Roman Catholic Diocese of Ploaghe

Ploaghe — Chiesa di San Pietro (former cathedral)

The Diocese of Ploaghe (Latin: Dioecesis Plovacensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Ploaghe in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia. Estalished in the 12th century, it was a suffragan (subordinate) of the metropolitan of Torres (Sassari). In 1503, the diocese was suppressed, by order of Pope Julius II.

History

Ploaghe is mentioned as a suffragan of Torres in the Liber Censuum of the late 12th century. ^[1]

The cathedral in Ploaghe was dedicated to Saint Peter. It was served and administered by a Chapter, composed of an Archpriest and seven canons. ^[2]

Inside the territory of the former diocese of Ploaghe, there were two monasteries of note. Holy Trinity of Saccargia was in existence before 1112. On 12 December of that year, Archbishop Azzo of Torres issued a privilege for the monastery, which was subscribed by Bishop Petrus of Ploghe. ^[3] The coenobium of S. Michele de Salvenero was already in existence by 1139 (the centenery of the foundation of the Vallombrosian Benedictines), when Pope Innocent II confirmed the possessions and privileges of S. Michele de Plano and S Michele de Salvenero. ^[4]

On 8 December 1503, after extensive consultations had taken place between King Ferdinand of Aragon and Sardinia, Isabella I of Castile, and Pope Alexander VI, and after discussions with members of the College of Cardinals (including Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere) and other interested parties, ^[5] and after additional consultations by Pope Julius II, the diocese of Ploaghe was suppressed, and its territory united to the archdiocese of Torres (Sassari). ^[6]

Bishops of Ploaghe

Comune of Ploaghe (province_of_Sassari)

• Jorgi di Maiule (1063–1082) ^[7]

...

• Innocentius (c. 1090) ^[8]
• Petrus (c. 1116)
• Constantinus Berrica (c. 1125) ^[9]
• Gualfredus (c. 1139) ^[10]
• Petrus de Canneto ( ? –1134) ^[11]
• Constantinus de Lellis (c. 1170) ^[12]
• Iustus de Salvennor (after 1170) ^[13]
• Stephanus

...

• [ Ignotus] ( ? – 1203) ] ^[14]
• Riceto (c. 1215)
• Obertus (c. 1237) ^[15]
• [ Ignotus (1253) ] ^[16]

...

• Arlotus (1278–1289) ^[17]
• Rainerius (1290–1309)
• Comita (c. 1326)
• Petrus (1334– c. 1342) ^[18]
• Francesco (1342–1352)
• Raimundo (1352–1361) ^[19]
• Bernardus (1361–1368) ^[20]
• Andreas (1368–1370) ^[21]
• Hugo Terrisonis, O.P. (1370–1373) ^[22]
• Martinus de Narnia (1373– ? ) ^[23]
• Joannes (1386– ? ), Roman Obedience ^[24]
• Seraphinus, Roman Obedience
• Petrus (1397– ? ), Roman Obedience ^[25]
• Sanctus de Ferraria, O.P. (1430–1442?) ^[26]
• Marcus (1443–1447) ^[27]
• Nicolò Basone (14 Jun 1447 – 1475)
• Basilio Gambone (15 Mar 1476 – 1488)
• Bartolomeo Pathos (27 Aug 1488 – 1495)
• Giovanni Cardona, O.S.A. (13 Feb 1495 – 1503) ^[28]

