Diocese of Ravenna (1st — 6th)

• St. Apollinare, legendarily to 79
  79
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  , historically in the era of Septimius Severus
  Septimius Severus
  Septimius Severus , also known as Severus, was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211. Severus was born in Leptis Magna in the province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus seized power after the death of...
  
  
• St. Aderito
  Adheritus
  Adheritus, born in Greece, became Bishop of Ravenna and successor of Saint Apollinaris. His remains are venerated in the Benedictine Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe near Ravenna, Italy.-Notes:...
  
   (Aderitus)
• St. Eleucadio
  Eleuchadius
  Saint Eleuchadius is a 2nd century Christian saint venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church.He was a Greek who was converted to Christianity by Saint Apollinaris. He was Bishop of Ravenna from 100 to 112 AD, succeeding Saint Adheritus.-Notes:...
  
   (Eleucadius)
• St. Marciano (Marcian) — died c. 127 — feast day May 22.
• St. Calogero
  Calocerus
  Saint Calocerus was a 2nd century Christian martyr. He was probably an officer in the Roman army under the Roman emperor Hadrian and was stationed in Brescia in Lombardy, Italy...
  
   (Calocerus)
• St. Proculo (Proculus)
• St. Probo I (Probus I)— died 175
• St. Dato
  Dathus
  Dathus or Datus, was elected Bishop of Ravenna, when miraculously, a dove appeared above his head.-References:...
  
   (Datus)
• St. Liberio I
  Liberius of Ravenna
  Liberius was Bishop of Ravenna. He is regarded as the founder of the see of Ravenna and was one of its first bishops.His memorial day is 30 December.-References:...
  
   (Liberius I)
• St. Agapito (Agapitus)
• St. Marcellino (Marcellinus)
• St. Severo (Severus) (c. 308–c. 348)
• St. Liberio II (Liberius II)
• St. Probo II (Probus II)
• Fiorenzio (Florentius
  Florentius
  Florentius is the name of the following people:* Saint Florentius, martyr with Justin of Siponto, 310* Florentius , consul in 361.* Florentius of Constantinople, Anomoean bishop of Constantinople, c...
  
  )
• Liberio III (Liberius III) (c. 380—c. 399)
• St. Urso (Ursus) (c. 399—c. 426), who built the original basilica to the Resurrection of Our Lord (called Anastasis in the Byzantine period)
• St. Pietro I Crisologo
  Peter Chrysologus
  Peter Chrysologus was Bishop of Ravenna from about AD 433 until his death. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.-Life:...
  
   (c. 426—c. 450)
• Neone (c. 450—c. 473)
• Esuperantio (Exuperantius) (c. 473—c. 477)
• Giovanni I Angelopte (c. 477—494)
• Pietro II (494—519)
• Aureliano
  Aureliano
  Aureliano, equivalent to Aurelian and Aurelianus, is a given name which can refer to:*Aureliano Pertile , Italian lyric-dramatic tenor*Aureliano Torres , Paraguayan football player...
  
   (Aurelian) (519—521)
• Ecclesio (Ecclesius) (522—532) — started construction of San Vitale
  Basilica of San Vitale
  The Church of San Vitale — styled an "ecclesiastical basilica" in the Roman Catholic Church, though it is not of architectural basilica form — is a church in Ravenna, Italy, one of the most important examples of early Christian Byzantine Art and architecture in western Europe...
  
   and is represented in the church's apse mosaic
• St. Ursicino
  Ursicinus (Bishop of Ravenna)
  Ursicinus is a saint of the Catholic Church and was archbishop of Ravenna from 533 to 536. He is not to be confused with the 1st century saint Ursicinus of Ravenna....
  
   (Ursicinus) (533—536) — ordered the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
  Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
  The Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe is an important monument of Byzantine art near Ravenna, Italy. When the UNESCO inscribed eight Ravenna sites on the World Heritage List, it cited this basilica as "an outstanding example of the early Christian basilica in its purity and simplicity of its...
  
   to be built
• Vittore (Victor) (538—545) — noted on monograms on capitals in San Vitale

6th century

• Massimiano
  Maximianus of Ravenna
  Maximianus of Ravenna, or Maximian was bishop of Ravenna.Born in the Istrian city of Pula , Maximianus was consecrated bishop of Ravenna in 546 by Pope Vigilius in Patras, Greece. Maximianus was a forty-eight year old deacon from Pola when he became the twenty-sixth bishop of Ravenna...
  
   (Maximianus) (546—556) — after whom the Throne of Maximianus is named, 27th bishop, he was the first Archbishop.
• Agnello
  Agnellus, Bishop of Ravenna
  Agnellus was a bishop of Ravenna in the Praetorian prefecture of Italy from 557 to his death. The main source about him is by Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis by Andreas Agnellus. - Biography :...
  
