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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Benevento

November 13, 2023

The Archdiocese of Benevento (Latin: Archidioecesis Beneventana) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It currently has five suffragan dioceses: the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine, and the archdiocese of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.[1][2][3]

Archdiocese of Benevento

Archidioecesis Beneventana

Arcidiocesi di Benevento
Location
CountryItaly
TerritoryProvince of Benevento
Episcopal conferenceEpiscopal Conference of Italy
Ecclesiastical regionCampania
Ecclesiastical provinceBenevento
Coordinates41°07′47″N 14°46′21″E / 41.1298°N 14.7725°E / 41.1298; 14.7725
Statistics
Area1,691 km2 (653 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2020)
267,790 (estimate)
263,800 (guess)
Parishes116
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Establishedc. 3rd century
(as Diocese of Benevento)
969
(as Archdiocese of Benevento)
CathedralCattedrale di Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo (Benevento)
Secular priests134 (diocesan)
72 (Religious Orders)
59 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMost Rev. Felice Accrocca
Bishops emeritusAndrea Mugione
Map

Location of Archdiocese of Benevento in Italy
Website
www.diocesidibenevento.it Diocesan web site (Italian)

History edit

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Benevento was, according to an 11th-century episcopal list, founded in the first century.[4] During the persecution of Diocletian there is a reference to a person named Januarius,[5] who together with Proculus his deacon and two laymen was imprisoned and beheaded at Pozzuoli in 305. He is said to have been the first bishop of Benevento before becoming Bishop of Naples.

The See of Benevento was elevated in status to an archdiocese on 26 May 969, during a synod held at the Vatican Basilica by Pope John XIII. The promotion of the See and of Archbishop Landolfo took place in the presence of, and at the request of, the Emperor Otto I and Prince Pandulph of Benevento and Capua, and his son Landulph. The new metropolitanate had ten suffragan dioceses: Saint Agatha, Avellino, Alife, Ariana, Ascoli, Bibino (Bovinum), Larino, Quintodecimum (earlier at Aeculanum, then at Frigento), Telese, and Volturara.[6]

The ultimate fate of some of these dioceses can be seen through the Provincial Synod of May 1698. When Bishop Francesco Scannagatta of Avellino attended the synod, he signed his name Franciscus Episcopus Abellinensis, Frequintinensis, Aquae-putridae seu Mirabellae, et Quintodecimi,[7] giving clear evidence of the incorporation of three ancient dioceses into the diocese of Avellino. Avellino was still a suffragan of Benevento.

The area of Benevento was struck by a severe earthquake on 11 October 1125, and it was followed immediately by four aftershocks. At midday on 12 October yet another severe shock hit. Nearly all the towers of the fortifications fell, as well as the walls, and the palaces and other edifices. The monastery of San Felice in the diocese of Benevento was completely destroyed. At Termoli the entire façade of the cathedral collapsed. Aftershocks continued for another fifteen days.[8]

On 5 December 1456, Campania and the former duchy of Benevento were hit with a major earthquake, with over 40,000 dead. It may have been the largest on record for all of southern Italy. It was followed by another on 30 December. Benevento was for the most part destroyed, suffering between 350 and 500 dead. Brindisi, with nearly all of its inhabitants, was destroyed. Apice, in the diocese of Benevento, was completely destroyed, as was Casalduni. Two thousand died at Ariano in the territory of Avellino, and the town was in ruins. Lacedonia was reduced to dust and abandoned completely. Sant' Agata dei Goti was assai conquassata ('practically crushed').[9]

Synods edit

In August 1059 Pope Nicholas II held a synod at Benevento in the church of S. Peter outside the walls.[10]

On 13 June 1061 a synod was held in the cathedral at Benevento by Archbishop Udalricus. It settled a conflict between Abbot Amico of Santa Sofia and Abbot Leone of Draconaria.[11] In 1075 another synod, held by Archbishop Milo, addressed another conflict between the monastery of Santa Sofia and the Bishop of Draconaria (which was later absorbed into the diocese of San Severo) over the issue of being subject to two bishops.[12]

Pope Victor III held a synod at Benevento in August 1087, at which he excommunicated the antipope Wibert, excommunicated Archbishop Hugh of Lyon and Richard of Marseille, and ordered the deposition of any bishop or abbot who accepted lay investiture.[13]

Pope Urban II held a general synod at Benevento from 28–31 August 1091. At the synod the Pope excommunicated the Emperor Henry IV and his antipope Wibert of Ravenna (called Clement III). It was also decreed that no one should be made a bishop unless he was already in holy orders. The synod also forbade the celebration of matrimony during Advent to the end of the Octave of the Epiphany (6 January).[14]

In 1102 and 1108 Pope Paschal II held synods at Benevento. In the synod of 1108 he repeated his objections to lay investiture, and he forbade clerics from wearing expensive secular clothes. He also consecrated Landolfo as Archbishop of Benevento.[15] Between 16 March and 24 April 1117, Pope Paschal was resident in Benevento. In the synod of April 1117, he excommunicated Maurice Burdinus, Archbishop of Braga, the antipope (1118–1121) of Emperor Henry V, who called himself Gregory VIII.[16]

On 10 March 1119, Archbishop Landolfo held a provincial synod at Benevento, in which anathemas were threatened against persons who committed theft against church property or merchants.[17]

In 1374, Archbishop Hugo stated at a provincial council that the Church of Benevento had twenty-three suffragans, and that documents indicated that at one time it had had thirty-two.[18]

In 1599 Archbishop Massimiliano Palumbara held a diocesan synod, attended by seven of his suffragan bishops. The synod legislated against the practice of clerics removing relics from their containers so that they could be handled by the laity.[19]

During his episcopate, Cardinal Pietro Francesco Orsini de Gravina, O.P. (1686–1730) held two diocesan synods, one in April 1693, and another in May 1698.[20]

During his term of office Archbishop Gianbattista Colombini, O.F.M. Conv. (1763–1774) held eight diocesan synods. Between 1755 and 1762, Cardinal Francesco Pacca held eight diocesan synods. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pacca held another fourteen, between 1825 and 1838.[21]

Cathedral and Chapter edit

The cathedral of Maria SS. Assunta in Cielo was founded in Lombard times, but was destroyed by Allied bombings in World War II; it has kept the medieval Romanesque façade and bell tower, and the 8th century crypt.

In 839 the alleged remains of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle were transferred to the Cathedral, to a chapel which had been built at the order of Prince Siccard of Benevento (d. 839).[22] In 1338 Archbishop Arnaldus de Brussac moved the remains to a reconstructed chapel next to the cathedral.[23]

In 1316 the Cathedral Chapter had eighty-six Canons. In 1364, Archbishop Hugo reduced the number to thirty. The dignities (not dignitaries) included the Archdeacon, the Archpriest, the Primiceralis Major, the Primiceralis Minor, the Treasurer, and Bibliothecarius.[24] In 1674 the Cathedral Chapter contained six dignities and twenty-five Canons.[25] In 1752 there were six dignities and twenty-seven Canons.[26]

There were two other Collegiate Churches in Benevento: that of Saint Bartholomew (founded c. 1137) and that of Santo Spirito (founded in 1350). Each had twelve Canons, headed by a mitred abbot.[27]

Bishops and Archbishops edit

 
Saint Januarius (in a modern depiction) was the first bishop of the diocese, until his martyrdom in 305.

Bishops edit

  • Januarius I (until 305)[28]
  • Theophilus (313)
  • Januarius II (343)
  • Emilius (405)
  • Dorus (448)[29]
  • Epiphanius (c. 494–c. 499)[30]
  • Marcianus (533)[31]
  • Barbatus I (602)[32]
  • Hildebrand (until 663)
  • Barbatus II (663–682)[33]
  • Beatus Joannes (684–716)
  • Toto (c. 743)[34]
  • Monoald (743)
  • David (781/82 – 796)
  • Ursus (830)
  • Aion (c. 877, 879)[35]
  • Petrus I (c. 887–914)[36]
  • Joannes I (910–914)
  • Joannes II (943–956)[37]

Archbishops edit

956 to 1400 edit

  • Landolfo I (956–982)[38]
  • Alo (Alax) (983)[39]
  • Alfano I (985–1005)[40]
  • Alfano II (1005–1045)[41]
  • Maldefrido (1045–1053)
  • Ouldarico (1053–1069)[42]
  • Milo (1074–1076)[43]
  • Roffredo I (1076–1107)[44]
  • Landolfo II (1108–1119)[45]
  • Roffredo II (1120–1130)[46]
  • Landolfo III (1130–1132)[47]
  • Rossemann (c. 1132–c. 1139)[48]
  • Gregorio (1132–1145)[49]
  • Roscimann (1145–1146)
  • Pietro II (1146–1155)[50]
  • Enrico (1156–1170)[51]
  • Cardinal Lombardo (1171–1179)[52]
  • Ruggiero (1179–1221)[53]
  • Ugolino (1221–1254)[54]
  • Capoferro (1254–1280)[55]
  • Giovanni Castrocoeli (1282–1295)[56]
  • Giovanni d'Alatri (1295–1300)[57]
  • Adenolfo (1301–1302)[58]
  • Giacomo de Viterbio, O.E.S.A. (1302–1303)[59]
  • Monaldo Monaldeschi, O.Min. (1303–1331)[60]
  • Arnaldo de Brusacco (1332–1344)[61]
  • Guglielmo Isnardi, O.Min. (1344–1346)[62]
  • Stefano Dupin (1346–1350)[63]
  • Pietro Dupin (1350–1360)[64]
  • Geraud (1360)[65]
  • Guillaume (1362)[66]
  • Ugone de Rupto, O.P. (1363–1365)[67]
  • Ugone Guidardi (1365–1383)[68]
  • Francesco Uguccione (1383–1384)[69]
  • Niccolò Zanasio (1383–1385)[70]
  • Donato d'Aquino (1385–1426)[71]

