The Diocese of Nocera Umbra was a Catholic diocese in Umbria, Italy. [1]
In 1915 the Diocese of Nocera Umbra was united with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualdo Tadino to form the Diocese of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino. In 1986 this was united with the Diocese of Assisi, to become the Roman Catholic Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino. [2] [3]
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Traditionally the founding bishop was Saint Crispoldus, one of the seventy disciples sent out by the Apostles, a claim considered doubtful due to the Germanic origin of his name. [1]
The city of Nocera was destroyed in 546 by Totila, and again destroyed by the Lombards in the middle of the 8th century. [4]
Authentic Bishops were Saint Felix (412) and Liutardus (824); others were:
In 1669, the cathedral was dedicated to S. Rinaldo, and had a Chapter composed of two dignities (the Provost and the Archdeacon, neither of whom had a prebend) and ten Canons. The entire diocese contained some 20,000 inhabitants, and the city of Nocera about 1,000. [5] In 1768, the cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of the Body of the Virgin Mary into Heaven, was administered by a Chapter, composed of two dignities (the Provost and the Archdeacon) and ten Canons. [6]
United: 2 January 1915 with the Diocese of Gualdo Tadino
Latin Name: Nucerinus-Tadinensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Perugia
30 September 1986: United with the Diocese of Assisi to form the Diocese of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino