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Raynerius of Split (died 1180) was an Italian
Camaldolese The Camaldolese Hermits of Mount Corona () are a Catholic Church, Catholic monastic order of pontifical right for men founded by Romuald, St. Romuald. Its name is derived from the Holy Hermitage () in Camaldoli, high in the mountains of Tuscany, ...
monk. He became
bishop of Cagli The diocese of Cagli e Pergola was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Marche, central Italy, in the province of Pesaro and Urbino. Up until 1563 it was under the direct supervision of the Roman pontiff. In that year, the diocese of ...
, from 1156 to 1175, and then
archbishop of Split In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...
. He was
stoned to death Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. Stoning appears t ...
in a dispute over land,''Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) '': "Cagli e Pergola"
/ref> defending the rights of the Church. He is a Catholic saint and his feast day is August 4.


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1180 deaths Italian Benedictines 12th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Italian saints Canonizations by Pope Alexander VIII Italian Christian monks Bishops in le Marche 12th-century Croatian people Year of birth unknown 12th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Republic of Venice Archbishops of Split Deaths by stoning {{Italy-saint-stub