1400–1730 edit

since 1730 edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Benevento" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. retrieved March 24, 2016.[self-published source?]
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 24, 2016.[self-published source?]
  3. ^ Umberto Benigni, "Benevento," The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907retrieved: 10 January 2018, gives as suffragans the diocese of Alife, Ariano, diocese of Ascoli and Cerignola, Avellino, diocese of Boiano, diocese of Bovino, diocese of Larino, diocese of Lucera, diocese of San Severo, Sant' Agata de' Goti, diocese of Telese, and diocese of Termoli.
  4. ^ Lanzoni, pp. 254-256.
  5. ^ Lanzoni, pp. 256-257.
  6. ^ J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIX (Venice: Antonio Zatta 1774), pp. 19–22. Ughelli, p. 61. Cappelletti, p. 59.
  7. ^ Zigarelli, Giuseppe (1856). Storia della Cattedra di Avellino e de'suoi pastori, con brevi notizie de'Metropolitani della chiesa di Benevento seguito dalla serie cronologica de'vescovi di Frigento e da una esatta descrizione de'luoghi onde di presente viene composta la prima opera (in Italian). Napoli: Vaglio. Volume II., p. 56.
  8. ^ Mario Baratta (1901). I terremoti d'Italia: Saggio di storia, geografia e bibliografia sismica italiana (in Italian). Torino: Fratelli Bocca. p. 25.
  9. ^ Baratta, pp. 66–74. Bella Bona, p. 224.
  10. ^ Ughelli, p. 9. Carl Joseph Hefele, Histoire des conciles (tr. Delarc) VI (Paris: Adrien Leclere 1871) (in French), pp. 392. Philippus Jaffé (ed. S. Loewenfeld), Regesta pontificum romanorum editio altera, Tomus I (Leipzig 1884), p. 561.
  11. ^ C. J. Hefele, VI, p. 407. Kehr, p. 71.
  12. ^ Hefele, VI, p. 510.
  13. ^ Carl Joseph Hefele, Histoire des conciles (tr. Delarc) VII (Paris: Adrien Leclere 1872), pp. 5–6. Jaffe-Loewenfeld, p. 656.
  14. ^ J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XX (Venice: A. Zatta 1774), p. 738. Hefele, Histoire des conciles (tr. H. Leclercq) Tome V, première partie (Paris: Letouzey 1912), pp. 352–353. Kehr, p. 71.
  15. ^ Hefele, VII (tr. Leclercq 1872), pp. 80, 101.
  16. ^ Hefele, VII, p. 144.
  17. ^ Hefele, VII, p. 149.
  18. ^ Johannes de Vita (1764). Thesaurus antiquitatum Beneventanarum. Vol. alter. Roma: Pagliarini. p. 363.
  19. ^ Ughelli, p. 171.
  20. ^ G. Zigarelli, II, p. 56.
  21. ^ Diocesi di Benevento (1837). Synodus dioecesana sanctae beneventanae ecclesiae ab Eminentissimo, et Reverendissimo Domino Joanne Baptista miseratione divina tit. S. Pancratii S. R. E. presbytero cardinali Bussi archiepiscopo celebrata juxta antiquum ejusdem Ecclesiae morem die 24 Augusti 1837 (in Italian). Benevento: apud Petrum Paulum Paternò Typographum cameralem. Giuseppe Maria Viscardi. Tra Europa e "Indie di quaggiù". Chiesa, religiosità e cultura popolare nel Mezzogiorno (secoli XV-XIX) (in Italian). Roma: Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. p. 218. ISBN 978-88-6372-349-6.
  22. ^ Alessandro di Meo (1851). Apparato cronologico agli annali del regno di Napoli della mezzana età (in Italian). Spoleto: Vincenzo Bossi. p. 218. Ferdinand Gregorovius (1903). History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Vol. III. London: G. Bell & sons. p. 75.
  23. ^ Stefano Borgia, I, p. 309 note 1. Kehr, p. 71.
  24. ^ Ughelli, pp. 7; 8–9 (addition by Coleti).
  25. ^ Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 118 note 1.
  26. ^ Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 120 note 1.
  27. ^ Ughelli, p. 7. Cappelletti, p. 137.
  28. ^ Joannes Stilting, ed. (1757). Acta Sanctorum Septembris (in Latin). Vol. Tomus sextus (6). Antwerp: Bernardus Vander Plassche. pp. 761–894, esp. 866–872. Januarius is said to have been the first bishop of Benevento; the list of bishops that begins with Photinus in the first century is not found until the eleventh century, and there is no trace of any activity of any of the alleged first dozen bishops. Ughelli, p. 13. Lanzoni, p. 255.
  29. ^ Bishop Dorus was the recipient of a letter from Pope Leo I. Kehr, p. 50 no. 1. Lanzoni, p. 259.
  30. ^ Epiphanius: Kehr, p. 50 nos. 2–4. Lanzoni, p. 261.
  31. ^ Marcianus: Lanzoni, p. 261.
  32. ^ Barbatus: Lanzoni, p. 263.
  33. ^ Ughelli, pp. 19–21. The letter from Pope Vitalian (657–672) to Bishop Barbatus is a forgery. Kehr, pp. 51–52, no. 5. According to Ughelli, Barbatus died on 19 February 682.
  34. ^ Toto: Ughelli, p. 26.
  35. ^ Aion was the recipient of two letters from Pope John VIII. Kehr, pp. 52 nos. 6–7.
  36. ^ Bishop Petrus was the recipient of a letter of Pope Formosus (891–896), written on 30 January 893. He died in 914. Kehr, pp. 53 no. 10. Ughelli, p. 47. Cappelletti, p. 56. A. Zazo, "Un vescovo beneventano del IX secolo: Petrus sagacissimus," Samnium 23 (1950) 179 ff.
  37. ^ Bishop Joannes was the recipient of a letter of Pope Marinus II , dated 11 November 943. He also appears in a document of October 953. Kehr, p. 53 no. 11.
  38. ^ Archbishop Landolfo received a letter from Pope John XII, dated 19 December 956. Kehr, p. 54 no. 13.
  39. ^ Alo (Alone) was consecrated in Rome by Pope John XIV, at the request of Emperor Otto II, in the latter part of 983. Otto had already died, on 7 December 983, by the time that Archbishop Alo reached Benevento. Kehr, p. 55, no. 16. Desiderius of Montecassino, Dialogorum Liber II. 1 (MGH SS XXX, p. 1127). Alo seems to have been overthrown by Alfano, who intruded himself as archbishop in 982. Stefano Palmieri, "Duchi, principi, e vescovi nella Langobardia meridionale," Giancarlo Andenna; Giorgio Picasso (1996). Giancarlo Andenna; Giorgio Picasso (eds.). Longobardia e longobardi nell'Italia meridionale: le istituzioni ecclesiastiche : atti del 2. Convegno internazionale di studi ... : Benevento, 29-31 maggio 1992 (in Italian). Milano: Vita e Pensiero. pp. 43–100, at pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-88-343-0493-8.
  40. ^ Archbishop Alfano was consecrated by Pope John XV in 985. Pope Gregory V wrote to him in April 998. Kehr, p. 56, nos. 18, 19.
  41. ^ Alfano II: On 21 January 1011, Pope Sergius IV confirmed the privileges of the Church of Benevento. The privileges were confirmed again by Pope Benedict VIII in March 1014. Kehr, pp. 56–57, nos. 20, 21.
  42. ^ In 1053, Pope Leo IX consecrated Udalricus a bishop. In July 1053 the Pope wrote to Udalricus, confirming the privileges of the Church of Benevento, which were repeated by Pope Stephen IX on 24 January 1058. The Archbishop held a synod in Benevento on 13 June 1061. Ughelli, pp. 78–83. Kehr, pp. 57–59, nos. 22 (Annals of Benevento), 23, 24, 25.
  43. ^ Archbishop Milo (Milone) held a synod in Benevento on 1 April 1075. Kehr, p. 60, no. 29. He died on 23 February 1076: Kehr, p. 60, no. 29, note.
  44. ^ Archbishop Roffredo received a letter from Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085) in the spring of 1080, as well as two other undated ones. He also received a judgment from Pope Victor III. He was the subject of complaints at the Roman synod of Pope Urban II of 24–30 April 1099. According to Falco of Benevento, he died on 7 September 1107. Ughelli, pp. 90–91. Kehr, pp. 60–61, nos. 30–35.
  45. ^ Landolfo was consecrated by Pope Paschal II on 8 November 1108. In March 1112 at the Lateran Synod, Archbishop Landulphus and Bishop Guilelmus of Troia engaged in a controversy. At the beginning of 1114 he was appointed to a commission to bring local peace. Landolfo was deposed in October 1114, but restored on 11 August 1116. He was present at Gaeta at the consecration of Pope Gelasius II. At the end of winter of 1119, Archbishop Landolfo was notified of the election of Pope Calixtus II by Cardinal Petrus, Bishop of Porto. He was present at the synod of Benevento on 10 March 1119. He died on 4 August 1119. Ughelli, pp. 93–104. Kehr, pp. 62–65, nos. 36–52.
  46. ^ Archbishop Roffridus (in Latin) was consecrated at Benevento by Pope Calixtus II on 19 September 1120. He was in Rome on 27 March 1123 at a council held by Calixtus II. In the fall of 1123 he was accused before Pope Calixtus of having obtained his archbishopric by simony; he purged himself by oath. At the end of the year Pope Calixtus sent Roffredo on a mission to Constantinople. Anacletus II had already been elected pope when the news of the death of Roffredo reached Rome in 1130. Anacletus was elected on 14 February 1130. Ughelli, pp. 104–109. Kehr, pp. 65–66, no. 53–55.
  47. ^ Landulfus was consecrated in Rome by Pope Anacletus II. Kehr, p. 66, nos. 56–57.
  48. ^ Archbishop Rossemann succeeded Landulfus and was a supporter of Anacletus II. When Innocent II acquired Benevento in 1137, Rossemann was deposed, but as soon as Innocent departed he was reinstated by November 1137. At Benevento in 1139, Innocent II cancelled all the ordinations and consecrations performed by Anacletus II and by Archbishop Rossemann. Kehr, p. 67 no. 62.
  49. ^ Gregorius was archbishop-elect in 1133, but had no authority in Benevento, which was in the hands of the supporters of Pope Anacletus II (died 1138). Gregorio was not consecrated until 5 September 1137, by Innocent II. Ughelli, pp. 109–113. Kehr, pp. 66, nos. 58–59, 61.
  50. ^ On 22 September 1153, the new pope Anastasius IV issued a bull confirming the privileges of the Church of Benevento for Archbishop Petrus. His date of death is unknown, but it is known that he was assassinated during the siege of Benevento by King William I in 1155 on the suspicion that the Archbishop was a partisan of King William. Ughelli, pp. 113–115. Kehr, p. 67, no. 63.
  51. ^ On 28 September 1156, Pope Adrian IV issued a bull, granting Archbishop Enrico a renewal of the privileges granted by previous popes to the Church of Benevento. In August 1161, Archbishop Enrico was sent by Pope Alexander III as an envoy to Constantinople. In May 1164 he was sent as legate to Romania. Kehr, pp. 68–69, nos. 64–67.
