Roman Catholic Diocese of Castro del Lazio

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Castro del Lazio was a residential bishopric from 600 to 1649 and is now a Latin Catholic titular see under the shortened name Castro. [1] [2] [3]

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History

The bishopric was founded in 600 AD under the name Bisenzio (Latin Bisentium), the Italianized medieval name of the Ancient Etruscan city Visentium.

In 680 it was renamed as Diocese of Castro del Lazio, also called Castrum in Tuscia.

On 31 August 1369, it lost territory to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Montefiascone.

On 13 September 1649, it was suppressed and its territory used to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Acquapendente.

Bishops

Titular see

The bishopric was nominally restored in 1698, under he shortened name Castro, or Castrum in Tuscia in Latin.

See also

References

  1. "Diocese of Castro (del Lazio)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016[ self-published source ]
  2. "Titular Episcopal See of Castro" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN   978-88-209-9070-1), p. 863
  4. "Bishop Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016[ self-published source ]
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. p. 140. Archived from the original on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  6. "Bishop Lorenzo Celsi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016[ self-published source ]
  7. "Bishop Pompeo Balbani" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 8, 2017