CITTANOVA d'ISTRIA. - Località sul lido istriano che sorse sul luogo d'un'antica Emonia, per cui fin

CITTANOVA D'ISTRIA. – A locality on the Istrian coast that arose on the site of ancient Emonia, by which name the bishopric was also known from the Middle Ages onward, and it was erroneously supposed that it had succeeded the well-known bishopric of Emona in Pannonia Superior. The bishopric is attested during the Three Chapters schism, continued into the Lombard and Frankish ages, of which a baptistery with an inscription of Bishop Mauritius survives; it endured in its modest existence through the following centuries until it was suppressed by a bull of Leo XII on 30 June 1828, made effective in 1830. The last bishop died in 1831. The territory was united to Trieste. The bishopric belonged to the patriarchate of Aquileia until 1751, after which it shared the fate of the other Istrian bishoprics.