VOLTURARA. - Ancient diocese and small town, today Volturara Irpina in the province of Salerno.

It appears to have arisen after the Romans had destroyed "Sebastia" ca. 200 B.C. In a document of 797 it is called "Veterale."

The diocese was created by John XIII in 969, who made it a suffragan of Benevento, which he elevated to a metropolitan see. But the first known bishop is John, in 1037; then there are Alderard in 694; Pelagius, who in 1059 took part in the Lateran Council; Hugh in 1229; Benedict in 1265; James in 1349, transferred to Telese in 1353, and succeeded by Giovanni da Montepulciano; from 1402 to 1412 Thomas. Pope Eugene IV on 9 April 1434 united in perpetuity aequae principaliter the diocese of V. to that of Monte Corvino (v.), and the first bishop of the united dioceses was Anthony, who was already bishop of Monte

Corvino. Pope Pius VII with the bull De utiliori dominicae of 28 June 1818 suppressed the two dioceses, uniting them to that of Lucera.

The Cathedral was dedicated first to St. Michael the Archangel, then to Mary Most Holy Assumed.

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BIBL.: Moroni, CIII, pp. 109-13; Eubel, I, p. 536; II, p. 297; III, p. 358; IV, p. 374.

Enrico Josi

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