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The Diocese of Aleria (Latin Dioecesis Aleriensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin rite, in the center of the eastern coast of the island of Corsica in the Department of Haute-Corse. From at least the eleventh century, the diocese was a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Pisa. The diocese was suppressed by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1790, and was not revived after the Concordat of 1801 between the French Consulate and the Papacy.[1][2] It has been a titular diocese since 2004.

There is evidence that Corsica was being converted to Christianity in the late 6th century. Pope Gregory I wrote in 597 to Bishop Peter of Aleria to recover lapsed converts and to convert more pagans from the worship of trees and sacred stones (menhir). He sent him money for baptismal robes.[3] In 601, however, Aleria was without a bishop. Gregory had sent a certain Bishop Leo as Apostolic Visitor to deal with the situation in Corsica, where there had been no bishop for some time. Pope Gregory addresses Leo as episcopus in Corsica, bishop in Corsica, not bishop of Corsica, and authorizes him to perform ordinations of priests and deacons.[4] While Leo was still in Corsica, Pope Gregory sent a second bishop, Martinus to join in the Visitation. [5]


On 29 November 1801, in accordance with the Napoleontic Concordat of 1801, it was suppressed as the territory of the diocese of Ajaccio was extended to the whole of Corsica. At the end of the Ancien Régime, the bishop no longer lived in Aléria, but in Cervione.

Today, Aleria is no longer a residential bishopric, but was restored as a titular see in April 2004.[6] It has had only one incumbent to date, of the lowest (episcopal) rank.

Bishops of Aleria

  • Petrus (596, 597)[7]
  • Bonosus (attested 649)[8]

to 1400

  • Landolf (1093 – 1098)[2]
  • Hiéronyme (1122 – ?)[2]
  • Marco de Volaterres (1139 – ?)[2]
  • Blaise (1172 – ?)[2]
  • Flavius (1179 – ?)[2]
  • Antoine (1190 – ?)[2]
  • Clément (1217 – ?)[2]
  • Nicolas (1228 – ?)[2]
  • Lombardo Cuneo (1239 – ?)[2]
  • Orlandu Cortincu della Petrallarretta (1249 – ?)[2]
  • Landolf (1257 – ?)[2]
  • Lombard (1258 – ?)[2]
  • Nivolao Fortiguerra (1270 – ?)[2]
  • Bartolomeo de Benevento (1274 – ?)[2]
  • Orlandu Cortincu (1289 – ?)[2]
  • Salvin (1300 – ?)[2]
  • Guglielmo (1309 – ?)[2]
  • Gerardo Orlandini (1322 – 1330)[9]
  • Calcagno Bocca di Bue (1330 – 1342)[10]
  • Guglielmo Arcumbaldi (1342 – 1345)[11]
  • Arnald, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1345.07.30 – ?), previously Bishop of Segni (Italy) (1333.10.30 – 1345.07.30)[12]
  • Raimond (1354 – ?)[13]
  • Johannes (1360 – 1362)[14]
  • Blaise (1362 – ?)[15]
  • Salvin (1366 – 1405)[16]

since 1400

...

