Roman Catholic Diocese of Città di Castello

Diocese of Città di Castello
Dioecesis Civitatis Castelli o Tifernatensis

Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Perugia-Città della Pieve
Statistics
Area 820 km2 (320 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
60,060
58,900 (98.1%)
Parishes 60
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 7th century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di Ss. Florido e Amanzio
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.
Emeritus Bishops Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap.
Website
www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Città di Castello (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Castelli o Tifernatensis) is in Umbria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.[1][2]

History

In 550, Fantalogus, by order of the Ostrogothic king Totila, took and destroyed the city then known as Tifernum or Civitas Tiberina. Città di Castello was later rebuilt around a castle, giving origin to the name used today. During the persecution of Diocletian, St. Crescentianus, a Roman knight, and ten others suffered martyrdom at Tifernum.

The first-known bishop of this see was Ennodius, present at a Roman council (465) under Pope Hilary. At the time of the sack of the city by Fantalogus, the bishop was Florius, later a friend of Gregory the Great. In 711 Lombard Arians put to death the bishop of the city, Albertus, and his deacon Britius.

By the Donation of Pepin (752), it became subject to the Holy See. In 1375 Città di Castello joined in the insurrection of other cities of the Papal States. Cardinal Robert of Geneva (later antipope as Clement VII), undertook to recapture it with Breton mercenaries, but was repulsed. Under Pope Martin V, however, it was taken by Braccio da Montone (1420). Later, Nicolò Vitelli, with the help of Florence and Milan, became absolute ruler.

In 1474 Pope Sixtus IV sent there his nephew, CardinalGiuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II). After fruitless negotiations he laid siege to the city, but Vitelli did not surrender until he learned that the command of the army had been given to Duke Federigo of Urbino. The following year Vitelli tried unsuccessfully to recapture the city; fear of Cesare Borgia alone induced him to desist.[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Città di Castello

Erected: 7th Century

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Città di Castello". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Città di Castello " GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 18, 2016
  3. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. ↑ "Bishop Ventura Bufalini". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bishop Valeriano Muti" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved December 4, 2016

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

Coordinates: 43°28′12″N 12°13′53″E / 43.4700°N 12.2314°E / 43.4700; 12.2314

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