1365–c. 1378)
*Theobaldus Pelissiae (1378–c.1395)
*Ursillus de Afflitto (1395–1404)
*
Marco de Teramo
Marco de Teramo (died 1439) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sarno (1418–1439), Bishop of Bertinoro (1404–1418), and Bishop of Monopoli (1400–1404). ''(in Latin)''
Biography
On 24 March 1400, Marco de Teramo was appoi ...
(15 Dec 1404 – 29 Dec 1418 Appointed, Bishop of Sarno)
*Marcus, O.S.M. (1418–1429)
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Ventura degli Abbati
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(13 Apr 1429 – 1477 Died)
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Giuliano Maffei
Giuliano Maffei, O.F.M. or Giuliano Matteis (died 1510) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dubrovnik (1505–1510) and Bishop of Bertinoro (1477–1505). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''
Biography
Giuliano Maffei was ordain ...
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(18 Apr 1505 – 6 Nov 1511 Appointed,
Archbishop of Cosenza
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Bishop of Caserta
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*
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* Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona (1600–1672), Roman Catholic prelate
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Bishop of Catania
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)
* Giovanni della Robbia (bishop), O.P. (29 Jul 1624 – 25 Oct 1641)
* Isidoro della Robbia, O.S.B. (10 Mar 1642 – Nov 1656)
* Ottaviano Prati (21 Apr 1659 – Aug 1659)
* Guido Bentivoglio (bishop), C.R. (16 Feb 1660 – 1 Feb 1676)
* Vincenzo Cavalli (Gaballi) (23 Mar 1676 – Jun 1701)
*Giovanni Battista Missiroli (8 Aug 1701 – Jan 1734)
*Gaetano Calvani (24 Mar 1734 – 19 Sep 1747 Resigned)
*Francesco Maria Colombani (20 Nov 1747 – 27 Mar 1788 Died)
*Giacomo Boschi (15 Sep 1788 – 1807)On 18 September 1807, Boschi was appointed Bishop of Carpi. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 130 with note 4.
*Federico Bencivenni, O.F.M. Cap. (14 Apr 1817 – 19 Nov 1829)
*Giambattista Guerra (15 Mar 1830 – 1857)
*Pietro Buffetti (3 Aug 1857 – 12 Jan 1874)
*Camillo Ruggeri (4 May 1874 – 3 Jul 1882 Appointed,
Bishop of Fano
The Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola () is a Latin Church, Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, created in 1986, when the historical Diocese of Fano was united to the Diocese of Cagli e Pergola and the Diocese of Fossombrone. I ...
)
*Lodovico Leonardi (3 Jul 1882 – Jun 1898)
*Federico Polloni (28 Nov 1898 – 10 Mar 1924 Died)
*Antonio Scarante (18 Dec 1924 – 30 Jun 1930 Appointed,
Bishop of Faenza
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)
*Francesco Gardini (9 May 1931 – 31 Jan 1950 Died)
*Mario Bondini (16 Mar 1950 – 28 Jan 1959 Died)
*Giuseppe Bonacini (16 May 1959 – 14 Nov 1969 Died)
*Giovanni Proni (10 Mar 1970 – 30 Sep 1986 Appointed, Bishop of Forli-Bertinoro)
Notes and references
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Episcopal lists
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Bertinoro
Bertinoro () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the Italy, Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. It is located on hill Mount Cesubeo, in Romagna, a few kilometers from the ''Via Aemilia, Via Emilia''.
History
There ...