  52. ^ Lombardo, a native of Piacenza, was a Magister sacrorum canonum, and had been a disciple of Thomas a Becket of Canterbury. He was already a cardinal on 29 December 1170. He was named archbishop in 1171. He had resigned the archbishopric by 27 July 1179. Ughelli, pp. 121–123. Gams, p. 672, column 1. Kehr, pp. 69–70, nos. 68–71.
  53. ^ Rogerius, a monk of Montecassino, was already Archbishop-elect in a document dated September 1179. On 13 July 1195, Pope Celestine, at the urging of Cardinal Petrus of S. Maria in via lata, the Rector of Benevento, took Archbishop Rogerius and the people of Benevento under his protection. Kehr, p. 70, no. 71 note; no. 72.
  54. ^ Archbishop Ugolino was consecrated by Pope Honorius III during the Quattuor Temporum of Advent (i.e. December) in 1221. It is said that he died on 20 May 1254. Ughelli, pp. 133–136. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 133 with note 1. Gams, p. 672.
  55. ^ Capoferro de Capoferris, a Beneventan noble, died in December 1280. Ughelli, pp. 136–141.
  56. ^ Giovanni, who had been a monk of Montecassino, was provided by Pope Martin IV on 17 June 1282, and was consecrated at Orvieto by Cardinal Ordonius Alurz, Bishop of Tusculum. He was named a cardinal on 18 September 1294 by Pope Celestine V. He died on 22 February 1295. Ughelli, pp. 141–143. Cappelletti, pp. 91–98. Eubel, I, pp. 12 no. 13; 133.
  57. ^ Giovanni had been Bishop of Clonfert (1266–1295) and Papal Nuncio in Ireland. He was transferred to Benevento on 2 October 1295 by Pope Boniface VIII. He was promoted to the archbishopric of Capua on 2 January 1301. Ughelli, p. 143. Eubel, I, pp. 133, 165, 193.
  58. ^ Adenolfo had earlier been Bishop of Conza (1295–1300). He was transferred to the diocese of Benevento on 2 January 1301. He resigned in 1302. He was transferred to the diocese of Larino Ughelli, p. 143. Eubel, I, p. 133, 203.
  59. ^ Giacomo was appointed on 3 September 1302, and consecrated by Cardinal Theodericus of Palestrina. He was transferred to the diocese of Naples on 12 December 1304 by Pope Boniface VIII. He died in 1307. Ughelli, p. 143. Eubel, I, p. 133.
  60. ^ Monaldo had earlier been Bishop of Soana (1298–1303). He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Boniface VIII on 17 January 1303. Ughelli, pp. 143–144. Eubel, I, p. 133 with note 7; 466.
  61. ^ Arnaldo (the spelling of the name de Brusacco is verified by the funeral inscription of his nephew, cited by Ughelli) had been Abbot of the monastery of Santa Sophia. He was named Archbishop of Benevento on 10 January 1332 by Pope John XXII. On 25 August 1338 he performed the transfer of the alleged remains of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle to their new resting place in the Basilica of S. Bartolomeo. He died on 22 January 1344. Ughelli, pp. 144–148. Eubel, I, p. 133
  62. ^ Guglielmo had earlier been Bishop of Alba (1321–1333), and then Archbishop of Brindisi (1333–1344). He was appointed to the diocese of Benevento by Pope Clement VI on 3 March 1344. Ughelli, pp. 147–148. Eubel, I, pp. 80, 133, 149.
  63. ^ Stephanus Dupin had briefly been titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople (from 6 March 1346). He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Clement VI on 16 October 1346. It was he who created the Collegiate Chapter of San Bartolomeo on 5 February 1350. He died in 1350. Ughelli, pp. 148–149. Eubel, I, pp. 133, 206.
  64. ^ A native of Benevento, Pietro Dupin, who had been named Bishop of Fréjus in 1348, was transferred to the diocese of Viterbo (1348–1350). He was appointed to the diocese of Benevento on 18 November 1350 by Pope Clement VI. He governed the diocese through a Vicar, Bishop Nicolaus of Monte Marrano (one of the suffragan diocese of Benevento). He died in 1360. Ughelli, pp. 149–150. Joseph Hyacinthe Albanés; Ulysse Chevalier (1899). Aix, Apt, Fréjus, Gap, Riez et Sisteron (in French and Latin). Montbéliard: Société anonyme d'imprimerie montbéliardaise. pp. 367–368. Eubel, I, pp. 133; 252 note 8; 348; 532.
  65. ^ Geraldus had been a Canon of Limoges, and a member of the papal family of Pope Innocent VI. He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 4 December 1360. A letter was written to him on 9 May 1362 by Pope Innocent. Cappelletti, pp. 106–107. Eubel, I, p. 133.
  66. ^ Guillaume had been Prior of the Benedictine priory of Catusium in the diocese of Cahors: Eubel, I, p. 133. Coleti (in Ughelli, p. 151) believed that Guillaume was a Dominican who had for a few months been Bishop of Lombès before being transferred to Benevento. Eubel, I, p. 310, however, calls the Bishop of Lombès Guillaume Dufort, and says that he was Archdeacon of S. Antonii in the diocese of Rodez before his appointment to Lombès on 18 January 1363, where he died in April 1365. Eubel's details makes Coleti's identification impossible. Plague infested southern France in 1360 and 1361, and carried off 100 bishops and 9 cardinals, according to Matteo Villani (Cronica;; Liber X. capitolo LXXI, pp. 366–367 Dragomanni). This may account for the frantic creation and reassignment of bishops in these years.
  67. ^ Hugo de Rupto (Buxeo) was appointed by Pope Urban V on 22 March 1363. On 22 April 1364 he issued a decree, fixing the number of Canons in the Cathedral Chapter at thirty. He died in 1365. Ughelli, p. 151. Cappelletti, p. 107. Eubel, I, p. 133.
  68. ^ Hugo Guidardi (Guitardi) was appointed on 19 November 1365 by Pope Urban V. He held a provincial synod in Benevento on 17 April 1370 (and another in 1374). He issued a decree in favor of his Vicar General, the Bibliothecarius of the Cathedral Chapter Joannes Panaccioni on 23 October 1371. He was a follower of Urban VI, and for that reason was deposed by the followers of Clement VII, but restored when they lost control of the Kingdom of Naples. He died in 1383. Ughelli, p. 151. Cappelletti, p. 107. Eubel, I, p. 133.
  69. ^ Uguccioni had been appointed Bishop of Faventia (1378–1383) by Urban VI. He was transferred to Benevento following the death of Archbishop Ugo Guidardi in 1383, and then to the archdiocese of Bordeaux on 28 August 1384. Eubel, I, pp. 133, 151, 246.
  70. ^ A native of Cremona, Zanasio had previously been Bishop of Brescia (1378–1383). He was transferred to the diocese of Naples by Urban VI in 1384. He is referred to as electus Beneventanus in a document of 18 January 1384. He died on 24 August 1389. Ughelli, p. 158 (Ughelli has him die in 1387 in his native land). Eubel, I, pp. 133, 147, 360.
  71. ^ Donato was the son of Nicholas, Prince of Grotta. He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in 1385 by Urban VI. On 17 October 1418, he granted the income of the church of San Marcello de Collinis in Benevento to the Canons of the cathedral. He died on 8 April 1426. Ughelli, pp. 158–161. Eubel, I, p. 133.
  72. ^ Paolo Capranica was a Roman, the son of Niccoló Capranica and Iacobella, and the brother of Cardinal Domenico Capranica and Cardinal Angelo Capranica. He served as secretary of Pope Martin V. He had been Bishop of Evreux (1420–1427), by appointment of Pope Martin V. He died on 31 December 1428. Ughelli, pp. 161–162. Eubel, I, p. 133, 235.
  73. ^ Gaspare Colonna, a relative of Martin V, was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 7 January 1429 by Pope Martin V. He had previously been Archbishop of Reggio Calabriae (1426–1429). As a member of the Colonna family, who were at war with Pope Eugenius IV, he was arrested on 20 June 1432, and imprisoned in the Castel S. Angelo, from which he was eventually released. He died in Benevento on 4 July 1435. Ughelli, p. 162. Eubel, I, p. 133, 418; II, p. 104 note 1.
  74. ^ Archbishop Astorgio had previously been Bishop of Mileto (1411–1418), Bishop of Melfi (1418–1419), and Bishop of Ancona (1419–1436). He made his financial arrangements with the Apostolic Camera for his transfer to Benevento on 8 February 1436. He was named a cardinal by Pope Nicholas V on 20 December 1448. He died in Rome on 10 October 1451. Ughelli, pp. 162–163. Eubel, I, pp. 88, 335, 341; II, pp. 104.
  75. ^ Della Ratta was the son of Balthasar, Count of Caserta, and Margarita Marzana. He had previously been Archbishop of Rossano (1447–1451). He was named Archbishop of Benevento on 13 October 1451 by Pope Nicholas V. As a supporter of the Anjou faction in the struggle over the throne of Naples, he allowed the city of Benevento to fall into the hands of Duke Jean d'Anjou, the son of King René. When the coup was unsuccessful, he fled from Benevento. He was declared an apostate and simoniac in Consistory by Pope Pius II in 1460, and deposed. He died on 31 July 1464. Ughelli, pp. 163–164. Cappelletti, p. 113. Eubel, II, p. 104, 224.
  76. ^ Alessio de' Cesari, a Sienese nobleman, had been papal Vice-Chamberlain, Apostolic Referendary, Administrator of the Diocese of Palestrina, and Bishop of Chiusi (1438–1462), was sent by Pope Pius II on 22 March 1462 (or perhaps as early as 1460) to take the episcopal seat of Benevento in the name of the Roman Church. He died on 31 July 1464. Ughelli, pp. 164–165. Cappelletti, p. 113. Eubel, II, pp. 104, 131.
  77. ^ Piccolomini, a relative of Pope Pius II, was appointed archbishop on 3 August 1464. He died on 20 September 1467. Ughelli, p. 165. Cappelletti, p. 113. Eubel, II, p. 104.
  78. ^ Capece, the Majordomo of the papal household, was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 30 October 1467, the same day that Abbot Bartolomeo of the Benedictine Abbey of S. Andrea at Aversa was appointed Eubel, II, p. 104, with note 4. Eubel admits Bartolomeo into the list of Archbishops of Benevento, but not Corrado Capece. Cf. Ughelli, pp. 165–166, who admits Capece in 1469. In 1470 at the provincial Council held in Benevento on 24 August, Capece is termed arcivescovo e governatore generale di Benevento. Capece died in 1482. Cappelletti, pp. 114–115.
  79. ^ A patrician of Benevento and a papal secretary, Grifo was transferred from the diocese of Gubbio (1472–1482) to Benevento by Pope Sixtus IV on 23 September 1482. He was present in Rome for the canonization of Leopold of Austria on 6 January 1485. He died in Rome, still serving as papal secretary, in 1485. Eubel, II, pp. 48 no. 507; 104, 151. Egmont Lee (1978). Sixtus IV and Men of Letters. Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. 26. Roma: Bretschneider. pp. 62–66. GGKEY:CWS8W392RYB.
