Also known as:
Italian: Diocese of Ascoli Satriano e Cerignola
ASCOLI SATRIANO-CERIGNOLA, DIOCESE OF. - In Apulia, province of Foggia, suffragan of Benevento. It has 15 parishes, 57 diocesan priests and 18 regulars, 86,921 inhabitants, all Catholics. Residence: A. S. (summer), C. (winter). Patrons: of A. S., St. Potitus; of C., St. Peter.
A. S., set on fire by the Saracens, destroyed by the Normans, was rebuilt a short distance away and in 1400 became a duchy. The origins of the diocese are uncertain; it is mentioned in the bull of foundation of the archbishopric of Benevento (969), but no bishops are known until the 11th century (Maurus in 1058); it seems that the episcopal title of Ardona was transferred to it.
C. is believed to have been founded by the scattered inhabitants of Cerina, a Greek colony not far away, destroyed by Alexander, king of Epirus. Razed to the ground by an earthquake in 1731, it was rebuilt. In 1818 Pius VII, in reorganizing the churches of the kingdom of Naples, conferred on it episcopal dignity and united it to A. S.
Bibliography8 worksUghelli, VIII, col. 224 ff.; Cappelletti, XIX, p. 140 ff.; A. Gröner, Die Diözesen Italiens von der Mitte des 10. bis zum Ende des 12. Jahrh
BIBL.: Ughelli, VIII, col. 224 ff.; Cappelletti, XIX, p. 140 ff.; A. Gröner, Die Diözesen Italiens von der Mitte des 10. bis zum Ende des 12. Jahrhunderts, Tübingen 1904, pp. 35, 42, 45; Eubel, I, p. 97; III, p. 133; IV, p. 111; Lanzoni, pp. 256-57; F. Bonnard, s. v. in DHG, IV, coll. 912-13.
Crostarosa, Scipioni Noemi. “Ascoli Satriano-Cerignola, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 104–105. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/ascoli-satriano-cerignola-diocesi-di.
MLA
Crostarosa, Scipioni Noemi. “Ascoli Satriano-Cerignola, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 104–105. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ascoli-satriano-cerignola-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_ascoli_satriano_cerignola_dioc,
author = {Crostarosa, Scipioni Noemi},
title = {Ascoli Satriano-Cerignola, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {104--105},
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/ascoli-satriano-cerignola-diocesi-di}
}
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