Roman Catholic Diocese of Cagli-Pergola

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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 Urbino was elevated to metropolitan status, and Cagli became a suffragan see of Urbino. [1] The diocese was abolished as an independent entity in 1986, when it was incorporated into the diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola. It was still a suffragan of the archdiocese of Urbino. [2] [3]

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The historical diocese of Cagli was renamed in 1819. [2] Pergola, which had been in the diocese of Urbino, was raised to the rank of an episcopal city and united to the See of Cagli.

History

The diocese of Cagli does not appear in the evidence until the 8th century. Louis Duchesne believed that it might have been a "resurrection" of the diocese of Pitinum Mergens. [4] Only one bishop of Pitinum is known, Romanus in 499. [5]

Bishop Egidio (1233–1259) [6] had many controversies with the municipality of Gubbio. Under his successor Bishop Morandus, the Ghibellines revolted against the papal power. After the death of Bishop Jacopo (1276), the Ghibelline canons wished to elect a noble, Berardo Berardi, while the Guelphs elected Rinaldo Sicardi, Abbot of San Pietro di Massa. As a result the see remained vacant for some years. Finally Berardo was made bishop of Osimo in 1283, [7] and Sicardi died, whereupon Guglielmo Saxonis was elected bishop (1285) and approved by Pope Honorius IV. Civil discords, however, did not cease, and after a terrible massacre, Cagli was burned by its own citizens.

The town was immediately rebuilt on the plain of St. Angelo, and, on 10 March 1289, Pope Nicholas IV (1288–1292) named it S. Angelo papale. After his death, however, the original name of Cagli was restored. [8]

In 1297 the first stone of the new cathedral was laid by the Bishop Lituardo Cervati, [9] and in 1398 Niccolò Marciari brought the building to completion. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, under the title Assumption. The cathedral was staffed and administered by a corporation called the Chapter, consisting of two dignities (the Provost, and the Archdeacon) and eleven canons, one of whom was the Theologus (preacher). There were also twelve chaplains, who were not members of the Chapter. [10]

In 1503 the partisans of Cesare Borgia killed the Franciscan bishop Gasparo Golfi. [11] His successor on 8 March 1503, a Spanish Dominican, Ludovico de Lagoria, who was a promoter of Borgia's outrages, was nearly killed by the people of Cagli during his first entry into the city. To restore order, Pope Julius II transferred Langoria to the diocese of Lavelli in the Kingdom of Naples on 23 February 1504. [12]

On 4 June 1563, Pope Pius IV signed the bull "Super Universas", by which he elevated the diocese of Urbino to the status of metropolitan archdiocese. He assigned as suffragan dioceses of the new ecclesiastical province Cagli, Sinigaglia, Pesaro, Fossombrone, Montefeltro, and Gubbio. The diocese of Cagli was no longer directly dependent upon the papacy. [13]

The territory of Cagli suffered a major earthquake on 3 June 1781. Practically the entire city was ruined. The cupola of the cathedral collapsed, causing the death of the celebrant of a Mass which was in progress, Canon Ugolinucci, and sixty-five attendees. The church of Palcano was destroyed, causing the death of twenty-two persons; the church of S. Cristoforo della Carda registered six deaths; the church of S. Donato dei Pecorari lost its parish priest and some sixty parishioners. [14] Bishop Lodovico Agostino Bertozzi (1754-1802) wrote a detailed letter to Cardinal Leonardo Antonelli, the Prefect of the Congregation of the Propaganda of the Faith and Protector of the diocese of Cagli, revealing the extent of the catastrophe. [15] Pope Pius VI responded with generous funds, allowing not only for the rebuilding of the cathedral and much of the city, but also for the foundation of useful institutions, a hospital for the sick and an orphanage for poor girls. Bertozzi was also responsible for the foundation of a seminary, sufficient for 40 students. [16] The bishop's assistant in the reconstruction over the succeeding twenty-five years was his Vicar-General and eventual successor, Alfonso Cingari. [17]