  80. ^ Cibò was the nephew of Pope Innocent VIII and a Protonotary Apostolic. He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 5 December 1485, and named a cardinal on 9 March 1489. On 14 May 1501 he was named Suburbicarian Bishop of Albano, and on 29 November 1503 Suburbicarian Bishop of Palestrina. He died on 21 December 1503. The Church of Benevento was ruled through his Vicar-General, who received special powers from Innocent VIII on 18 June 1491. Ughelli, pp. 166–167. Eubel, II, p. 20 no. 1; 59, 104.
  81. ^ Podocator was named Administrator of the diocese of Benevento on 8 January 1504. He died on 24 August 1504. Eubel, III, pp. 7, no. 32; 132.
  82. ^ Della Rovere was named Administrator by Pope Julius II on 30 August 1504; he died on 11 September 1507. Ughelli, p. 167. Eubel, III, p. 132.
  83. ^ Cardinal Sisto was named Administrator of Benevento on 8 September 1508, and resigned on 6 March 1514. Ughelli, p. 167. Eubel, III, p. 132.
  84. ^ Farnese was named on 6 March 1514, and resigned on 31 August 1522. Ughelli, p. 167. Eubel, III, p. 132.
  85. ^ Arrigoni was a Doctor in utroque iure (Padua), and had been a Consistorial Advocate and then Auditor Rotae in the Roman Curia. He was named a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII on 5 June 1596. He was provided by Pope Paul V on 7 February 1607, and was consecrated in the Sistine Chapel by the Pope on 24 February. He died in Naples on 4 April 1616. Ughelli, p. 172. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 5 no. 19; 113.
  86. ^ Di Sangro had been Patriarch of Alexandria and Apostolic Nuncio in Spain. He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Paul V in the Consistory of 2 May 1616. He died in Rome on 17 February 1633. Ughelli, pp. 172–173. Gauchat, p. 113.
  87. ^ Maculani had been Commissarius of the Holy Office (Roman Inquisition) (1632–1649), and Master of the Sacred Palaces (1639–1641). He was named a cardinal on 16 December 1641. He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 13 January 1642 by Pope Urban VIII. He was consecrated in Rome on 19 January by Cardinal Antonio Barberini, senior. A year after his appointment he was summoned back to Rome, and resigned the archbishopric. He died on 16 February 1667. Ughelli, p. 173. Gauchat, p. 113.
  88. ^ Foppa was appointed in the Consistory of 18 May 1643 by Pope Urban VIII. He died on 18 December 1673. Ughelli, pp. 173–175. Cappelletti, pp. 119–120. Gauchat, p. 113.
  89. ^ Giuseppe Bologna was a native of Naples and was a Doctor in utroque iure, Civil and Canon Law (Naples). He had served in the administration of the Papal states as governor in Rimini and in Orvieto, and Vice-Legate of the Romandiola. He was then a voting Referendary of the congregation of the two signatures (Court of Appeals). He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in Consistory on 12 March 1674 by Pope Clement X. He had resigned the diocese by 19 February 1680. He was approved as Archbishop of Capua on 26 November 1691. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 118 with note 3.
  90. ^ A native Taggia in the Republic of Genoa, Gastaldi had been Commissary General of Health in the Apostolic Camera, Commissary of the Armies, and then Treasurer General of the Holy Roman Church before his promotion to the cardinalate by Pope Clement X on 12 June 1673. In 1678 he was named Legate of Bologna (1678–1684). He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Innocent XI on 19 February 1680. He died in Rome on 8 April 1685, at the age of 69, and was buried in the Church of S. Maria de'Miracoli, which he had founded. Lorenzo Cardella, VII, pp. 222–224. Vincenzo Forcella, Inscrizione delle chiesa di Roma X (Roma: Ludovico Cecchini 1877), p. 389 no. 621. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, pp. 8 no. 11, with notes 8 and 9; 118 with note 4.
  91. ^ Orsini was created a cardinal on 22 February 1672. He had previously been Archbishop of Siponto (1675–1680), and Bishop of Cesena (1680–1686). He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 18 March 1686 by Pope Innocent XI. He was elected Pope Benedict XIII on 19 May 1724, but continued to hold the diocese of Benevento until his death. He governed through his favorite, Niccolo Coscia. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, pp. 7, no. 5; 118 with note 5; 134 with note 4; 358 with note 3.
  92. ^ Coscia: Giacomo de Antonellis, "Appunti intorno alla figura del cardinale Nicolò Coscia," in: Samnium 43 (1970), pp. 153–167.
  93. ^ Doria: Ritzler-Serfin, VI, pp. 120 with note 2.
  94. ^ Cenci: Ritzler-Serfin, VI, pp. 120 with note 3.
  95. ^ Landi was appointed to the See of Benevento in the Consistory of 18 September 1741 by Pope Benedict XIV. He was named a cardinal on 9 September 1743. He resigned the See on 17 January 1752, and became Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Index in the Roman Curia. He died on 11 February 1757, and was buried in the church of S. Maria in Porticu. Ritzler-Serfin, VI, pp. 13, no. 10; 120 with note 4.
  96. ^ Born in Benevento in 1692, Pacca held a doctorate in philosophy and theology from the Collegio Romano. He served as a Referendary of the Two Signatures, and Cleric of the Apostolic Camera. He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 20 March 1752 by Pope Benedict XIV. He died in Benevento on 14 July 1763. Bartolomeo Pacca (1837). Notizie istoriche intorno alla vita ed agli scritti di monsignor Francesco Pacca, arcivescovo di Benevento (in Italian). Velletri: Luigi Cappellacci. p. 3. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 121 with note 5. Gaetana Intorcia (1999). Il Cardinale Pacca Da Benevento: Storico, Giurista, Diplomatico. Pubblicazioni della Facoltà di economia, Università degli studi del Sannio, Benevento., Sezione giuridico-sociale , 11 (in Italian). Naples: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane. ISBN 978-88-8114-774-8.
  97. ^ Colombini had held a number of administrative positions in his Order, and was Minister General at the time of his elevation to the episcopate, as well as a Consultor of the Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition. He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 19 December 1763 by Pope Clement XIII, and was consecrated by the Pope on 8 January 1764. He died in Benevento on 3 February 1774. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 121 with note 6.
  98. ^ A native of Rimini, Banditi had previously been Procurator General of the Theatine Order, Bishop of Montefiascone and Corneto (1772–1775). He was consecrated a bishop in Rome by Cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicino on 5 April 1772. He was transferred to the diocese of Benevento by Pope Pius VI on 29 May 1775. He was named a cardinal on 17 July 1775, and granted the titular church of San Crisogono on 18 December 1775. He died on 27 January 1796. He died at Benevento on 27 January 1796. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, pp. 31 no. 4; 121 with note 7; 295 with note 4.
  99. ^ A native of Fermo, Spinucci was a doctor in utroque (Civil and Canon Law) of the University of Bologna. He had earlier been Bishop of Targa (1775–1777), then Bishop of Macerata (1777–1796). He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 27 June 1796 by Pope Pius VI. He was named a cardinal by Pope Pius VII on 8 March 1816, but he did not participate in the Conclave of September 1823. He died in Benevento on 21 December 1823 at the age of 84. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, pp. 121, 270 and 393.
  100. ^ Bussi was named a cardinal and Archbishop of Benevento on the same day, 3 May 1824, by Pope Leo XII. Ritzler-Sefrin, pp. 18, 44, 109–110.
  101. ^ Della Rende was born in Naples in 1847, of the family of the Counts of Rende of Benevento. With the annexation of Naples to the Kingdom of Italy in 1860, he and his family fled to England, where he was ordained and served as a parish priest. He returned to Italy in 1867, and studied at the Capranica College and the Gregorian University; he served there as a parish priest as well. He was named Bishop of Tricarico by Pope Pius IX in 1886. He was promoted to the archbishopric of Benevento by Pope Leo XIII on 12 May 1879, and sent to Paris as Apostolic Nuncio (appointed 25 October 1882). He was named a cardinal on 14 March 1887. He died at Montecassino on 16 May 1897. Attilio Brunialti, ed. (1888). Annuario biografico universale (in Italian). Vol. III. Rome-Naples: Unione tip.-editrice torinese. p. 480. G. Grabowski, "Il cardinale Siciliano di Rende," in: La Rassegna nazionale (in Italian). Vol. 95, Anno XIX. Firenze. 1897. pp. 579–583.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Giuseppe De Marchi (1957). Le nunziature apostoliche dal 1800 al 1956 (in Italian). Roma: Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. p. 128. GGKEY:0L819C2SWPF. Martin Bräuer (2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 143–144. ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5.
  102. ^ Dell'Olio had previously been Bishop of Rossano (1891–1898). On 5 February 1898 he was transferred by Pope Leo XIII to the diocese of Benevento. He was named a cardinal on 15 April 1901. He died on 18 January 1902. La Civiltà Cattolica. 18 (in Italian). Vol. V, 53rd year. La Civiltà Cattolica. 1902. pp. 364–365. HARVARD:32044105207682. Ritzler-Sefrin, VIII, pp. 46, 147, 486. Martin Bräuer (2014). Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846-2012 (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 189. ISBN 978-3-11-026947-5.
  103. ^ Mugione: Chiesa di Benevento, Vescovo emerito; retrieved 9 January 2018. (in Italian)
  104. ^ Accrocca: Chiesa di Benevento, Arcivescovo; retrieved 4 January 2018. (in Italian)

