Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti
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The former Italian Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Agata dei Goti was in the Province of Benevento
, Southern Italy. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento. In 1986 it was united into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti.
of the see is derived possibly from a body of Goths
who took refuge there after the battle of Vesuvius
(552); the church of the Goths in Rome, too, was dedicated to St. Agatha. Besides the Saticulan inscriptions there are two Christian inscriptions of the sixth century. In 866 Emperor Louis II captured it from the Byzantines
, who had taken it from the Duchy of Benevento
.
In 1066 it fell into the hands of the Normans
. It was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1456.
It had already been an episcopal see for a long time when the first bishop, Madelfridus, was appointed (970); a metrical epitaph of his successor, Adelardus, is preserved in the Church of the Misericordia. Other bishops were:
Province of Benevento
The Province of Benevento is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.It has an area of 2,071 km², and a total population of 289,455...
, Southern Italy. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento. In 1986 it was united into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti.
History
The name Sant'Agata de' GotiSant'Agata de' Goti
Sant'Agata de' Goti is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km west of Benevento near the Monte Taburno....
of the see is derived possibly from a body of Goths
Goths
The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....
who took refuge there after the battle of Vesuvius
Battle of Vesuvius
-The Battle of Vesuvius:The Battle of Vesuvius was fought near Mount Vesuvius in 340 BC. The battle was fought between the Romans and the Latin army...
(552); the church of the Goths in Rome, too, was dedicated to St. Agatha. Besides the Saticulan inscriptions there are two Christian inscriptions of the sixth century. In 866 Emperor Louis II captured it from the Byzantines
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
, who had taken it from the Duchy of Benevento
Duchy of Benevento
The Duchy and later Principality of Benevento was the southernmost Lombard duchy in medieval Italy, centred on Benevento, a city central in the Mezzogiorno. Owing to the Ducatus Romanus of the popes, which cut it off from the rest of Lombard Italy, Benevento was from the first practically...
.
In 1066 it fell into the hands of the Normans
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
. It was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1456.
It had already been an episcopal see for a long time when the first bishop, Madelfridus, was appointed (970); a metrical epitaph of his successor, Adelardus, is preserved in the Church of the Misericordia. Other bishops were:
- Felice Peretti (1566), later Pope Sixtus V;
- Feliciano NinguardaFeliciano NinguardaFeliciano Ninguarda was an Italian priest and one of the main movers of the Counter Reformation. He was bishop of Scala, bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, bishop of Como, governor of the bishopric of Regensburg and apostolic nuncio to Upper Germany.-Life:Feliciano Ninguarda was born at Morbegno...
, O.P. (1583), visitor of the monasteries in Germany; - Giulio Santucci (1595), a Conventual theologian;
- Filippo Albini (1699), a reformer;
- Alphonsus LiguoriAlphonsus LiguoriSaint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and founder of the Redemptorists, an influential religious congregation...
(1762–75).