Vulturaria (titular see)
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Vulturaria is a Catholic titular see
. The diocese of Volturara
, in Apulia
, existed from the eleventh century to 1818. It was united to the diocese of Montecorvino in 1433. In 1818 the diocese was suppressed, after it was combined with the diocese of Lucera.
Titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular bishop", "titular metropolitan", or "titular archbishop"....
. The diocese of Volturara
Volturara Appula
Volturara Appula is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy....
, in Apulia
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...
, existed from the eleventh century to 1818. It was united to the diocese of Montecorvino in 1433. In 1818 the diocese was suppressed, after it was combined with the diocese of Lucera.