French occupation

When the forces of the revolutionary French Republic invaded the Romagna in 1797, they obtained the Romagna, including Cagli, by the Treaty of Tolentino of 19 February 1797. When they arrived at Cagli, the Vicar General Cingari in a kindly spirit welcomed the commander and accompanied him to the episcopal palace to meet the ninety-four year old Bishop Bertozzi. They mollified the French with their accommodating attitude and prudence, a policy which was several times approved of by Pope Pius VI. Bishop Bertozzi had asked the pope several times to accept his resignation on grounds of ill health and great age, but the presence of the French made it inadvisable. [18] Circumstances in Rome were not so favorable, and on 15 February 1798, the French general Louis Berthier proclaimed the Roman Republic and deposed the pope. Pius was sent to Siena and then to Florence. On 28 March 1799, the pope was deported to France, where he died on 29 August. The Papal States and papal ecclesiastical control ceased to exist. [19] When a new pope, Pius VII was elected on 14 March 1800, Bishop Bertozzi again requested permission to resign, but he was able to have Msgr. Cingari appointed Apostolic Commissary. to administer the diocese. Bertozzi died on 20 September 1802, at the age of 97. [20] The Vicar General, Msgr. Cingari, pronounced Bertozzi's funeral oration on the 30th day commemorative Mass, on 20 October 1802. [21] Cingari was promoted bishop of Cagli on 31 March 1806, and consecrated on 7 April. [22]

In February 1808, Napoleon, Emperor of the French, occupied the Papal States, and, on 17 May 1809, annexed them to metropolitan France, creating new "departements," Tibère and Toscane. Cagli, formerly a subject of the pope, became a canton in the District of Urbino, in the Department of Ancona, in the Kingdom of Italy. [23] In the same year, Napoleon, King of Italy, demanded oaths of allegiance [24] to his kingdom and the Code Napoleon of the bishops of the Marches, Urbino, Camerino, and Macerata, who had formerly sworn their oaths to the pope. [25] On 28 May 1808, the bishop was sent a notice, requiring him to appear in person in Milan before 15 July to swear his oath to the Viceroy. [26] Bishop Cingari refused the oath, and was deported, first to Mantua, and then to Bergamo, where he was held in confinement in the convent of the Cappucini, and then again to Mantua. In mid-November 1813, he was ordered to be taken to Turin. [27] He was carried to Milan, where he arrived on 18 November 1813, too ill to be taken any farther. He was in Milan for several months, until news of French defeats by the allies brought his release. He was able to return to Cagli in May 1814. [28] He had been in exile for nearly five years. [29]

Pergola

Pope Pius VII, who excommunicated Napoleon on 11 June 1809 in the bull "Quum memoranda", was arrested by the French on 5 July 1809 and deported to Savona. [30] Pius refused thereafter to perform any papal acts whatever, and the bishops nominated by Napoleon never received canonical approval or installation. [31] After the fall of Napoleon, he was able to return to Rome, on 24 May 1814, to face a major task of political and ecclesiastical reconstruction and repair. [32]

The ecclesiastical situation in Pergola had been confused for some time. Much of the city was in the diocese of Gubbio, but individual parishes belonged to the monastery of Nonantola, [33] the monastery of Sitria, [34] the monastery of Fonte Avellana, [35] and the diocese of Cagli. Other parts belonged to the diocese of Nocera. Having consulted with the prelates concerned and with members of the College of Cardinals, Pius VII issued the bull "Romani pontifices" on 31 January 1818, granting all the jurisdictions in the territory of Pergola to the diocese of Cagli. To compensate the bishop of Gubbio for his loss of income, the people of Pergola were required to pay the bishop an annual sum of fifty scudi. [36] On 25 May 1818, Msgr. Carlo Monti, Bishop of Sarsina, was transferred to the diocese of Cagli. [22]

