Diocese of Santa Giusta

Cathedral of Santa Giusta

The Diocese of Santa Giusta, formerly Othoca, was a Roman Catholic diocese in Santa Giusta, Sardinia. The bishop's seat was in the former Santa Giusta Cathedral, now a minor basilica.

The diocese was established at an unknown date in the 11th century. Its earliest known bishop was Augustinus (1119). The diocese was suppressed in 1503, and its territory was assigned to the Archdiocese of Oristano (Arborea).

History

On 13 November 1226, Gottifredo, Governor of the city of Rome and papal legate of Pope Honorius III in Corsica and Sardinia, held a national synod in Santa Giusta. A result was a collection of 27 canons. ^[1]

The Archbishop of Pisa, Federico Visconti (1254–1277), in 1263 conducted a visitation of the island of Sardinia in his capacity of papal legate. When he arrived in Oristano, he received the bishop of Santa Giusta and the cathedral Chapter. ^[2]

Archbishop Oddone Sala of Arborea (Oristano) held a provincial synod on 14 February 1309, in which Bishop Ioannes of Santa Giusta, Roberto of Terralba, and the archpriest of Usellus (on behalf of his bishop) participated. ^[3]

Bishop Bernardus of Santa Giusta particioated in the first royal court of King Peter IV of Aragon (1336–1387) held in Sardinia, which took place in Cagliari on 10 March 1355. ^[4]

The diocese was suppressed in 1503, and its territory was assigned to the Archdiocese of Oristano (Arborea). The abolition and transfer did not take effect immediately. Pope Leo X issued a bull on 15 July 1515, confirming the bull of Pope Julius II ^[5]

Since 1969 Santa Giusta has been a titular bishopric.

Bishops of Santa Giusta

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• (c. 1119) : Augustinus ^[6]
• (c. 1147-1160) : Paucapalea ^[7]

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• (c. 1164–1182) : Ugo ^[8]
• (c. 1195) : Stephanus ^[9]
• (c. 1206?) : Bonaccorso ^[10]

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• (c. 1228–1237) : Petrus de Martis ^[11]

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• (c. 1263–1268) : Mar[ - -] ^[12]

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• (c. 1291–1309) : Joannes ^[13]
• (c. ? – 1318) : Fredericus, O.P. ^[14]
• (c. 1318– ?) : Guilelmus ^[15]
• (1330–c. ? ) : Petrus de Deo
• (c. 1340–1349) : Jacobus de Cucho, O.P.
• (1349– ? ) : Palaczinus, O.F.M. ^[16]
• ( ? – ?) : Albertus
• (1354–1355) : Bernardus, O.Carm. ^[17]
• (1355–1387?) : Leonardo de Zori ^[18]
• (1387–1389) : Seraphinus Travaccio, O.F.M., Roman Obedience
• (1389 – ? ) : Joannes, Roman Obedience
• (1400–1401) : Geminianus, Roman Obedience
• (1401 – ? ) : Domenico, O.F.M., Roman Obedience
• (1428 – ? ) : Ettore Antonio, O.P.
• (1431–1433) : Antonio Manca, O.P. ^[19]
• (1433–1467?) : Pietro de Villena, O.F.M.
• (1467– ? ) : Giovanni Garsia, O.Cist.
• (1477) : Simon
• (1477–1489?) : Francesco Amato ^[20]
• (1489–1493) : Antonio Rodrigo
• (1494–c. 1512) : Gaspare di Torriglia ^[21]

Titular bishops

• (1969–1971) : Juan Antonio del Val Gallo ^[22]
• (1975–1978) : Hermenegildo Ramirez Sanchez, M.J. ^[23]
• (1987–1998) : Giovanni Cheli ^[24]
• (1998–pres) : Luigi Gatti ^[25]

