Roman Catholic Diocese of Tricarico
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The Italian Catholic diocese of Tricarico is in Basilicata
. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
. The names of the bishops of Tricarico
, then of the Greek Rite, are not known.
Of the Latin bishops after the Norman conquest the first was Arnoldo (1068); others were:
From 1805 to 1819 the see remained vacant. The diocese was in the past a suffragan of the archdiocese of Acerenza and Matera.
Basilicata
Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...
. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
History
Tricarico Cathedral was erected in 968 by Polyeuctos, Patriarch of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarch is the Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome – ranking as primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox communion, which is seen by followers as the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church....
. The names of the bishops of Tricarico
Tricarico
Tricarico is a town and comune in the province of Matera, Basilicata, southern Italy.It is home to one of the best preserved medieval historical centres in Lucania.-Origins:The origin of Tricarico is presently unknown...
, then of the Greek Rite, are not known.
Of the Latin bishops after the Norman conquest the first was Arnoldo (1068); others were:
- the theologians Palmerio di Gallusio (1253) and Fra Nicolo;
- Onofrio de Santa CroceOnofrio de Santa CroceOnofrio de Santa Croce was a cardinal and bishop of Tricarico within the Kingdom of Naples. He was born at Rome, and died there. In 1467, he was sent as papal legate by Pope Paul II to mediate between the Duchy of Burgundy and the province of Liège in an escalating conflict over the desire of the...
, ill-fated legate of Paul IIPope Paul IIPope Paul II , born Pietro Barbo, was pope from 1464 until his death in 1471.- Early life :He was born in Venice, and was a nephew of Pope Eugene IV , through his mother. His adoption of the spiritual career, after having been trained as a merchant, was prompted by his uncle's election as pope...
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in 1467–68; - Cardinal Pier Luigi Caraffa (1624), who restored the cathedral and founded the seminary.
From 1805 to 1819 the see remained vacant. The diocese was in the past a suffragan of the archdiocese of Acerenza and Matera.