CHIAVARI, Diocese of. - Diocese and city in the province of Genoa, erected by Leo XIII on 3 Dec. 1892; it has an area of 570 sq km with 148 parishes, 242 diocesan priests and 44 regulars, a seminary; it has about 100,000 inhabitants, all Catholics (1948); it is a suffragan of Genoa. The first bishop was Francesco Vinelli (d. 26 Dec. 1910).

The Cathedral, the Madonna dell'Orto, was erected in 1613 and is a minor basilica; on the outside it is preceded by a columned portico by Poletti, and inside it contains frescoes by Baratta and paintings by Borzone and Merano. Other churches are those of S. Giovanni and S. Francesco.

Subjected to the Genoese, after the discovery of the Fieschi conspiracy (1542), the city of C. had much to suffer. In the parish of Cogorno one admires the monumental Gothic church of S. Salvatore, built by order of Innocent IV, a Fieschi, around 1250. Near the church there are the remains of the Fieschi palace (13th century).

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BIBL.: C. Garibaldi, C. antico fino al 1797, Genoa 1855; F. Vinelli, La diocesi di C., ibid. 1908.

Enrico Josi

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