References and notes

1. Martini II, pp. 13-27, quoted in full. "Nos Gottifredus praefecti urbis, domini papae subdiaconus, et cappellanus, apostolicae sedis in Sardinia et Corsica legatus....
2. Martini II, pp. 44-54: "Et ibidem facta inquisitione tam in capite, quam in membris de episcopo, et capitulo S. Justae, quia convenerant ante nos ibi in palatio judicis, equitavimus apud Terralbam...."
3. Martini II, pp. 56-58. A. Scintu, Raccolta di memorie d'Arborea (Oristano: Tip. Arborense 1873), p. 55.
4. Martini II, p. 177, with note 2.
5. Angelo Scintu, Raccolta di memorie d'Arborea(in Italian) (Oristano: Tip. Arborense 1873), p. 153.
6. Augustinus: Mattei, p. 255, col. 1. Cappelletti, p. 245.
7. Paucapalea was present at the consecration of the church of S. Maria de Bonarcanto. Mattei, p. 255, col. 1. Cappelletti, p. 245. Antonio Mocci, "Documenti inediti ul canonista Paucapalea," (in Italian), in: Atti - Accademia delle scienze di Torino. Classe di scienze fische, matematiche e naturali Vol. 40 (Torino: Carlo Clausen 1905), pp. 316-327.
8. Ugo: Mattei, p. 255-256. Cappelletti, pp. 245-246.
9. Stephanus: Gams, p. 839, col. 1.
10. Bonaccorso: Mocci, "Documenti inediti ul canonista Paucapalea," p. 327, note 1. A. Salmi, "Un nuovo documento per la storia di Guglielmo di Cagliari e dell'Arborea," (in Italian), in: Archivio storico sardo Vol. 4 (Cagliari 1908), p. 201, note 4.
11. Petrus: Mattei, p. 256. Cappelletti, p. 246. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 287.
12. Mattei, p. 256, col. 2. Cappelletti, p. 246.
13. Joannes: Mattei, p. 256, col. 2. Martini III, p. 378, note 4. Cappelletti, p. 246.
14. Frederick died in 1318, and his successor was appointed on 19 September 1318. Mattei (p. p. 256-257) , followed by Cappelletti, wrongly gives 1318 as the year of Frederick's accession.
15. Guillelmus had been bishop of Konalvje (Dalmatia) since 1311. He was transferred to S. Giusta by Pope John XXII on 19 September 1318. G. Mollat & G. de Lesquen, Jean XXII: Lettres communes, (in Latin) Vol. 2 (Paris: Fontemoing 1905), p. 282, no. 8432. Eubel I, pp. 218, 287.
16. Palatinus: Mattei, p. 257. Eubel I, p. 287.
17. Bernardo had been Bishop of Isola (Campania). He was transferred to Santa Giusta by Pope Innocent VI on 27 June 1354. Eubel I, p. 288.
18. Leonardo had been a canon of Arborea (Oristano). Eubel I, p. 288 with note 4.
19. Antonio Manca: Eubel II, p. 169.
20. Francesco Amato: Eubel II, p. 169 with note 3.
21. Gaspare Torrella was a domestic prelate and physician to Pope Alexander VI and Pope Julius II. On 27 September 1494, he was appointed appeals judge for all Sardinian cases in the papal courts. In March 1498, he was appointed governor and castellan of Todi. He held benefices as Dean of Tortosa, of Cagliari and of Dol. He was canon of Bosa and of Ottona; and he was archpriest of Sulci. He was the author of treatises Qui cupit a peste non solum preservari sed ed curari hoc legat Consilium (1504) and De morbo Gallico (1497), in both of which he identifies himself as "Gaspar episcopus Sanctae Justae." Gaetano Luigi Marini, Degli Archiatri Pontifici (in Italian) Volume 1 (Roma: Pagliarini 1784), pp. 257-270. He was present at the second session of the Fifth Lateran Council on 7 May 1512. J.D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Vol. 32, p. 710.
22. Gallo was appointed by Pope Paul VI on 4 April 1969, and assigned as auxiliary bishop of Cardinal Bueno e Monreale, Archbishop of Seville. He was transferred to the diocese of Santander on 3 December 1971. Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 61 (1969), p. 422. Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 64 (1972), p. 62.
23. Ramirez, a priest of the Society of the Missionaries of S. Joseph, had been Apostolic Administrator of Huautla (Mexico). On 4 January 1975, he was appointed Prelate of Huautla, and named titular bishop of Santa Giusta for that purpose. He resigned the titular bishopric on 15 February 1978, though he continued as Prelate until his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on 15 October 2005. He died in 2022. Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 67 (1975), p. 70.
24. Cheli held the degree of doctor of canon law. He had studied at the Lateran Athenaeum and the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. He served in Guatemala (1952–1955), Spain (1955–1962), and Italy (1962–1967). He then served on the Pontifical Council for the Public Affairs of the Church (1967–1973), and was named permanent observer at the UN. On 8 September, Cheli became titular Bishop of Santa Giusta, and was granted the title of Archbishop. He became a cardinal in 1998. He died in 2013. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 70 (1978), p. 776.
25. On 13 July 1998, Gatti was appointed papal nuncio to Malta and to Libya, and named titular bishop of Santa Giusta, with the personal title of archbishop. In 2001, he was appointed papal nuncio to Lebanon, and in 2009 to Greece.

Sources

Reference Works

• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 1 (Tomus 1) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 287-288.. Archived.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 2 (Tomus 2) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 169.. Archived.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1923). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 3 (Tomus 3) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.. Archived.
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 83p. (Use with caution; obsolete)

Studies

• Bono, Raimondo (1971). II centro di Santa Giusta in Sardegna. (in Italian). Cagliari 1971.
• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1857). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. decimoterzo (13). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 245–247..
• Coroneo, Roberto (ed.) (2010). La Cattedrale di Santa Giusta. Architettura e arredi dall'XI al XIX secolo. (in Italian). Cagliari: Scuola Sarda, 2010.
• Kehr, Paul Fridolin. (Ed. D. Girgensohn). Italia Pontificia(in Latin), Vol. X: Calabria – Insulae (Turici: Weidmann 1975). p. 455.
• Martini, Pietro (1841). Storia ecclesiastica di Sardegna. Volume 3 Cagliari: Stamperia Reale, 1841. (pp. 377-379).
• Mattei, Antonio Felice (1758). Sardinia sacra seu De episcopis Sardis historia nunc primò confecta a F. Antonio Felice Matthaejo. (in Latin). Romae: ex typographia Joannis Zempel apud Montem Jordanum, 1758. pp. 253-258.

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy: Titular See of Santa Giusta
• Catholic Hierarchy: Diocese of Santa Giusta (Othoca)