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Reference works edit

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  • Borgia, Stefano (1763). Memorie istoriche della pontificia cittá di Benevento dal secolo VIII. al secolo XVIII. divise in tre parti (in Italian). Vol. Parte prima. Roma: Salomoni. Stefano Borgia (1764). Parte seconda. Parte terza volume 1. 1769.
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  • Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1962). Regesta pontificum Romanorum. Italia pontificia, Vol.IX: Samnium—Apulia—Lucania. ed. Walter Holtzmann. Berlin: Weidemann. (in Latin)
  • Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). Faenza: F. Lega (in Italian) pp. 254–263.
  • Orsini, Vincentius Maria (1724). Giannini, Francescoi (ed.). Synodicon S. Beneventanensis ecclesiae: continens concilia XXI (in Latin) (secunda ed.). ex typographia Rochi Bernarbò.
  • Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Nicolaus (1721). Italia sacra, sive de episcopis Italiae, et insularum adjacentium (in Latin). Vol. Tomus octavus (8). Venezia: Apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 3–188.
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Acknowledgment edit

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Benevento". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. (article written by Umberto Benigni)

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The Archdiocese of Benevento Latin Archidioecesis Beneventana is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church It currently has five suffragan dioceses the diocese of Ariano Irpino Lacedonia the diocese of Avellino the diocese of Cerreto Sannita Telese Sant Agata de Goti the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine and the archdiocese of Sant Angelo dei Lombardi Conza Nusco Bisaccia 1 2 3 Archdiocese of BeneventoArchidioecesis BeneventanaArcidiocesi di BeneventoCattedrale di Santa Maria AssuntaLocationCountryItalyTerritoryProvince of BeneventoEpiscopal conferenceEpiscopal Conference of ItalyEcclesiastical regionCampaniaEcclesiastical provinceBeneventoCoordinates41 07 47 N 14 46 21 E 41 1298 N 14 7725 E 41 1298 14 7725StatisticsArea1 691 km2 653 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2020 267 790 estimate 263 800 guess Parishes116InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablishedc 3rd century as Diocese of Benevento 969 as Archdiocese of Benevento CathedralCattedrale di Maria SS Assunta in Cielo Benevento Secular priests134 diocesan 72 Religious Orders 59 Permanent DeaconsCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopMost Rev Felice AccroccaBishops emeritusAndrea MugioneMapLocation of Archdiocese of Benevento in ItalyWebsitewww wbr diocesidibenevento wbr it Diocesan web site Italian Contents 1 History 1 1 Synods 1 2 Cathedral and Chapter 2 Bishops and Archbishops 2 1 Bishops 2 2 Archbishops 2 2 1 956 to 1400 2 2 2 1400 1730 2 2 3 since 1730 3 Notes 4 Books 4 1 Reference works 4 2 Studies 4 2 1 AcknowledgmentHistory editThis section needs expansion with history of the diocese in the last thousand years You can help by adding to it October 2016 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Benevento was according to an 11th century episcopal list founded in the first century 4 During the persecution of Diocletian there is a reference to a person named Januarius 5 who together with Proculus his deacon and two laymen was imprisoned and beheaded at Pozzuoli in 305 He is said to have been the first bishop of Benevento before becoming Bishop of Naples The See of Benevento was elevated in status to an archdiocese on 26 May 969 during a synod held at the Vatican Basilica by Pope John XIII The promotion of the See and of Archbishop Landolfo took place in the presence of and at the request of the Emperor Otto I and Prince Pandulph of Benevento and Capua and his son Landulph The new metropolitanate had ten suffragan dioceses Saint Agatha Avellino Alife Ariana Ascoli Bibino Bovinum Larino Quintodecimum earlier at Aeculanum then at Frigento Telese and Volturara 6 The ultimate fate of some of these dioceses can be seen through the Provincial Synod of May 1698 When Bishop Francesco Scannagatta of Avellino attended the synod he signed his name Franciscus Episcopus Abellinensis Frequintinensis Aquae putridae seu Mirabellae et Quintodecimi 7 giving clear evidence of the incorporation of three ancient dioceses into the diocese of Avellino Avellino was still a suffragan of Benevento The area of Benevento was struck by a severe earthquake on 11 October 1125 and it was followed immediately by four aftershocks At midday on 12 October yet another severe shock hit Nearly all the towers of the fortifications fell as well as the walls and the palaces and other edifices The monastery of San Felice in the diocese of Benevento was completely destroyed At Termoli the entire facade of the cathedral collapsed Aftershocks continued for another fifteen days 8 On 5 December 1456 Campania and the former duchy of Benevento were hit with a major earthquake with over 40 000 dead It may have been the largest on record for all of southern Italy It was followed by another on 30 December Benevento was for the most part destroyed suffering between 350 and 500 dead Brindisi with nearly all of its inhabitants was destroyed Apice in the diocese of Benevento was completely destroyed as was Casalduni Two thousand died at Ariano in the territory of Avellino and the town was in ruins Lacedonia was reduced to dust and abandoned completely Sant Agata dei Goti was assai conquassata practically crushed 9 Synods edit In August 1059 Pope Nicholas II held a synod at Benevento in the church of S Peter outside the walls 10 On 13 June 1061 a synod was held in the cathedral at Benevento by Archbishop Udalricus It settled a conflict between Abbot Amico of Santa Sofia and Abbot Leone of Draconaria 11 In 1075 another synod held by Archbishop Milo addressed another conflict between the monastery of Santa Sofia and the Bishop of Draconaria which was later absorbed into the diocese of San Severo over the issue of being subject to two bishops 12 Pope Victor III held a synod at Benevento in August 1087 at which he excommunicated the antipope Wibert excommunicated Archbishop Hugh of Lyon and Richard of Marseille and ordered the deposition of any bishop or abbot who accepted lay investiture 13 Pope Urban II held a general synod at Benevento from 28 31 August 1091 At the synod the Pope excommunicated the Emperor Henry IV and his antipope Wibert of Ravenna called Clement III It was also decreed that no one should be made a bishop unless he was already in holy orders The synod also forbade the celebration of matrimony during Advent to the end of the Octave of the Epiphany 6 January 14 In 1102 and 1108 Pope Paschal II held synods at Benevento In the synod of 1108 he repeated his objections to lay investiture and he forbade clerics from wearing expensive secular clothes He also consecrated Landolfo as Archbishop of Benevento 15 Between 16 March and 24 April 1117 Pope Paschal was resident in Benevento In the synod of April 1117 he excommunicated Maurice Burdinus Archbishop of Braga the antipope 1118 1121 of Emperor Henry V who called himself Gregory VIII 16 On 10 March 1119 Archbishop Landolfo held a provincial synod at Benevento in which anathemas were threatened against persons who committed theft against church property or merchants 17 In 1374 Archbishop Hugo stated at a provincial council that the Church of Benevento had twenty three suffragans and that documents indicated that at one time it had had thirty two 18 In 1599 Archbishop Massimiliano Palumbara held a diocesan synod attended by seven of his suffragan bishops The synod legislated against the practice of clerics removing relics from their containers so that they could be handled by the laity 19 During his episcopate Cardinal Pietro Francesco Orsini de Gravina O P 1686 1730 held two diocesan synods one in April 1693 and another in May 1698 20 During his term of office Archbishop Gianbattista Colombini O F M Conv 1763 1774 held eight diocesan synods Between 1755 and 1762 Cardinal Francesco Pacca held eight diocesan synods Cardinal Giovanni Battista Pacca held another fourteen between 1825 and 1838 21 Cathedral and Chapter edit The cathedral of Maria SS Assunta in Cielo was founded in Lombard times but was destroyed by Allied bombings in World War II it has kept the medieval Romanesque facade and bell tower and the 8th century crypt In 839 the alleged remains of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle were transferred to the Cathedral to a chapel which had been built at the order of Prince Siccard of Benevento d 839 22 In 1338 Archbishop Arnaldus de Brussac moved the remains to a reconstructed chapel next to the cathedral 23 In 1316 the Cathedral Chapter had eighty six Canons In 1364 Archbishop Hugo reduced the number to thirty The dignities not dignitaries included the Archdeacon the Archpriest the Primiceralis Major the Primiceralis Minor the Treasurer and Bibliothecarius 24 In 1674 the Cathedral Chapter contained six dignities and twenty five Canons 25 In 1752 there were six dignities and twenty seven Canons 26 There were two other Collegiate Churches in Benevento that of Saint Bartholomew founded c 1137 and that of Santo Spirito founded in 1350 Each had twelve Canons headed by a mitred abbot 27 Bishops and Archbishops edit nbsp Saint Januarius in a modern depiction was the first bishop of the diocese until his martyrdom in 305 Bishops edit Januarius I until 305 28 Theophilus 313 Januarius II 343 Emilius 405 