The Italian Catholic diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro was until 1977 the historic diocese of Montefeltro. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The current diocese includes all the parish

Parish

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es of San Marino

San Marino

San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino , is a state situated on the Italian Peninsula on the eastern side of the Apennine Mountains. It is an enclave surrounded by Italy. Its size is just over with an estimated population of over 30,000. Its capital is the City of San Marino...

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History

The earliest mention of Montefeltro

Montefeltro

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, as Mona Feretri, is in the diplomas by which Charlemagne confirmed the donation of Pepin

Donation of Pepin

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The first known bishop of Montefeltro was Agatho (826), whose residence was at San Leo

San Leo

San Leo is a comune in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 135 km southeast of Bologna and about 35 km southwest of Rimini.-Geography:...

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Other bishops were:

• Valentino (1173), who finished the cathedral;
• Benvenuto (1219), deposed as a partisan of Count Ederigo;
• Benedetto (1390), a Benedictine monk, rector of Romagna
  Romagna
  Romagna is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to the east, and the rivers Reno and Sillaro to the north and west...
  
   and Duke of Spoleto;
• the Franciscan Giovanni Seclani (1413), who built the episcopal palace of Calamello;
• Cardinal Ennio Filonardi
  Ennio Filonardi
  Ennio Filonardi was an Italian bishop and Cardinal. He was born in Bauco, present-day Boville Ernica.As bishop of Veroli, from 1503 to 1538, he left an architectural mark on the cathedral.. In 1538 he was bishop of Montefeltro....
  
   (1549);
• Giovanni Francesco Sarmani (1567), founder of the seminary of Pennabilli
  Pennabilli
  Pennabilli is a comune in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 140 km southeast of Bologna and about 45 km south of Rimini.-History:...
  
  , thenceforth residence of the bishops, the episcopal see having been transferred there.

Under Bishop Flaminios Dondi (1724) the see was again transferred to San Leo, but later it returned to Pennabilli. The historic diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Urbino.

Bishops of Montefeltro

• Antonio Castriani
  Antonio Castriani
  Antonio Castriani was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He was appointed as Bishop of Cagli on January 30, 1506 but this term was short-lived. He was reappointed to become the first Bishop of Montefeltro on May 21, 1507, a position he held until his death on August 11, 1510.-References:...
  
  , (21 May 1507 - 11 Aug 1510)
• Carlo Visconti
  Carlo Visconti (bishop)
  Carlo Visconti was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.Born in Milan, he was appointed Bishop of Ventimiglia on December 5, 1561 at the age of 38. On March 12, 1565 he was promoted to cardinal and was installed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia on May 15. Just two months later,...
  
    (6 Jul 1565 - 12 Nov 1565 )
• Gianfrancesco Sormani
  Gianfrancesco Sormani
  Gianfrancesco Sormani was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.He was appointed Bishop of Montefeltro on March 6, 1567, a position he held uintil his death in 1601.-References:...
  
    (6 Mar 1567 - 1601 )
• Pietro Cartolari  (29 Nov 1601 - 1607 )
• Consalvo Duranti  (19 Mar 1607 - 10 Jan 1643 )
• Bernardino Scala  (28 May 1643 - 19 Jan 1667)
• Antonio Possenti  (3 Aug 1667 - 14 Dec 1671 )
• Giacomo Buoni  (8 Feb 1672 - 28 Feb 1678)
• Bernardino Belluzzi  (5 Sep 1678- 25 Sep 1702)
• Pietro Valerio Martorelli  (5 Mar 1703 - 18 Nov 1724)
• Flaminio Dondi,(20 Nov 1724 - 12 Aug 1729)
• Giovanni Crisostomo Calvi, (7 Sep 1729 - 27 Apr 1747)
• Sebastiano Bonaiuti  (29 May 1747 - 27 Feb 1765)
• Giovanni Pergolini  (22 Apr 1765 - 17 Feb 1777)
• Giuseppe Maria Terzi  (17 Feb 1777 - 27 Oct 1803)
• Antonio Begni  (28 May 1804 - 11 Jun 1840)
• Antonio Benedetto Antonucci  (17 Dec 1840 - 22 Jul 1842)
• Salvatore Leziroli  (22 Jul 1842 - 20 Jan 1845)
• Martino Caliendi  (21 Apr 1845 - 1849 )
• Crispino Agostinucci
  Crispino Agostinucci
  Crispino Agostinucci was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Urbino, he was appointed as Bishop of Montefeltro on November 5, 1849, a position he held until his death in 1856.On February 5 1838, the Basilica di San Marino in San Marino was solemnly inaugurated by Agostinucci and the...
  
    (5 Nov 1849 - 1856)
• Elia Antonio Alberini, (16 Jun 1856 - 23 Mar 1860 )
• Luigi Mariotti  (23 Mar 1860 - 1890)
• Carlo Bonaiuti (23 Jun 1890 - 22 Jun 1896 )
• Alfonso Andreoli  (6 Dec 1896 - 20 Dec 1911 )
• Raffaele Santi  (22 Apr 1912 - 15 Jun 1940 )
• Vittorio De Zanche  (9 Aug 1940 - 25 Sep 1949 )
• Antonio Bergamaschi  (12 Dec 1949 - 17 Apr 1966)
• Giovanni Locatelli (22 Feb 1977 - 12 Nov 1988)
• Mariano De Nicolò (8 Jul 1989 - 25 May 1995)
• Paolo Rabitti (25 May 1995 - 2 Oct 2004)
• Luigi Negri (17 Mar 2005 - )