Titular bishops of Aleria

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of Aleria". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Titular Episcopal See of Aléria" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ Richards, Jeffrey (1980). Consul of God: The Life and Times of Gregory the Great. London, Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 237. ISBN 0-7100-0346-3.
  4. ^ Gregory I, Epistolarum Liber I, no. 78 (sometimes numbered 76), in: J. P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae Latinae Tomus LXXVII (Paris 1862), pp. 532-533.
  5. ^ Gregory (Epistles I, no. 80; Migne, p. 533) writes to the clergy and nobility of Corsica: Gregorius clero et nobilibus Corsicae a paribus. Etsi vos multo iam tempore sine pontifice esse Dei ecclesiae non doletis, nos tamen de eius regimine cogitare et suscepti cura compellit officii.... He announces that he is sending a second bishop to work with Bishop Leo, Martinum fratrem et coepiscopum nostrum ibidem cardinalem constituere sacerdotem, Leoni vero fratri et coepiscopo nostro operam eius visitationis iniungere. The special authority of the Pope was necessary since both bishops were working in dioceses which were not their own.
  6. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 829
  7. ^ Bishop Petrus of Aleria in Corsica was ordered by Pope Gregory I in AD 596 to consecrate a basilica church with its baptistery in the village of Nigeuno. J.P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae latinae Tomus LXXVII (Paris 1862), p. 813 (Epistolarum Liber VI no. xxii.) Ughelli, p. 502. Cappelletti, p. 328. P. Jaffé, Regesta pontificum Romanorum I editio altera (Leipzig 1885), p. 171 no. 1402. A second letter, of September 597: Jaffe, no. 1488.
  8. ^ Bishop Bonosus subscribed his name at the Lateran Synod of Pope Martin I in 649, immediately after Opportunus of Pisa and Donatus of Mariana. Ughelli, p. 502. J. D. Mansi (ed.) Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio edito novissima, Tomus decimus (10) (Florence: A. Zatta 1764), p. 867. Cappelletti, p. 329. Ughelli, followed blindly by Cappelletti, put the Synod in 646, but Pope Martin was not pope until 649.
  9. ^ Orlandini was removed from office because he was a follower of Louis the Bavarian, who had been excommunicated by Pope John XXII in 1324. In 1328 Louis had been crowned Emperor in Rome, and had appointed an anti-pope "Nicholas V". Eubel, I, p. 82, with n. 2.
  10. ^ Eubel, I, p. 82.
  11. ^ Eubel, I, p. 82.
  12. ^ Eubel, I, p. 82.
  13. ^ Eubel, I, p. 82.
  14. ^ Eubel, I, p. 82.
  15. ^ Eubel, I, p. 82.
  16. ^ Eubel, I, p. 82.
  17. ^ Bartholomaeus had been Archdeacon of Volterra. His episcopal appointment came from Pope Innocent VII of the Roman Obedience. He participated in the Council of Pisa in 1409. Cappelletti, p. 332. Eubel, I, p. 82.
  18. ^ Ottobrino was a native of Genoa. His episcopal appointment came from Pope John XXIII of the Pisitan-Avignon Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 82.
  19. ^ Ioannes Leonis: Ughelli, p. 503. Cappelletti, p. 333, who reports that he was elected Bishop of Larino a month after he was appointed to Aleria. He is ignored in Eubel, I, p. 82; in Eubel, II, p. 172, it is reported that he was approved by the Pope as Bishop of Larino on 16 September 1440.
  20. ^ Ambrogio was a nephew of Bishop Giovanni d'Omessa of Mariana, Corsica. Cappelletti, p. 332.
  21. ^ "Bishop Giovanni Andrea de Bussi (Bossi)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  22. ^ "Ardicino Cardinal della Porta (Jr.)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016. Della Porta was created Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1489.03.23 – 1492), also Apostolic Administrator of Olomouc (Bohemia) (1489.06.03 – 1493.02.040.
  23. ^ Cybo was Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica (1517.06.26 – 1550.02.28), also Apostolic Administrator of Marseille (France) (1517.05.11 – 1530.01.12), also Apostolic Administrator of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1519.07.27 – 1519.08.08); and Bourges (France).
  24. ^ "Innocenzo Cardinal Cibo (Cybo)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  25. ^ Sauli had previously been Superior General of Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (Barnabites) (1567.04.09 – 1570.02.10), and was later Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (1591.10.30 – death 1592.10.11)
  26. ^ "Ottavio Cardinal Belmosto (Belmusti)". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016. Belmosto was later Bishop of Pavia (Italy) (1591.10.30 – death 1592.10.11) and was later created Cardinal-Priest of S. Carlo ai Catinari (1616.10.17 – death 1618.11.16)
  27. ^ "Domenico Cardinal Rivarola". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016. Rivarola was later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nazareth–Canne–Monteverde in Barletta (Italy) (1609.03.30 – death 1627.01.03), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1611.09.12 – death 1627.01.03)
  28. ^ "Bishop Giovanni Sauli (Scali, Sacchi), O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  29. ^ "Bishop Giovanni Francesco Murta (de Mirto), C.R." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  30. ^ Raggi was already Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino (1642.02.10 – 1643.12.31)
  31. ^ Durazzo was born in Genoa, and obtained a doctorate in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the University of Pisa (1663). He was Archdeacon of the Church of Genoa. He was approved as bishop of Aleria on 25 June 1674 and consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Camillo Massimi on 1 July 1674. He was transferred to the diocese of Mariana et Acci on 19 May 1704 (1704 – 1706). Ritzler, V, p. 76 with note 3.
  32. ^ Raggi was born in Genoa, and served as Provost of the College of S. Paolo in Genoa. He died in Aleria on 20 September 1712. Ritzler, V, p. 76 with note 4.
  33. ^ Fornari was born in Genoa, and obtained a doctorate in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the University of Bologna (1697). He was named a Protonotary Apostolic in 1700, and became a Consultor of the Office of the Holy Inquisition in Genoa in 1702. He was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 5 February 1713 by Cardinal Ferdinando de Abdua. He was transferred to the diocese of Albenga (Italy) (20 Feb 1715 – Dec 11 1730). He was later Titular Bishop of Attalea in Lydia (11 Dec 1730 – ?). Ritzler, V, pp. 75 and 76 with note 5.
  34. ^ Saluzzo was transferred to the diocese of Mariana et Acci (1720 – death 1747)

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