Roman Catholic Diocese of San Severo
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The Italian Catholic diocese of San Severo is in Apulia
. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.
was established in 1580. The episcopal see is only the continuation of that of the diocese of Civitate, which in turn succeeded the ancient city of Teanum. Civitate, where the papal troops were defeated by the Normans in 1052, was an episcopal see in 1062 under Amelgerio.
Among the bishops of Civitate were:
In 1580 the first occupant of the See of San Severo was Martino de Martini, a Jesuit; other bishops are:
To this diocese was added later the territory of the ancient Dragonara, a city built in 1005 by the Byzantine Governor of Apulia. Cappelletti gives the names of twenty-eight bishops between 1061 and 1657.
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.
History
The diocese of San SeveroSan Severo
San Severo is a city and comune of 55,486 inhabitants of the province of Foggia in the southern Italian region of Apulia....
was established in 1580. The episcopal see is only the continuation of that of the diocese of Civitate, which in turn succeeded the ancient city of Teanum. Civitate, where the papal troops were defeated by the Normans in 1052, was an episcopal see in 1062 under Amelgerio.
Among the bishops of Civitate were:
- Fra Lorenzo da Viterbo, O.P. (1330), a theologian;
- Luca GauricoLuca GauricoLuca Gaurico was an Italian astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician. He was born to a poor family in the Kingdom of Naples, and studied judicial astrology, a subject he defended in his Oratio de Inventoribus et Astrologiae Laudibus...
(1545), an astronomer; - Francesco AlciatiFrancesco AlciatiFrancesco Alciati was an Italian Cardinal. A native of Milan, he became one of the most important law professors in Milan. His best known student in Pavia was St Charles Borromeo. He excelled in science and literature and was a model of erudition. Under Pius IV he became a bishop, datary,...
(1561), later a cardinal.
In 1580 the first occupant of the See of San Severo was Martino de Martini, a Jesuit; other bishops are:
- Fabrizio Verallo (1606), nuncio in Switzerland, later a cardinal;
- Francesco Venturi (1625), a canonist and defender of the rights of the Church;
- Orazio Fortunato (1670), who restored the cathedral;
- Carlo Felice de Matta (1678)
- Carlo Francesco Giocoli (1703)
- Fra Adeodato Summantico (1720), an Augustinian.
To this diocese was added later the territory of the ancient Dragonara, a city built in 1005 by the Byzantine Governor of Apulia. Cappelletti gives the names of twenty-eight bishops between 1061 and 1657.