On 18 January 1819, Pope Pius VII issued the bull "Commissa tenuitati", by which he raised the territory of Pergola to the status of a diocese, which was permanently attached, aeque personaliter, to the bishop of Cagli. [37] The collegiate church of S. Andrea was chosen as the new cathedral of Pergola; [38] the college of canons was suppressed, and its Augustinian Canons moved to the vacant church and monastery of the Conventual Franciscans at S. Francesco. A new Chapter of canons was established to staff and administer the cathedral, consisting of three dignities (the Provost, the Archdeacon, and the Archpriest) and eleven secular canons. [39] The bishop was required to live in Pergola for four months out of the year. [40] The establishment of a seminary for training priests was ordered, in accordance with the decrees of the Council of Trent; initially it was to be housed in the former convent of the Canons Regular at S. Andrea, along with the bishop's residence, and the diocesan offices. [41]

On 18 January 1819, Bishop Carlo Monti of Cagli became Bishop of Cagli e Pergola.

End of the diocese

In a decree of the Second Vatican Council, it was recommended that dioceses be reorganized to take into account modern developments. [42] A project begun on orders from Pope John XXIII, and continued under his successors, was intended to reduce the number of dioceses in Italy and to rationalize their borders in terms of modern population changes and shortages of clergy. The change was made urgent because of changes made to the Concordat between the Italian State and the Holy See on 18 February 1984, and embodied in a law of 3 June 1985. The reorganization was approved by Pope John Paul II in an audience of 27 September 1986, and by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops of the Papal Curia on 30 September 1986. The diocese of Fano was united to the dioceses of Cagli e Pergola and of Fossombrone. Its name was to be Fanensis-Forosemproniensis-Calliensis-Pergulanus. The seat of the diocese was to be in Fano. The former cathedral in Cagli and the former cathedral in Fossombrone were to have the honorary title of co-cathedral, and their chapters were to be called the "Capitulum Concathedralis". There was to be only one episcopal curia, one seminary, one ecclesiastical tribunal; and all the clergy were to be incardinated in the diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Caglia-Pergola. [43] The combined diocese was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado. The diocese of Cagli ceased to exist.

Bishops

Diocese of Cagli

Latin Name: Calliensis

to 1429

[Gratianus (ca. 359)] [44]
...
[Viticianus (ca. 500)] [45]
...
[Anastasius (ca. 731)] [46]
...?
  • Rodulphus (ca. 761) [47]
  • Juvianus (attested 769) [48]
[Aldefredus] (774] [49]
...
  • Passivo (attested 826) [50]
...
  • Andreas (attested 853) [51]
...
  • Justinus / Martinus (attested 861) [52]
...
  • Joannes (attested 881) [53]
...
  • Martinus (attested 898) [54]
...
  • Joannes (attested 967–968) [55]
...
  • Luitulphus ( – 1045) [56]
  • Marcus (by 1050 – 1058) [57]
  • Hugo, O.S.B. (1059 – ) [58]
  • Joannes ? (attested 1068) [59]
  • Hugo (attested 1070–1093) [60]
  • Ambrosius (attested 1106 or 1116) [61]
  • Quiricus (1128 – 1156) [62]
  • Ranerius, O.S.B (1156 – 1175) [63]
  • Allodericus (ca. 1175 – 1211) [64]
  • Anselmus (1217 – ) [65]
  • Albertus (1229 – )
  • Aegidius, O.S.B. (1233 – 1259) [66]
  • Thomas Morandus, O.P. (1259 – 1265) [67]
  • Hugolinus (1266 – ca. 1269) [68]
  • Jacobus (1270 – 1276) [69]
  • Reynaldus Siccardi (1276 – ? )
  • Guillelmus Saxonis (1285 – 1295) [70]
  • Octavianus, O.S.A. (1296) [71]
  • Angelus de Camerino, O.E.S.A. (1296 – 1298) [72]
  • Liutardus (1298 – 1301 ?) [73]
  • Joannes (attested 1304) [74]
  • Rogerius Todini, O.F.M. (attested 1315 – 1318) [75]
  • Petrus (1319 – 1328) [76]
  • Albertus de Sicardis, O.F.M. (1328 – 1342) [77]
  • Guido de Callio (1342–1347) [78]
  • Petrus, O.P. (1348 – 1353) [79]
  • Thomas Sferrato, O.F.M. (1353 – 1378) [80]
  • Augustinus, O.E.S.A. (1378 – 1395) Roman Obedience [81]
Augustinus (1395 – 1397) Administrator (Roman Obedience)
  • Nicolaus Marciari (1398 – 1413) Roman Obedience [82]
  • Giovanni Buono de Lutiis (3 November 1413 – 1429) [83]