   (Agnellus) (556—569)
• Pietro III the Elder (569—578)
• Giovanni II the Roman (578—595)
• Mariniano (595—606)

7th century

• Giovanni III (607—625)
• Giovanni IV (625—c. 631)
• Bono (Bonus) (c. 631—c. 644)
• Mauro (Maurus) (c. 644—c. 671)
• Reparato (archbishop of Ravenna) (Reparatus) (c. 671—c. 677)
• Teodoro (Theodore) (c. 677—c. 691)
• Damiano (c. 692—c. 709)

8th century

• St. Felice
  Felix of Ravenna
  Felix was an archbishop of Ravenna of the eighth century, in office 709 to his death.He was consecrated by Pope Constantine, but soon afterwards asserted his independence from Rome. When Ravenna was captured by the forces of Justinian II, Felix was taken to Constantinople, tried and blinded, and...
  
   (c. 709—c. 725)
• Giovanni V (c. 726—c. 744)
• Sergius (c. 744—c. 769)
• Leone I (c. 770—c. 777)
• Giovanni VI (c. 777—c. 784)
• Grazioso (Gratiosus) (c. 785—c. 789)
• Valerius (c. 789—c. 810)

9th century

• Martino (c. 810—c. 818)
• Petronace (c. 818—c. 837)
• Giorgio (c. 837—c. 846)
• Deusdedit (c. 847—c. 850)
• Giovanni VII (c. 850—878)
• Romano di Calcinaria (Romanus) (878—888)
• Deusdedit (889—898)

10th century

• Giovanni VIII Kailone (898—904)
• Giovanni IX da Tossignano (905—914)
• Costantino (914—926)
• Peter IV (927—971)
• Onesto (971—983)
• Giovanni X di Besate (983—998)
• Gerberto da Aurillac (Gerbertus) (998—999)

11th century

• Leone II (999—1001)
• Federico
  Frederick, Archbishop of Ravenna
  Frederick was the Archbishop of Ravenna briefly from 1002 to 1004.Frederick, a Saxon, first appears as a collaborator of the Emperor Otto III in 1000, when he was present at the reconsecration of Pomposa in Ravenna. In April 1001 he was appointed a presbyter and a cardinal...
  
   (1002—1004)
• Etelberto (1004—1014)
• Arnoldo di Sassonia (Arnoldus) (1014—1019)
• Eriberto (1019—1027)
• Gebeardo da Eichstätt (Bebhardus) (1027—1044)
• Witgero (1044—1046)
• Unfrido (Hunfredus) (1046—1051)
• Giovanni Enrico (1051—1072)
• Guiberto da Ravenna
  Antipope Clement III
  Guibert or Wibert of Ravenna was a cleric made antipope in 1080 due to perceived abuses of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy, a title that lasted to his death....
  
   (1072—1100)

12th century

• Ottone Boccatortia (1100—1110)
• Geremia (1110—1117)
• Filippo
  Filippo
  Filippo is the Italian equivalent of the English name Philip.-Notable Filippos:*Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect*Filippo Salvatore Gilij, Italian Jesuit priest, an important figure in South American historical linguistics...
  
   (1118)
• Gualtiero (1119—1144)
• Mose da Vercelli (1144—1154)
• Anselmo da Havelberg
  Anselm of Havelberg
  Anselm of Havelberg was a German bishop and statesman, and a secular and religious ambassador to Constantinople. He was a Premonstratensian, a defender of his order and a critic of the monastic life of his time, and a theorist of Christian history...
  
   (1155—1158)
• Guido di Biandrate (1159—1169)
• Gerardo (1169—1190)
• Guglielmo di Cauriano (1190—1201)

13th century

• Alberto Oselletti (1201—1207)
• Egidio de Garzoni (1207—1208)
• Ubaldo (1208—1216)
• Piccinino (1216)
• Simeone (1217—1228)
• Teoderico (1228—1249)
• Filippo da Pistoia (1251—1270)
• vacant
• Bonifacio Fieschi di Lavagna (1274—1294)
• Obizzo Sanvitale (1295—1303)

14th century

• St. Rinaldo Concoreggi (1303—1321)
• Rinaldo da Polenta (1321—1322)
• Aimerico di Chastellux (1322—1332)
• Guido de Roberti (1332—1333)
• Francesco Michiel (1333—1342)
• Nicola Canal (1342—1347)
• Fortanerius Vassalli
  Fortanerius Vassalli
  Fortanerius Vassalli was an Italian Franciscan, who became Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, and a cardinal a few weeks before he died. He died on the way to Avignon....
  
   (1347—1351)
• vacant
• Petrocino Casalesco (1362—1369)
• Pietro Pileo di Prata
  Pietro Pileo di Prata
  Pietro Pileo di Prata was an Italian bishop and Cardinal. He was a significant diplomat and go-between in the affairs of his times, and was nicknamed the ‘cardinal with three hats’, because of the vicissitudes of his cardinalate under three popes.He was bishop of Treviso in 1352, then bishop of ...
  
