SAGONA (SAGNA)

Volume X · p. 957 · 1953

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

SAGONA (SAGNA). - Corsica (v.), formerly a suffragan of Pisa, suppressed on 29 November 1801 by Pius VII and united to the see of Ajaccio. Its last bishop was the Franciscan Msgr. Matteo Guasco.

BIBL.: Eubel, I, p. 428; II, p. 250; III, p. 306; IV, p. 301; V, p. 339. Enrico Josi

Article illustration — SAGRA DI SAN MICHELE – The first small church dates back to St. John Vincent, a disciple of St. Romuald (c. 998). The present church is from the 12th and 14th centuries.

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“SAGONA (SAGNA).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), p. 957. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/sagona-sagna.