from 1429 to 1842

Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Urbino (from 1563)

Diocese of Cagli e Pergola

Name Changed: 18 January 1819
Latin Name: Calliensis e Pergulanus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Urbino

30 September 1986: United with the Diocese of Fano and the Diocese of Fossombrone to form the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola

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  42. Directoriae normae clare a Concilio impertitae de dioecesium recognitione; indicia atque elementa apta ad actionem pastoralem aestimandam ab episcopis suppeditata quibus plurium dioecesium regimen commissum est.
  43. Acta Apostolicae Sedis An. et Vol. LXXIX (Città del Vaticano: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1987), pp. 701-704.
  44. Bishop Gratianus, the first recorded bishop of Cagli, was present at the Council of Rimini in 359. Bricci, Francesco (1641). Delli annali della città di Cagli. Libro primo. Doue si tratta de'progressi,&auuenimenti d'essa e suoi cittadini, etc (in Italian and Latin). Vol. Libro primo. Urbino: Apud A. Ghisonum. p. 18., followed by: Ughelli, II, p. 811; Cappelletti, VIII, p. 236. Lanzoni, p. 494, is doubtful of the attribution of Gratianus to Cagli; the ancient name of the diocese was Pitinum, not Calle.
  45. Viticanus (or Vaticanus) was present at the council of Rome of Pope Symmachus. J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima. Tomus VIII (Florence 1762), p. 252. Ughelli, p. 811. Cappelletti, p. 236. Francesco Lanzoni (Le diocesi d'Italia 1927, p. 495), however, believes he belongs to another diocese: "Vaticanus. — Posto dall' Ughelli (II, 810) nel 501 sotto Cagli, appartiene ad altra sede (v. il paese dei Marsi)." In Theodor Mommsen's edition of the synods of Pope Symmachus (Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Auctores Antiquissimi Vol. 12 (Berlin: Weidmann 1894), p. 436, the reading is: "Vaticanus episcopus ecclesiae Ceneliensis subscripsi", with variants: "caeneliensis, celeliensis, caeliniensis, caeleniensis, celeniensis, celiniensis, caeleniensis." His name is also spelled: "uatiganus, uagitanus, uiticanus, uitiganus, uaticanis, and baticanus."
  46. Anastasius attended the council of Rome held against the Iconoclasts. Ughelli II, p. 811. Cappelletti, p. 236, citing Anastasius Bibliothecarius in his "Life of Gregory III". Gams, p. 677. Neither claim can be verified: the records of the council of 731 have not survived.
  47. Rodulphus was present at the synod of 761 held by Pope Paul I. Mansi, Tomus XII (Florence 1766), p. 649. Cappelletti, p. 236-237. Gams, p. 677. Cesare Baronio, Annales ecclesiastici (ed. A. Theiner) Vol. 12 (Bar-le-duc ), p. 647: "Rodulphus humilis episcopus sanctae Ecclesiae Cellensis (Calliensis vel Vercellensis)."
  48. Bishop Juvianus (Jovian) attended the Lateran council of Pope Stephen III on 12 April 769. Mansi, Vol. XII, p. 715. Cappelletti, p. 237.
  49. Aldefredus is claimed as a bishop of Cagli by Ughelli II, p. 811, no. 7. He is not included by Cappelletti III, pp. 237 and 261; or by Gams, pp. 677-678.
  50. Bishop Passivo was present at the Roman synod of Pope Eugenius II on 15 November 826. J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima, Tomus 14 (Venice 1769), p. 999. Cappelletti, p. 237.
  51. Bishop Andreas was present at the Roman synod of Pope Leo IV on 8 December 853. J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima, Tomus 14 (Venice 1769), p. 1020. Cappelletti, p. 237.