Dorus 448 29 Epiphanius c 494 c 499 30 Marcianus 533 31 Barbatus I 602 32 Hildebrand until 663 Barbatus II 663 682 33 Beatus Joannes 684 716 Toto c 743 34 Monoald 743 David 781 82 796 Ursus 830 Aion c 877 879 35 Petrus I c 887 914 36 Joannes I 910 914 Joannes II 943 956 37 Archbishops edit 956 to 1400 edit Landolfo I 956 982 38 Alo Alax 983 39 Alfano I 985 1005 40 Alfano II 1005 1045 41 Maldefrido 1045 1053 Ouldarico 1053 1069 42 Milo 1074 1076 43 Roffredo I 1076 1107 44 Landolfo II 1108 1119 45 Roffredo II 1120 1130 46 Landolfo III 1130 1132 47 Rossemann c 1132 c 1139 48 Gregorio 1132 1145 49 Roscimann 1145 1146 Pietro II 1146 1155 50 Enrico 1156 1170 51 Cardinal Lombardo 1171 1179 52 Ruggiero 1179 1221 53 Ugolino 1221 1254 54 Capoferro 1254 1280 55 Giovanni Castrocoeli 1282 1295 56 Giovanni d Alatri 1295 1300 57 Adenolfo 1301 1302 58 Giacomo de Viterbio O E S A 1302 1303 59 Monaldo Monaldeschi O Min 1303 1331 60 Arnaldo de Brusacco 1332 1344 61 Guglielmo Isnardi O Min 1344 1346 62 Stefano Dupin 1346 1350 63 Pietro Dupin 1350 1360 64 Geraud 1360 65 Guillaume 1362 66 Ugone de Rupto O P 1363 1365 67 Ugone Guidardi 1365 1383 68 Francesco Uguccione 1383 1384 69 Niccolo Zanasio 1383 1385 70 Donato d Aquino 1385 1426 71 1400 1730 edit Paolo Capranica 1427 1428 72 Gaspare Colonna 1430 1435 73 Astorgio Agnensi 1436 1451 74 Giacomo Della Ratta 1451 1460 75 Alessio de Cesari 1460 1464 76 Niccolo Piccolomini 1464 1467 77 Corrado Capece 1469 1482 78 Leonardo Grifo 1482 1485 79 Cardinal Lorenzo Cibo de Mari 1486 1502 80 Cardinal Ludovico Podocatar 1504 Administrator 81 Cardinal Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere 1504 1507 Administrator 82 Cardinal Sisto Gara della Rovere 1508 1514 Administrator 83 Cardinal Alessandro Farnese 1514 1522 Administrator 84 Francesco della Rovere 1530 1544 Giovanni della Casa 1544 1556 Cardinal Alessandro Farnese 1556 1560 Giacomo Savelli 1560 1574 Massimiliano Palumbara 1574 1607 Cardinal Pompeio Arrigoni 1607 1616 85 Alessandro di Sangro 1616 1633 86 Cardinal Agostino Oreggi 1633 1635 Cardinal Vincenzo Maculani O P 1642 1643 87 Giovanni Battista Foppa 1643 1673 88 Giuseppe Bologna 1674 1680 89 Cardinal Girolamo Gastaldi 1680 1685 90 Cardinal Pietro Francesco Orsini de Gravina O P 1686 1730 91 since 1730 edit Cardinal Niccolo Coscia 1730 1731 92 Cardinal Sinibaldo Doria 1731 1733 93 Cardinal Serafino Cenci 1733 1740 94 Cardinal Francesco Landi Pietra 1741 1752 95 Francesco Pacca 1752 1763 96 Gianbattista Colombini O F M Conv 1763 1774 97 Cardinal Francesco Maria Banditi C R Theat 1775 1796 98 Domenico Spinucci 1796 1823 99 Cardinal Giovanni Battista Bussi 1755 1844 1824 1844 100 Cardinal Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto 1844 1879 Cardinal Camillo Siciliano di Rende 1879 1897 101 Cardinal Donato Maria Dell Olio 1898 1902 102 Benedetto Bonazzi O S B 1902 1915 Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi C Pp S 1915 1924 Luigi Lavitrano 1924 1928 Adeodato Giovanni Piazza O C D 1930 1935 Agostino Mancinelli 1936 1962 Raffaele Calabria 1962 1982 Carlo Minchiatti 1982 1991 Serafino Sprovieri 1991 2006 Andrea Mugione 3 May 2006 18 February 2016 103 Felice Accrocca 18 February 2016 Present 104 Notes edit Archdiocese of Benevento Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney retrieved March 24 2016 self published source Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento GCatholic org Gabriel Chow Retrieved March 24 2016 self published source Umberto Benigni Benevento The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 2 New York Robert Appleton Company 1907retrieved 10 January 2018 gives as suffragans the diocese of Alife Ariano diocese of Ascoli and Cerignola Avellino diocese of Boiano diocese of Bovino diocese of Larino diocese of Lucera diocese of San Severo Sant Agata de Goti diocese of Telese and diocese of Termoli Lanzoni pp 254 256 Lanzoni pp 256 257 J D Mansi ed Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima Tomus XIX Venice Antonio Zatta 1774 pp 19 22 Ughelli p 61 Cappelletti p 59 Zigarelli Giuseppe 1856 Storia della Cattedra di Avellino e de suoi pastori con brevi notizie de Metropolitani della chiesa di Benevento seguito dalla serie cronologica de vescovi di Frigento e da una esatta descrizione de luoghi onde di presente viene composta la prima opera in Italian Napoli Vaglio Volume II p 56 Mario Baratta 1901 I terremoti d Italia Saggio di storia geografia e bibliografia sismica italiana in Italian Torino Fratelli Bocca p 25 Baratta pp 66 74 Bella Bona p 224 Ughelli p 9 Carl Joseph Hefele Histoire des conciles tr Delarc VI Paris Adrien Leclere 1871 in French pp 392 Philippus Jaffe ed S Loewenfeld Regesta pontificum romanorum editio altera Tomus I Leipzig 1884 p 561 C J Hefele VI p 407 Kehr p 71 Hefele VI p 510 Carl Joseph Hefele Histoire des conciles tr Delarc VII Paris Adrien Leclere 1872 pp 5 6 Jaffe Loewenfeld p 656 J D Mansi ed Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima Tomus XX Venice A Zatta 1774 p 738 Hefele Histoire des conciles tr H Leclercq Tome V premiere partie Paris Letouzey 1912 pp 352 353 Kehr p 71 Hefele VII tr Leclercq 1872 pp 80 101 Hefele VII p 144 Hefele VII p 149 Johannes de Vita 1764 Thesaurus antiquitatum Beneventanarum Vol alter Roma Pagliarini p 363 Ughelli p 171 G Zigarelli II p 56 Diocesi di Benevento 1837 Synodus dioecesana sanctae beneventanae ecclesiae ab Eminentissimo et Reverendissimo Domino Joanne Baptista miseratione divina tit S Pancratii S R E presbytero cardinali Bussi archiepiscopo celebrata juxta antiquum ejusdem Ecclesiae morem die 24 Augusti 1837 in Italian Benevento apud Petrum Paulum Paterno Typographum cameralem Giuseppe Maria Viscardi Tra Europa e Indie di quaggiu Chiesa religiosita e cultura popolare nel Mezzogiorno secoli XV XIX in Italian Roma Ed di Storia e Letteratura p 218 ISBN 978 88 6372 349 6 Alessandro di Meo 1851 Apparato cronologico agli annali del regno di Napoli della mezzana eta in Italian Spoleto Vincenzo Bossi p 218 Ferdinand Gregorovius 1903 History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages Vol III London G Bell amp sons p 75 Stefano Borgia I p 309 note 1 Kehr p 71 Ughelli pp 7 8 9 addition by Coleti Ritzler Sefrin V p 118 note 1 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 120 note 1 Ughelli p 7 Cappelletti p 137 Joannes Stilting ed 1757 Acta Sanctorum Septembris in Latin Vol Tomus sextus 6 Antwerp Bernardus Vander Plassche pp 761 894 esp 866 872 Januarius is said to have been the first bishop of Benevento the list of bishops that begins with Photinus in the first century is not found until the eleventh century and there is no trace of any activity of any of the alleged first dozen bishops Ughelli p 13 Lanzoni p 255 Bishop Dorus was the recipient of a letter from Pope Leo I Kehr p 50 no 1 Lanzoni p 259 Epiphanius Kehr p 50 nos 2 4 Lanzoni p 261 Marcianus Lanzoni p 261 Barbatus Lanzoni p 263 Ughelli pp 19 21 The letter from Pope Vitalian 657 672 to Bishop Barbatus is a forgery Kehr pp 51 52 no 5 According to Ughelli Barbatus died on 19 February 682 Toto Ughelli p 26 Aion was the recipient of two letters from Pope John VIII Kehr pp 52 nos 6 7 Bishop Petrus was the recipient of a letter of Pope Formosus 891 896 written on 30 January 893 He died in 914 Kehr pp 53 no 10 Ughelli p 47 Cappelletti p 56 A Zazo Un vescovo beneventano del IX secolo Petrus sagacissimus Samnium 23 1950 179 ff Bishop Joannes was the recipient of a letter of Pope Marinus II dated 11 November 943 He also appears in a document of October 953 Kehr p 53 no 11 Archbishop Landolfo received a letter from Pope John XII dated 19 December 956 Kehr p 54 no 13 Alo Alone was consecrated in Rome by Pope John XIV at the request of Emperor Otto II in the latter part of 983 Otto had already died on 7 December 983 by the time that Archbishop Alo reached Benevento Kehr p 55 no 16 Desiderius of Montecassino Dialogorum Liber II 1 MGH SS XXX p 1127 Alo seems to have been overthrown by Alfano who intruded himself as archbishop in 982 Stefano Palmieri Duchi principi e vescovi nella Langobardia meridionale Giancarlo Andenna Giorgio Picasso 1996 Giancarlo Andenna Giorgio Picasso eds Longobardia e longobardi nell Italia meridionale le istituzioni ecclesiastiche atti del 2 Convegno internazionale di studi Benevento 29 31 maggio 1992 in Italian Milano Vita e Pensiero pp 43 100 at pp 94 95 ISBN 978 88 343 0493 8 Archbishop Alfano was consecrated by Pope John XV in 985 Pope Gregory V wrote to him in April 998 Kehr p 56 nos 18 19 Alfano II On 21 January 1011 Pope Sergius IV confirmed the privileges of the Church of Benevento The privileges were confirmed again by Pope Benedict VIII in March 1014 Kehr pp 56 57 nos 20 21 In 1053 Pope Leo IX consecrated Udalricus a bishop In July 1053 the Pope wrote to Udalricus confirming the privileges of the Church of Benevento which were repeated by Pope Stephen IX on 24 January 1058 The Archbishop held a synod in Benevento on 13 June 1061 Ughelli pp 78 83 Kehr pp 57 59 nos 22 Annals of Benevento 23 24 25 Archbishop Milo Milone held a synod in Benevento on 1 April 1075 Kehr p 60 no 29 He died on 23 February 1076 Kehr p 60 no 29 note Archbishop Roffredo received a letter from Pope Gregory VII 1073 1085 in the spring of 1080 as well as two other undated ones He also received a judgment from Pope Victor III He was the subject of complaints at the Roman synod of Pope Urban II of 24 30 April 1099 According to Falco of Benevento he died on 7 September 1107 Ughelli pp 90 91 Kehr pp 60 61 nos 30 35 Landolfo was consecrated by Pope Paschal II on 8 November 1108 In March 1112 at the Lateran Synod Archbishop Landulphus and Bishop