MONTEMARANO. - Ancient diocese in the province of Benevento, of which it was a suffragan; today a village at 824 m. in the province of Avellino. The settlement was almost destroyed in 1138 by Roger the Norman.

The diocese was created by Pope Gregory VII (1073-85) and the first bishop was the Benedictine monk St. John. Also remembered are: Giovanni, present at the Third Lateran Council (1179); Barbato, transferred to Dragonara in 1345; the Franciscans M. Tranisco (1346), G. Castella (1365), A. De Seni (1477), S. De Davidici (1484), A. Bonito (1484); then G. Isopo who consecrated the Cathedral (1494); A. G. Rodriguez, a Franciscan, took part in the Council of Trent, S. Brocati (1506), M. A. Genovesi (1603), F. A. Porpora (1636), U. Zambotto (1640), G. Battaglia formerly parish priest in Rome (1658), C. Laboni who restored the Cathedral (1670-1720), I. Sanseverino (1746), O. M. Ginnari (1774). Pius VII with the letter De utiliori in 1818 suppressed the diocese, uniting it with that of Nusco.

The ancient Cathedral dedicated to the B. V. Assunta has three naves and in the crypt the first bishop St. John is buried.

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BIBL.: Ughelli, VIII, p. 332; Eubel, I, p. 348; II, p. 195; III, p. 249; IV, p. 247.

Enrico Josi

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