  52. Two manuscript lists of the subscriptions of bishops attending the Roman council of Pope Nicholas I on 18 November 861 show: "Justinus Gallicanus" and "Martinus Calli": Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio Tomus 15, pp. 602 and 604. Cappelletti (p. 237) prefers Justinus (Giustino). Wilfried Hartmann (ed.), Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Die Konzilien der karolingischen Teilreiche 860-874 (Hannover, 1998), pp. 64-65, prefers Martinus.
  53. Bishop Joannes is mentioned in a letter from Pope John VIII to Archbishop Romanus of Ravenna on 27 July 881. Cappelletti III, p. 237. P. F. Kehr, Italia pontificia V, p. 10, no. 43.
  54. According to Cappelletti III, p. 238, Bishop Martin was present at the synod of Ravenna, held by Pope John IX in 898, to repair the damage done by Pope Stephen VI's trial (896) of the deceased Pope Formosus. J.N.D. Kelly and M. J. Walsh. Oxford Dictionary of Popes, second edition (OUP 2010), p. 116. J. Duhr, "Le concile de Ravenne en 898," (in French), in: Recherches de science religeuse 22 (Paris 1932), pp. 541-579.
  55. Bishop Joannes attended the synod of Emperor Otto I in Ravenna in 968. Schwartz, p. 241.
  56. Luitulphus resigned his see to become a hermit, according to Peter Damianus (Book I, epistle 9=J.P. Migne (ed.) Patrologiae Latinae Tomus CXLV, (Paris 1867), pp. 423-442, at p. 437). Cappelletti, p. 238. Schwartz, p. 241.
  57. Marcus (or Atto: Gams, p. 678) was present at the consecration of the abbey church of S. Pietro d'Augubio. Francesco Bricchi, Annali della cittä di Cagli (Urbino 1641) I, p. 38: "La perdita de scritti per gl'incendi, e sacchi di guerre, ci priuano delle memorie, rimastane quella sola, che nell'Anno 1058 con altri vescovi intervenisse alla consecrazione di S Pietro d'Augubio, per testimonio de scritti di tal Cenobio. A1cuni scrissero, che quello si chiamasse Atto, e forse dell'Ordine di San Benedetto..." Schwartz, p. 241.
  58. "Hugo episcopus Galliensis" was present at the Roman Council of Nicolaus II on 13 April 1059. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus 19 (Venice: A. Zatta 1774), pp. 911-912. Ughelli, p. 812. Cappelletti, p. 238. Schwartz, p. 241.
  59. Joannes might be Joannes Calliensis or Joannes Gabinensis. Schwartz, p. 242.
  60. Hugo (II): Schwartz, p. 242.
  61. Schwartz, p. 242.
  62. Quircus was a native of Cagli, and a Canon of the Cathedral. Ughelli, p. 812.
  63. Ranerius was transferred to the diocese of Split (Spalato) (Dalmatia), where he was killed by some Slavs (1180) for having claimed for the church lands occupied by them. He died 4 August 1180. Ughelli, pp. 812-814. Cappelletti, pp. 239-240, quoting from a manuscript in the archive of the Cathedral of Split.
  64. Allodericus was present at the Lateran Council of 1179 under Pope Alexander III. Ughelli, p. 814. Mansi, Tomus XXII, p. 459 (Note that Allodericus signs along with the bishops directly subject to the Holy See).
  65. Anselmus was consecrated by Pope Honorius III in his second year on the papal throne. Eubel, I, p. 158, with note 1.
  66. Gams, p. 678.
  67. Morandi was a native of Florence. He was transferred to Fano on 4 October 1265. Cappelletti, pp. 244-245. Gams, p. 678. Eubel, I, p. 158 and 245.
  68. Ugolinus (Acquaviva) was a native of Cagli, and a Canon of the Cathedral. He was elected by the cathedral Chapter, confirmed and personally consecrated a bishop by Pope Clement IV on 22 September 1266. Cappelletti, pp. 244-245. Édouard Jordan, Les registres de Clément IV Tome 1 (Paris: Thorin 1893), p. 100, no. 362. Eubel I, p. 158.
