CAORLE. - It is the Venetian island situated at the mouth of the Livenza, a refuge for the bishops of Concordia during the Lombard invasion at the end of the 6th century. Pope Deusdedit (615–18) is said to have established the diocese. In the year 876 mention is made of a bishop of C., Leone, excommunicated by Pope Giovanni VIII. The bishops Marino in 919, Giovanni in 1053, Bono in 1074, and others are subsequently known. In 1247 Bishop Rinaldo consecrated the high altar in the 11th-century cathedral, which was later remodelled and consecrated to St. Stefano on 30 Aug. 1663. Bishop Pietro Carli had rebuilt the church of S. Nicola and the episcopal palace in 1490. The last bishop was G. M. Peruzzi, elected in 1795, who moved to Chioggia after Pio VII, on 1 March 1818, suppressed the diocese, incorporating it into the patriarchate of Venezia. The Cathedral has three aisles, with alternating columns and piers, polygonal apses, and a circular bell tower of the Ravenna type. The high altar has a gilded silver altarpiece of the 13th century.
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“CAORLE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), p. 399. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/caorle.