   (1370—1387)
• Cosimo de' Migliorati (1387—1400)

15th century

• Giovanni Nicolai de' Migliorati (1400—1405)
• Tommaso Perendoli (1411—1445)
• Bartolomeo Roverella (1445—1475)
• Filiasio Roverella (1475—1516)

16th century

• Niccolo Fieschi
  Niccolò Fieschi
  Niccolò Fieschi was an Italian Cardinal, of a prominent family of Genoa which features in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.He was bishop of Fréjus from 1485, and bishop of Agde from 1488...
  
   (1516—1517)
• Urbano Fieschi (1517—1521)
• Pietro de Accolti de Aretio
  Pietro Accolti
  Pietro Accolti , known as the "cardinal of Ancona", was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He was born in Florence, the son of Benedetto Accolti sr, and died at Rome Pietro Accolti (15 March 1455 – 11 December 1532), known as the "cardinal of Ancona", was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He was...
  
   (25 Jun 1524 Appointed — Dec 1524 Resigned)
• Benedetto de Accolti (17 Aug 1524 Appointed — 21 Sep 1549 Died)
• Ranuccio Farnese
  Ranuccio Farnese (Cardinal)
  Ranuccio Farnese was an Italian prelate, who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Messina, Sicily from 1545 to his death in 1565....
  
   (11 Oct 1549 — 28 Apr 1564)
• Giulio della Rovere
  Giulio della Rovere
  Giulio della Rovere, also known as Giulio Feltrio della Rovere was an Italian Catholic Cardinal of the della Rovere family....
  
   (1566 Appointed — 3 Sep 1578 Died)
• Cristoforo Boncampagni (1578—1603)

17th century

• Pietro Aldobrandini
  Pietro Aldobrandini
  Pietro Aldobrandini was an Italian Cardinal and patron of the arts.He was made a cardinal in 1593 by his uncle, Pope Clement VIII. He took over the duchy of Ferrara in 1598 when it fell to the Papal States...
  
   (1604 Appointed — 10 Feb 1621 Died)
• Luigi Capponi
  Luigi Capponi
  Luigi Capponi was an Italian Catholic Cardinal who became Archbishop of Ravenna.-Biography:Capponi was born in 1582, the son of Senator Francesco Capponi and Ludovica Macchiavelli. The Capponi family had extensive links to Italian political circles and to senior members of the Catholic Church...
  
   (3 Mar 1621 Appointed — 18 September 1645 Resigned)
• Luca Torreggiani (1645—1669)
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
  Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
  thumb|Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni.Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Clement X.-Biography:...
  
   † (19 May 1670 Appointed — 19 Feb 1674 Resigned)
• Fabio Guinigi (1674—1691)
• Raimondo Ferretti (1692—1719)

18th century

• Girolamo Crispi (1720—1727)
• Maffeo Nicola Farsetti (1727—1741)
• vacant
• Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli (1745—1763)
• Nicola Oddi (1764—1767)
• Antonio Cantoni (1767—1781)
• vacant
• Antonio Codronchi (1785—1826)

19th century

• Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini
  Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini
  Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini was a Catholic Cardinal and Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals.-Personal life:...
  
   (3 Jul 1826 Appointed — 2 Apr 1859 Died)
• Enrico Orfei (23 Mar 1860 Appointed — 22 Dec 1870 Died)
• Vincenzo Moretti (27 Oct 1871 Appointed — 22 Sep 1879 Resigned)
• Giacomo Cattani (22 Sep 1879 Appointed — 14 Feb 1887 Died)
• Sebastiano Galeati (23 May 1887 Appointed — 25 Jan 1901 Died)

20th century

• Agostino Gaetano Riboldi (15 Apr 1901 Appointed — 25 Apr 1902 Died)
• St. Guido Maria Conforti (9 Jun 1902 Appointed — 12 Oct 1904 Resigned); canonized in 2011
• Pasquale Morganti (14 Nov 1904 Appointed — 18 Dec 1921 Died)
• Antonio Lega (18 Dec 1921 Succeeded — 16 Nov 1946 Died)

Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia (1947—1985)

• Giacomo Lercaro
  Giacomo Lercaro
  Giacomo Lercaro was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Ravenna from 1947 to 1952, and Archbishop of Bologna from 1952 to 1968. Lercaro was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.-Early life and ordination:Giacomo Lercaro was born in Quinto al...
  
   (31 Jan 1947 Appointed — 19 Apr 1952 Appointed), Archbishop of Bologna
• Egidio Negrin (24 May 1952 Appointed — 4 Apr 1956 Appointed), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso)
• Salvatore Baldassarri (3 May 1956 Appointed — 29 Nov 1975 Resigned)

Ordinaries under the Archbishop

• Ersilio Tonini
  Ersilio Tonini
  Ersilio Tonini is an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia from 1975 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994. When on 30 April 2010 Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer died, Cardinal Tonini became the oldest living cardinal...
  
   (22 Nov 1975 Appointed — 27 Oct 1990 Retired), Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
• Luigi Amaducci
  Luigi Amaducci
  Luigi Amaducci was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy.-Episcopacy:...
  
   (27 Oct 1990 Appointed — 9 Mar 2000 Retired), Archbishop Emeritus
• Giuseppe Verucchi (9 Mar 2000 Appointed — ), Archbishop