  69. It was under Bishop Jacopo that the struggle began between the Guelph and Ghibbeline Canons for control over the election of bishops. Cappelletti, p. 1245.
  70. Guillelmus had been a canon of Cagli, in diaconal orders. He was elected by the cathedral Chapter, and was then examined by a trio of cardinals at the papal court as to canonical validity and suitability of the candidate. On 21 July 1285, Pope Honorius IV approved his selection. On 24 September 1285, the pope ordered the bishop of Osimo to ordain Guillelmus a priest and then consecrate him a bishop. Guillelmus (de Martinis) was transferred to the diocese of Aquino on 28 March 1295, by Pope Boniface VIII. Maurice Prou, Les registres d'Honorius IV (Paris: Thorin 1888), p. 68, no. 88; p. 99, no. 111. Eubel I, p. 158, 199.
  71. The transfer of Bishop Guillelmus left a vacancy in the diocese of Cagli. On 2 January 1296, Pope Boniface VIII filled the vacancy on his own authority, by appointing Octavianus, a professed member of the Order of S. Augustine, and ordered the suburbicarian bishop of Sabina to carry out his consecration. Octavianus died in the same year, 1296. Antoine Thomas, Les registres de Boniface VIII Vol. 1 (Paris: Thorin 1884), p. 210, no. 599. Eubel I, p. 158.
  72. Pope Boniface VIII had reserved to the pope the right to appoint the next bishop of Cagli following the death of Bishop Octavianus. On 17 December 1296, he appointed Angelo de Camerino, a member of the Order of Hermits of S. Augustine. On 22 April 1298, Pope Boniface transferred him to the diocese of Fiesole. Thomas, Les registres de Boniface VIII Vol. 1, p. 552, no. 1517. Eubel I, pp. 158, 218.
  73. Liutardus (Cervati, Cerruti) had been Bishop of Nepi (1285–1298). He was transferred to the diocese of Cagli by Pope Boniface VIII on 22 April 1298. A successor was in office in 1304. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII Fasc. 5 (Paris: Thorin 1890), p. 100, no. 2545. Eubel I, pp. 158, 363.
  74. Bishop Joannes Caliensis was present and granted an indulgence at the consecration of the church of S. Maria de Mercato in Sanseverino, on 4 June 1304. Ottavio Turchi, De ecclesiae Camerinensis pontificibus libri VI, (Roma: Rossi 1762), p. 237-239, cited by Cappelletti III, p. 247.
  75. By 25 February 1319, Rogerius Todini was dead, the Chapter held a successful election, and the bishop-elect was confirmed in Avignon. Cappelletti III, p. 248.
  76. Petrus was a canon of the cathedral of Orvieto. He was elected by the Chapter of Cagli following the death of Bishop Rogerius, and was confirmed by Pope John XXII on 25 February 1319. He was a supporter of Federico de Montefeltro, an enemy of the papacy, and after several warnings, he was deposed: "per privationem Petri, Sperantiae et aliorum olim comitum de Monteferetro, E. R. hostium et rebellium, fautoris." Cappelletti III, p. 248. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes, Vol. 2 (Paris: Fontemoing 1905), p. 337, no. 8998; Vol. 7, p. 202, no. 40685. Eubel I, p. 158.
  77. Albertus de Sicardis was appointed to fill the place of the deposed Bishop Petrus by Pope John XXII, who pointed out that he had reserved to the papacy the appointment of all bishops in the papal states: "ap(ud). S(edem). A(postolicam). praevia generali reserv(atione). omnium cathedralium in terris dictae R(omanae). E(cclesiae). consistentium." G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes, Vol. 7 (Paris: Fontemoing 1919), p. 202, no. 40685. Cappelletti III, p. 248. Eubel I, p. 158.