Guilelmus of Troia engaged in a controversy At the beginning of 1114 he was appointed to a commission to bring local peace Landolfo was deposed in October 1114 but restored on 11 August 1116 He was present at Gaeta at the consecration of Pope Gelasius II At the end of winter of 1119 Archbishop Landolfo was notified of the election of Pope Calixtus II by Cardinal Petrus Bishop of Porto He was present at the synod of Benevento on 10 March 1119 He died on 4 August 1119 Ughelli pp 93 104 Kehr pp 62 65 nos 36 52 Archbishop Roffridus in Latin was consecrated at Benevento by Pope Calixtus II on 19 September 1120 He was in Rome on 27 March 1123 at a council held by Calixtus II In the fall of 1123 he was accused before Pope Calixtus of having obtained his archbishopric by simony he purged himself by oath At the end of the year Pope Calixtus sent Roffredo on a mission to Constantinople Anacletus II had already been elected pope when the news of the death of Roffredo reached Rome in 1130 Anacletus was elected on 14 February 1130 Ughelli pp 104 109 Kehr pp 65 66 no 53 55 Landulfus was consecrated in Rome by Pope Anacletus II Kehr p 66 nos 56 57 Archbishop Rossemann succeeded Landulfus and was a supporter of Anacletus II When Innocent II acquired Benevento in 1137 Rossemann was deposed but as soon as Innocent departed he was reinstated by November 1137 At Benevento in 1139 Innocent II cancelled all the ordinations and consecrations performed by Anacletus II and by Archbishop Rossemann Kehr p 67 no 62 Gregorius was archbishop elect in 1133 but had no authority in Benevento which was in the hands of the supporters of Pope Anacletus II died 1138 Gregorio was not consecrated until 5 September 1137 by Innocent II Ughelli pp 109 113 Kehr pp 66 nos 58 59 61 On 22 September 1153 the new pope Anastasius IV issued a bull confirming the privileges of the Church of Benevento for Archbishop Petrus His date of death is unknown but it is known that he was assassinated during the siege of Benevento by King William I in 1155 on the suspicion that the Archbishop was a partisan of King William Ughelli pp 113 115 Kehr p 67 no 63 On 28 September 1156 Pope Adrian IV issued a bull granting Archbishop Enrico a renewal of the privileges granted by previous popes to the Church of Benevento In August 1161 Archbishop Enrico was sent by Pope Alexander III as an envoy to Constantinople In May 1164 he was sent as legate to Romania Kehr pp 68 69 nos 64 67 Lombardo a native of Piacenza was a Magister sacrorum canonum and had been a disciple of Thomas a Becket of Canterbury He was already a cardinal on 29 December 1170 He was named archbishop in 1171 He had resigned the archbishopric by 27 July 1179 Ughelli pp 121 123 Gams p 672 column 1 Kehr pp 69 70 nos 68 71 Rogerius a monk of Montecassino was already Archbishop elect in a document dated September 1179 On 13 July 1195 Pope Celestine at the urging of Cardinal Petrus of S Maria in via lata the Rector of Benevento took Archbishop Rogerius and the people of Benevento under his protection Kehr p 70 no 71 note no 72 Archbishop Ugolino was consecrated by Pope Honorius III during the Quattuor Temporum of Advent i e December in 1221 It is said that he died on 20 May 1254 Ughelli pp 133 136 Eubel Hierarchia catholica I p 133 with note 1 Gams p 672 Capoferro de Capoferris a Beneventan noble died in December 1280 Ughelli pp 136 141 Giovanni who had been a monk of Montecassino was provided by Pope Martin IV on 17 June 1282 and was consecrated at Orvieto by Cardinal Ordonius Alurz Bishop of Tusculum He was named a cardinal on 18 September 1294 by Pope Celestine V He died on 22 February 1295 Ughelli pp 141 143 Cappelletti pp 91 98 Eubel I pp 12 no 13 133 Giovanni had been Bishop of Clonfert 1266 1295 and Papal Nuncio in Ireland He was transferred to Benevento on 2 October 1295 by Pope Boniface VIII He was promoted to the archbishopric of Capua on 2 January 1301 Ughelli p 143 Eubel I pp 133 165 193 Adenolfo had earlier been Bishop of Conza 1295 1300 He was transferred to the diocese of Benevento on 2 January 1301 He resigned in 1302 He was transferred to the diocese of Larino Ughelli p 143 Eubel I p 133 203 Giacomo was appointed on 3 September 1302 and consecrated by Cardinal Theodericus of Palestrina He was transferred to the diocese of Naples on 12 December 1304 by Pope Boniface VIII He died in 1307 Ughelli p 143 Eubel I p 133 Monaldo had earlier been Bishop of Soana 1298 1303 He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Boniface VIII on 17 January 1303 Ughelli pp 143 144 Eubel I p 133 with note 7 466 Arnaldo the spelling of the name de Brusacco is verified by the funeral inscription of his nephew cited by Ughelli had been Abbot of the monastery of Santa Sophia He was named Archbishop of Benevento on 10 January 1332 by Pope John XXII On 25 August 1338 he performed the transfer of the alleged remains of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle to their new resting place in the Basilica of S Bartolomeo He died on 22 January 1344 Ughelli pp 144 148 Eubel I p 133 Guglielmo had earlier been Bishop of Alba 1321 1333 and then Archbishop of Brindisi 1333 1344 He was appointed to the diocese of Benevento by Pope Clement VI on 3 March 1344 Ughelli pp 147 148 Eubel I pp 80 133 149 Stephanus Dupin had briefly been titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople from 6 March 1346 He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Clement VI on 16 October 1346 It was he who created the Collegiate Chapter of San Bartolomeo on 5 February 1350 He died in 1350 Ughelli pp 148 149 Eubel I pp 133 206 A native of Benevento Pietro Dupin who had been named Bishop of Frejus in 1348 was transferred to the diocese of Viterbo 1348 1350 He was appointed to the diocese of Benevento on 18 November 1350 by Pope Clement VI He governed the diocese through a Vicar Bishop Nicolaus of Monte Marrano one of the suffragan diocese of Benevento He died in 1360 Ughelli pp 149 150 Joseph Hyacinthe Albanes Ulysse Chevalier 1899 Aix Apt Frejus Gap Riez et Sisteron in French and Latin Montbeliard Societe anonyme d imprimerie montbeliardaise pp 367 368 Eubel I pp 133 252 note 8 348 532 Geraldus had been a Canon of Limoges and a member of the papal family of Pope Innocent VI He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 4 December 1360 A letter was written to him on 9 May 1362 by Pope Innocent Cappelletti pp 106 107 Eubel I p 133 Guillaume had been Prior of the Benedictine priory of Catusium in the diocese of Cahors Eubel I p 133 Coleti in Ughelli p 151 believed that Guillaume was a Dominican who had for a few months been Bishop of Lombes before being transferred to Benevento Eubel I p 310 however calls the Bishop of Lombes Guillaume Dufort and says that he was Archdeacon of S Antonii in the diocese of Rodez before his appointment to Lombes on 18 January 1363 where he died in April 1365 Eubel s details makes Coleti s identification impossible Plague infested southern France in 1360 and 1361 and carried off 100 bishops and 9 cardinals according to Matteo Villani Cronica Liber X capitolo LXXI pp 366 367 Dragomanni This may account for the frantic creation and reassignment of bishops in these years Hugo de Rupto Buxeo was appointed by Pope Urban V on 22 March 1363 On 22 April 1364 he issued a decree fixing the number of Canons in the Cathedral Chapter at thirty He died in 1365 Ughelli p 151 Cappelletti p 107 Eubel I p 133 Hugo Guidardi Guitardi was appointed on 19 November 1365 by Pope Urban V He held a provincial synod in Benevento on 17 April 1370 and another in 1374 He issued a decree in favor of his Vicar General the Bibliothecarius of the Cathedral Chapter Joannes Panaccioni on 23 October 1371 He was a follower of Urban VI and for that reason was deposed by the followers of Clement VII but restored when they lost control of the Kingdom of Naples He died in 1383 Ughelli p 151 Cappelletti p 107 Eubel I p 133 Uguccioni had been appointed Bishop of Faventia 1378 1383 by Urban VI He was transferred to Benevento following the death of Archbishop Ugo Guidardi in 1383 and then to the archdiocese of Bordeaux on 28 August 1384 Eubel I pp 133 151 246 A native of Cremona Zanasio had previously been Bishop of Brescia 1378 1383 He was transferred to the diocese of Naples by Urban VI in 1384 He is referred to as electus Beneventanus in a document of 18 January 1384 He died on 24 August 1389 Ughelli p 158 Ughelli has him die in 1387 in his native land Eubel I pp 133 147 360 Donato was the son of Nicholas Prince of Grotta He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in 1385 by Urban VI On 17 October 1418 he granted the income of the church of San Marcello de Collinis in Benevento to the Canons of the cathedral He died on 8 April 1426 Ughelli pp 158 161 Eubel I p 133 Paolo Capranica was a Roman the son of Niccolo Capranica and Iacobella and the brother of Cardinal Domenico Capranica and Cardinal Angelo Capranica He served as secretary of Pope Martin V He had been Bishop of Evreux 1420 1427 by appointment of Pope Martin V He died on 31 December 1428 Ughelli pp 161 162 Eubel I p 133 235 Gaspare Colonna a relative of Martin V was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 7 January 1429 by Pope Martin V He had previously been Archbishop of Reggio Calabriae 1426 1429 As a member of the Colonna family who were at war with Pope Eugenius IV he was arrested on 20 June 1432 and imprisoned in the Castel S Angelo from which he was eventually released He died in Benevento on 4 July 1435 Ughelli p 162 Eubel I p 133 418 II p 104 note 1 Archbishop Astorgio had previously been Bishop of Mileto 1411 1418 Bishop