Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Altino

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Also known as: Latin: Altinum

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It is a municipium of the Scaptian tribe on the Venetian coast, on the Via Annia at its crossing with the Claudia Augusta. Its first bishop appears in 381 with Heliodorus, the great friend of St. Jerome. Around 442 there appears that Septimus who was praised by St. Leo the Great; in 501 Peter, who played so large a part in the affairs of Pope Symmachus. The Lombard invasions of the 7th century brought complete ruin to the city, which never recovered. Venetian traditions relate that the episcopal see was then transferred to Torcello, in the lagoon; the bishops, however, continued to bear the title of A. until the end of that century.

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BIBL.: Lanzoni, p. 909 ff.; for the Venetian traditions cf. V. Piva, Il patriarcato di Venezia e le sue origini, Venice 1938, p. 185 ff.

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By Pio Paschini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 936.

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Paschini, Pio. “Altino.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 936. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/altino.

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Paschini, Pio. “Altino.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 936. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/altino.

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@incollection{ec1_altino,
  author    = {Paschini, Pio},
  title     = {Altino},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {936},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/altino}
}

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