  78. Following the death of Bishop Albertus, Pope Benedict XII appointed Canon Guido de Callio of the cathedral of Cagli to the bishopric. The letter of appointment was dated 4 March 1342. On 14 March 1342, the pope assigned Cardinal Petrus Després, suburbicarian Bishop of Palestrina, to conduct the episcopal consecration. Bishop Guido died on 13 September 1347. Cappelletti III, p. 248. J.-M. Vidal, Benoît XII. Lettres communes Vol. 2 (Paris: Fontemoing 1910), p. 408, no. 9265; p. 416, no. 9332. Eubel I, p. 158 (with misprinted date).
  79. The Dominican Petrus completed his financial arrangements with the papal Treasury on 30 April 1353. Cappelletti III, p. 248. Eubel I, p. 158, note 6.
  80. Thomas Sferrato had already been Bishop of Cività (Tempio, Sardinia) from 1351. He was appointed bishop of Cagli on 6 November 1353, by Pope Innocent VI. He was transferred to the diocese of Marsico nuovo on 29 January 1378, by Pope Gregory XI, from which he was removed in 1384, as a follower of Urban VI (Roman Obedience). Eubel I, pp. 158, 188, 328.
  81. Fra Augustinus of the Hermits of S. Augustine was appointed bishop of Cagli on 15 February 1378, by Pope Gregory XI. He was transferred to the diocese of Gaeta on 14 November 1395, by Pope Boniface IX (Roman Obedience), but continued as Administrator of Cagli until his death in August 1397. Cappelletti III, p. 249. Eubel I, pp. 158, 258.
  82. A native of Perugia, Nicolaus had been bishop of Pesauro (1359–1370), of Fermo (1370–1374), of Civitas Castelli (Tiferno) (1374–1379), and of Orvieto (1379–1398). He was appointed bishop of Cagli on 7 July 1398, and on 3 November 1413 he was named titular bishop of Dionysias (Arabia) by Pope John XXIII. Cappelletti III, p. 249. Eubel I, pp. 158, 225, 249, 395, 508.
  83. Giovanni Buono was a citizen and Canon of Cagli. He was an appointment of Pope John XXIII of the Pisan Obedience, following the resignation of his predecessor. Ughelli, II, p. 820. Cappelletti, p. 249.
  84. Genesio was a native of Parma, and had been Provost of the Cathedral Chapter of Fano. In 1435 and 1436 he was Vicar of the City of Rome. He had the campanile of the Cathedral of Cagli erected. Eubel, I, p. 158 with note 8. Cappelletti, p. 249.
  85. Severini was a native of Urbino and had been Abbot Commendatory of Monte Nuovo. He was a canon of the cathedral of Urbino and held the degree of Doctor of Canon Law. He was named bishop of Cagli on 14 December 1439, by Pope Eugenius IV. On 15 Jul 1444, he was appointed Bishop of Gubbio. He died on 4 April 1472. "Bishop Antonio Severini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016. Cappelletti, p. 249. Eubel II, p. 115, 151.
  86. On 13 Feb 1504, Bishop de Lagoria was appointed Bishop of Lavello.
  87. "Bishop Bernardino de Leis, C.R.L." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016.[ self-published source ]
  88. On 21 May 1507, Bishop Castriani was appointed Bishop of Montefeltro by Pope Julius II.
  89. In 1513, Salviati was appointed Titular Archbishop of Nazareth.
  90. On 27 June 1550, Ciocchi del Monte was appointed Bishop of Marseille by Pope Julius III (Ciocchi del Monte).
  91. A priest of Ancona, Torleoni held the degree Doctor in utroque iure (Doctor of Civil and Canon Law): Eubel, III, p. 147.
  92. "Bishop Ascanio Libertano (Libertani)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  93. On 27 November 1641, Bishop Passionei was appointed Bishop of Pesaro by Pope Urban VIII.