Diocese suppressed: 1503

See also

• Archdiocese of Sassari (Torres)
• Catholic Church in Italy

References

1. Paul Fridolin Kehr (ed. D. Girgensohn), Italia Pontificia(in Latin), Volume 10 (Turici: Weidmann 1975), p. 460.
2. Cappelletti, p. 138.
3. Kehr, p. 441, no. 1. L. L. Schiaparelli & F. Bàldasseroni, Regesta Chartarum Italiae. Regesto di Camaldoli(in Latin) vol. 2 (Roma: E. Loescher 1909), p. 52, no. 743.
4. Kehr, p. 443. Giovanni Spano, "Chiesa e badia di San Michele di Salvennero," in: Bulletino archeologico sardo Vol. 4 (1858), pp. 113-120.
5. Julius II, "Aequum Reputamus" (p. 168, col. 2: "volens charissimi in Christo filii nostri, tunc sui, Ferdinandi regis et clarissimae in christo filiae nostrae, tunc suae, Elisabethae Regum Hispaniarum, et Sardiniae illustrium , id summopere, prout eidem Praedecessori nostro per eorum litteras significaverunt, desiderantium, votis annuere; habita super iis cum eisdem Fratribus suis deliberatione matura, et de ipsorum consilio...."
6. Pasquale Tola, Codex diplomaticus Sardiniae(in Latin) Vol. 2 (Turin: e regio typographeo 1868) [Historiae patriae monvmenta, Volume 17], pp. 168-170, with note 3: "...Calaritanae Dolien., et Turritanae Sorren., et Plovacen., necnon Arborensi Sanctae Justae, et Othanensi Bisarquien., et Castren., nec non Usellensi Terralben. Ecclesias, ac eisdem de Alguer, et Ampuriensi de Castel Genoves Parrocchiales, ac Monasteria, nec non Sulcitanen. Ecclesiis Canonicatus ac Praebendas hujusmodi cum annexis, et omnibus juribus et pertinentiis suis authoritate Apostolica sub datum videlicet pridie Idus aprilis, Pontificatus sui anno decimo, perpetuo univit, annexit, et incorporavit."
7. E. Besta, "Cronologia del condaghe di Silki," (in Italian), in: Archivio storico Sardo Vol. 1 (Cagliari 1905) pp. 55, 57, 59. F. Floris (ed.), "Ploaghe, diocesi di," in: La grande Enciclopedia della Sardegna Volume 7 (La Nuova Sarda 2007), p. 338.
8. Innocentius (Giacentinus): Matthei, p. 225, derived from Vico. Gams, p. 841, col. 2.
9. Constantine became archbishop of Torres (Sassari) in 1127. Enrico Besta, La Sardegna medioevale (Palermo: A. Reber 1909), p. 269. La grande Enciclopedia della Sardegna 7 (2007), p. 338.
10. Gualfredus (or) Giovanni: Martini III, p. 376.
11. Pietro became archbishop of Torres in 1134. E. Besta, "Postille storiche al condaghe di San Michele di Salvennor," in: Rendiconti. Reale Istituto Lombardo di scienze e lettere Vol. 46 (Milano: Hoepli 1913), p. 1070. La grande Enciclopedia della Sardegna Volume 7 (La Nuova Sarda 2007), p. 338.
12. Bishop Constantine witnessed a charter of Archbishop Albert of Torres in favor of the monastery of Montecassino. Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi(in Latin) Vol. 2 (Milan 1739), p. 1051.
13. Justus: La grande Enciclopedia della Sardegna Volume 7 (2007), p. 338.
14. Pope Innocent III wrote a letter on 10 March 1203, ordering that the killers of the bishop of Ploaghe be proceeded against. Eubel I, p. 403, note 1.
15. Bishop Obertus was being oppressed financially by agents of Enzo, king of Torres; Pope Innocent IV wrote to the bishop of Castro to organize assistance for him. Pietro Meloni-Satta, Effemeride Sarda, Col l'aggiunta d'alcuni cenni biografici(in Italian) (Sassari: G. Dessi 1877), p. 188. In April 1237, Bishop Oberto witnessed the oath of fealty to the roman Church of the iudex Petrus of Arborea: Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi(in Latin) Vol. 6 (Milan: typ. Societatis Palatinae in curia regis 1742), p. 16. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 403.
16. Pope Innocent IV (1243–1254) had appointed Archbishop Prosper of Torres his papal legate in Sardinia. In 1253 he held a synod in the town of Bonarcadi, to which all the bishops of Sardinia were summoned. The bishop of Ploaghe, whose name is not recorded, was present. Giovanni Francesco Fara, De chorographia Sardiniae libri duo de rebus Sardois(in Latin) ([1580] Turin: Typographia regia 1835), pp. 214-215 (p. 113). Martini II, p. 55.
17. In 1278, Bishop Arloto (Arsoto, Arsotto) subscribed the act of Archbishop Torgodorius of Torres (Sassari) dividing the city of Sassari into districts. Martini III, p. 376 with note 4. Eubel I, p. 403.
18. Petrus ha been a canon of Torres (Sassari), and had been elected archbishop in 1327, but was rejected by Pope John XXII. He was elected, confirmed by the archbishop of Torres, and conecrated (28 February 1328) as bishop of Ploaghe. Eubel I, p. 403 with note 5.
19. Raimundus had been arpriest of the cathedral Chapter of Torres (Sassari. He was appointed bishop of Ploaghe by Pope Clement VI on 25 May 1352. He died in 1361. Eubel I, p. 403.
20. Bernardus had been archdeacon of Mazara (Sicily). He was appointed bishop on 10 December 1361, by Pope Innocent VI. He was transferred to the archdiocese of Torres (Sassari) on 12 January 1368, and to Cagliari on 8 February 1369. Eubel I, pp. 157, 403, 504.
21. Andreas had been bishop of Castoria (Greece). He was appointed bishop of Ploaghe by Pope Urban V on 5 July 1368. He died in 1370. Eubel I, pp. 172, 403.
22. Hugo was appointed on 21 June 1370. He was transferred to the diocese of Castellamare di Stabia on 8 August 1373, by Pope Urban V. Eubel I, pp. 403, 462.
23. Martinus was appointed by Pope Gregory XI on 5 September 1373. Eubel I, p. 403.
24. During the Great Western Schism, Joannes was appointed by Urban VI on 24 May 1386. Eubel I, p. 403
25. Eubel I, p. 403 with note 8.
26. Sanctus (Santo di Fara, not Ferrara) was appointed by Pope Martin V on 10 February 1430. Martini III, p. 377.Eubel I, p. 403; II, p. 217.
27. Marcus had been archpriest of Ploaghe. He was elected, and also provided by Pope Eugenius IV Eubel II, p. 217.
28. Mattei, p. 227. Cappelletti, p. 139. Cardona did not cease to be Bishop of Ploaghe after the diocese was incorporated into the archdiocese of Torres. In 1517, he is found as auxiliary bishop of the bishop of Barcelona, and from 1520 to 1523 he was Visitor of the diocese of Gerona, and coadjutor of the bishop. Carlos Ramon Port (ed. Vicente de la Fuente), España Sagrada(in Spanish) Vol. 51 (Madrid: J. Rodriguez 1879), p. 240.

Sources

Episcopal lists

• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 1 (Tomus 1) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 403.. Archived.
• Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 2 (Tomus 2) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 217.. Archived.
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 841-842. (Use with caution; obsolete)

Studies

• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1857). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. decimoterzo (13). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 138–139..
• Martini, Pietro (1841). Storia ecclesiastica di Sardegna. Volume 3 Cagliari: Stamperia Reale, 1841. (pp. 376-377)
• 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. 225-227.

External Links

• Cheney, David M. Catholic-Hierarchy.org . "Diocese of Ploaghe". Retrieved May 1, 2016.^{[ self-published source ]}
• Chow, Gabriel. GCatholic.org. "Titular Episcopal See of Ploaghe". Retrieved May 1, 2016.^{[ self-published source ]}