Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Saint Leo

SAN LEONE

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Also known as: Latin: Leonia

SAINT LEO. - City in Calabria, formerly called Leonia, near Crotone, it was the seat of a tiny diocese, in the metropolitan see of S. Severina. Its origins are unknown.

The name of no bishop of S. L. occurs before 1300, but the existence of the bishopric is attested in the Rationes Camerae Apostolicae (VII, f. 85) as early as 1282. It was suppressed by St. Pius V on 7 Nov. 1571 and its territory was annexed to S. Severina.

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BIBL.: G. Fiore, Calabria illustrata, II, Naples 1743, pp. 282-83; G. Minasi, Le chiese di Calabria, ibid. 1896, p. 261; D. Taccone-Gallucci, Regesti dei Rom. Pontef. alle chiese di Calabria, Rome 1902, p. 283; F. Russo, La Metropolia di S. Severina, ibid. 1948.

Francesco Russo

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1785.

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Russo, Francesco. “San Leone.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1785. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-leone.

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Russo, Francesco. “San Leone.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1785. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-leone.

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  author    = {Russo, Francesco},
  title     = {San Leone},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1785},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/san-leone}
}

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