Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Caudium

By Enrico Josi

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CAUDIUM. - In Samnium on the Appian Way between Capua and Benevento, known for the episode of the Caudine Forks.

Only two bishops of C. are known. The first, Vitalian, is venerated and appears in the Martyr, Hieronymianum under Sept. 3; in Caudis, Vitaliani, in the Neapolitan marble calendar and in a calendar of Benevento from the 13th century, but under the date of July 16, which Delehaye believes indicates the translation of his relics from Monte Vergine to Benevento. His life (BHL, 8687) makes him bishop of Capua, while others make him bishop of Benevento. Another bishop, Felicissimus, appears between 496-99 (Jaffé-Wattenbach, 737). Every memory of C. disappears with the Lombard invasion.

BIBL. L. Duchesne, Les évêches d'Italie et l'invasion lombarde, in Atti del Congresso internaz. di scienze storiche, 1903, III, Rome 1906, pp. 95 and 113; Lanzoni, pp. 202, 254; Martyr, Hieronymianum, p. 485.

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By Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1182.

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Josi, Enrico. “Caudium.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1182. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caudium.

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Josi, Enrico. “Caudium.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1182. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caudium.

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@incollection{ec3_caudium,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Caudium},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1182},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/caudium}
}

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