  94. Tamantini was born in Rome. He held the degree Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the University of Rome, La Sapienza (1643). He was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Francesco Barberini on 28 October 1670. Ritzler, V, p. 137 with note 2.
  95. "Giulio Giacomo Castellani, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 15, 2016. Ritzler, V, p. 137 with note 3.
  96. Luperti was a native of Cagli. He was a Doctor in utroque iure, and Vicar-General of the diocese of Aix when he was named Bishop of Cagli. Ritzler, V, p. 137 with note 4.
  97. Bellincini was a native of Modena. He held a doctorate in philosophy and theology from the Collegio Romano. Ritzler, V, p. 137 with note 5.
  98. Bisleti was Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the University of Rome, La Sapienza (1700), and was serving as Vicar-General of the diocese of Terracina. He was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Giovanni Bussi on 5 October 1721. On 9 December 1726, he was appointed Bishop of Segni by Pope Benedict XIII. Ritzler, V, p. 137 with note 6.
  99. On 13 February 1742 Bishop Allegri was granted a Vicar Apostolic to carry out his episcopal functions, due to illness. Ritzler, V, p. 137 with note 7; VI, p. 140 note 2.
  100. Paparelli was born in Ascoli. He was Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the University of Rome, La Sapienza (1744), and lectured in theology in Offida (diocese of Ascoli) and in Rome. He was serving as Archpriest of the Basilica of S. Maria ad Martyres (Pantheon). Ritzler, VI, p. 140 with note 3.
  101. Bertozzi, a native of Fano, was Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the University of Macerata. He had been theological Canon in the Cathedral of Fano. He was consecrated in Rome on 29 December 1754 by Cardinal Federico Lante. Bishop Bertozzi died on 20 September 1802, at the age of 97. G.I. Buffa, "Elogio storico di Mons. Alfonso Cingari," in: Alfonso Cingari, Opere, Volume 1 (Roma: Poggioli, 1825), pp. xix-xx. Ritzler, VI, p. 141 with note 4.
  102. Alfonso was born in Bologna in 1748; his father and his maternal grandfather were physicians, and his uncle Giacomo Cingari was bishop of Gubbio (1747–1768). He studied philosophy in Perugia with the Barnabites, and then took the degree of Doctor in utroque iure from the University of Perugia. He continued his studies and practiced law in Rome until he was 27. He was ordained a priest in 1774, and returned to Bologna. He was appointed Vicar General of Bishop Bertozzi in Cagli in 1777. G.I. Buffa, "Elogio storico di Mons. Alfonso Cingari," in: Alfonso Cingari, Opere, Volume 1 (Roma: Poggioli, 1825), pp. x-lvi. Giuseppe Palazzini, "Il vescovo di Cagli mons. Alfonso Cingari nel periodo napoleonico," (in Italian), in: Rivista di Storia della Chiesa in Italia, (Jan.–June, 1971), pp. 139-151. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 127.
  103. Cajani was born in Gualdo Tadino in the diocese of Nocera. He had been Vicar Apostolic of Cagli and Pergola before his appointment as bishop. He was Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law). Il cattolico giornale religioso-letterario (in Italian). Vol. 19. Lugano: Francesco Veladini. 1842. p. 132.
  104. Andreoli had been Vicar General of the diocese before becoming its bishop.
  105. Zampetti had been a priest of Loreto, and Vicar Capitular of Pergola. He was appointed Bishop of Rimini)
  106. Scotti was appointed Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli on 18 May 1894. He died on 5 December 1916.

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