of Melfi 1418 1419 and Bishop of Ancona 1419 1436 He made his financial arrangements with the Apostolic Camera for his transfer to Benevento on 8 February 1436 He was named a cardinal by Pope Nicholas V on 20 December 1448 He died in Rome on 10 October 1451 Ughelli pp 162 163 Eubel I pp 88 335 341 II pp 104 Della Ratta was the son of Balthasar Count of Caserta and Margarita Marzana He had previously been Archbishop of Rossano 1447 1451 He was named Archbishop of Benevento on 13 October 1451 by Pope Nicholas V As a supporter of the Anjou faction in the struggle over the throne of Naples he allowed the city of Benevento to fall into the hands of Duke Jean d Anjou the son of King Rene When the coup was unsuccessful he fled from Benevento He was declared an apostate and simoniac in Consistory by Pope Pius II in 1460 and deposed He died on 31 July 1464 Ughelli pp 163 164 Cappelletti p 113 Eubel II p 104 224 Alessio de Cesari a Sienese nobleman had been papal Vice Chamberlain Apostolic Referendary Administrator of the Diocese of Palestrina and Bishop of Chiusi 1438 1462 was sent by Pope Pius II on 22 March 1462 or perhaps as early as 1460 to take the episcopal seat of Benevento in the name of the Roman Church He died on 31 July 1464 Ughelli pp 164 165 Cappelletti p 113 Eubel II pp 104 131 Piccolomini a relative of Pope Pius II was appointed archbishop on 3 August 1464 He died on 20 September 1467 Ughelli p 165 Cappelletti p 113 Eubel II p 104 Capece the Majordomo of the papal household was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 30 October 1467 the same day that Abbot Bartolomeo of the Benedictine Abbey of S Andrea at Aversa was appointed Eubel II p 104 with note 4 Eubel admits Bartolomeo into the list of Archbishops of Benevento but not Corrado Capece Cf Ughelli pp 165 166 who admits Capece in 1469 In 1470 at the provincial Council held in Benevento on 24 August Capece is termed arcivescovo e governatore generale di Benevento Capece died in 1482 Cappelletti pp 114 115 A patrician of Benevento and a papal secretary Grifo was transferred from the diocese of Gubbio 1472 1482 to Benevento by Pope Sixtus IV on 23 September 1482 He was present in Rome for the canonization of Leopold of Austria on 6 January 1485 He died in Rome still serving as papal secretary in 1485 Eubel II pp 48 no 507 104 151 Egmont Lee 1978 Sixtus IV and Men of Letters Ed di Storia e Letteratura 26 Roma Bretschneider pp 62 66 GGKEY CWS8W392RYB Cibo was the nephew of Pope Innocent VIII and a Protonotary Apostolic He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 5 December 1485 and named a cardinal on 9 March 1489 On 14 May 1501 he was named Suburbicarian Bishop of Albano and on 29 November 1503 Suburbicarian Bishop of Palestrina He died on 21 December 1503 The Church of Benevento was ruled through his Vicar General who received special powers from Innocent VIII on 18 June 1491 Ughelli pp 166 167 Eubel II p 20 no 1 59 104 Podocator was named Administrator of the diocese of Benevento on 8 January 1504 He died on 24 August 1504 Eubel III pp 7 no 32 132 Della Rovere was named Administrator by Pope Julius II on 30 August 1504 he died on 11 September 1507 Ughelli p 167 Eubel III p 132 Cardinal Sisto was named Administrator of Benevento on 8 September 1508 and resigned on 6 March 1514 Ughelli p 167 Eubel III p 132 Farnese was named on 6 March 1514 and resigned on 31 August 1522 Ughelli p 167 Eubel III p 132 Arrigoni was a Doctor in utroque iure Padua and had been a Consistorial Advocate and then Auditor Rotae in the Roman Curia He was named a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII on 5 June 1596 He was provided by Pope Paul V on 7 February 1607 and was consecrated in the Sistine Chapel by the Pope on 24 February He died in Naples on 4 April 1616 Ughelli p 172 Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV pp 5 no 19 113 Di Sangro had been Patriarch of Alexandria and Apostolic Nuncio in Spain He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Paul V in the Consistory of 2 May 1616 He died in Rome on 17 February 1633 Ughelli pp 172 173 Gauchat p 113 Maculani had been Commissarius of the Holy Office Roman Inquisition 1632 1649 and Master of the Sacred Palaces 1639 1641 He was named a cardinal on 16 December 1641 He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 13 January 1642 by Pope Urban VIII He was consecrated in Rome on 19 January by Cardinal Antonio Barberini senior A year after his appointment he was summoned back to Rome and resigned the archbishopric He died on 16 February 1667 Ughelli p 173 Gauchat p 113 Foppa was appointed in the Consistory of 18 May 1643 by Pope Urban VIII He died on 18 December 1673 Ughelli pp 173 175 Cappelletti pp 119 120 Gauchat p 113 Giuseppe Bologna was a native of Naples and was a Doctor in utroque iure Civil and Canon Law Naples He had served in the administration of the Papal states as governor in Rimini and in Orvieto and Vice Legate of the Romandiola He was then a voting Referendary of the congregation of the two signatures Court of Appeals He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in Consistory on 12 March 1674 by Pope Clement X He had resigned the diocese by 19 February 1680 He was approved as Archbishop of Capua on 26 November 1691 Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica V p 118 with note 3 A native Taggia in the Republic of Genoa Gastaldi had been Commissary General of Health in the Apostolic Camera Commissary of the Armies and then Treasurer General of the Holy Roman Church before his promotion to the cardinalate by Pope Clement X on 12 June 1673 In 1678 he was named Legate of Bologna 1678 1684 He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento by Pope Innocent XI on 19 February 1680 He died in Rome on 8 April 1685 at the age of 69 and was buried in the Church of S Maria de Miracoli which he had founded Lorenzo Cardella VII pp 222 224 Vincenzo Forcella Inscrizione delle chiesa di Roma X Roma Ludovico Cecchini 1877 p 389 no 621 Ritzler Sefrin V pp 8 no 11 with notes 8 and 9 118 with note 4 Orsini was created a cardinal on 22 February 1672 He had previously been Archbishop of Siponto 1675 1680 and Bishop of Cesena 1680 1686 He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 18 March 1686 by Pope Innocent XI He was elected Pope Benedict XIII on 19 May 1724 but continued to hold the diocese of Benevento until his death He governed through his favorite Niccolo Coscia Ritzler Sefrin V pp 7 no 5 118 with note 5 134 with note 4 358 with note 3 Coscia Giacomo de Antonellis Appunti intorno alla figura del cardinale Nicolo Coscia in Samnium 43 1970 pp 153 167 Doria Ritzler Serfin VI pp 120 with note 2 Cenci Ritzler Serfin VI pp 120 with note 3 Landi was appointed to the See of Benevento in the Consistory of 18 September 1741 by Pope Benedict XIV He was named a cardinal on 9 September 1743 He resigned the See on 17 January 1752 and became Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of the Index in the Roman Curia He died on 11 February 1757 and was buried in the church of S Maria in Porticu Ritzler Serfin VI pp 13 no 10 120 with note 4 Born in Benevento in 1692 Pacca held a doctorate in philosophy and theology from the Collegio Romano He served as a Referendary of the Two Signatures and Cleric of the Apostolic Camera He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 20 March 1752 by Pope Benedict XIV He died in Benevento on 14 July 1763 Bartolomeo Pacca 1837 Notizie istoriche intorno alla vita ed agli scritti di monsignor Francesco Pacca arcivescovo di Benevento in Italian Velletri Luigi Cappellacci p 3 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 121 with note 5 Gaetana Intorcia 1999 Il Cardinale Pacca Da Benevento Storico Giurista Diplomatico Pubblicazioni della Facolta di economia Universita degli studi del Sannio Benevento Sezione giuridico sociale 11 in Italian Naples Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane ISBN 978 88 8114 774 8 Colombini had held a number of administrative positions in his Order and was Minister General at the time of his elevation to the episcopate as well as a Consultor of the Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento in the Consistory of 19 December 1763 by Pope Clement XIII and was consecrated by the Pope on 8 January 1764 He died in Benevento on 3 February 1774 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 121 with note 6 A native of Rimini Banditi had previously been Procurator General of the Theatine Order Bishop of Montefiascone and Corneto 1772 1775 He was consecrated a bishop in Rome by Cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicino on 5 April 1772 He was transferred to the diocese of Benevento by Pope Pius VI on 29 May 1775 He was named a cardinal on 17 July 1775 and granted the titular church of San Crisogono on 18 December 1775 He died on 27 January 1796 He died at Benevento on 27 January 1796 Ritzler Sefrin VI pp 31 no 4 121 with note 7 295 with note 4 A native of Fermo Spinucci was a doctor in utroque Civil and Canon Law of the University of Bologna He had earlier been Bishop of Targa 1775 1777 then Bishop of Macerata 1777 1796 He was appointed Archbishop of Benevento on 27 June 1796 by Pope Pius VI He was named a cardinal by Pope Pius VII on 8 March 1816 but he did not participate in the Conclave of September 1823 He died in Benevento on 21 December 1823 at the age of 84 Ritzler Sefrin VI pp 121 270 and 393 Bussi was named a cardinal and Archbishop of Benevento on the same day 3 May 1824 by Pope Leo XII Ritzler Sefrin pp 18 44 109 110 Della Rende was born in Naples in 1847 of the family of the Counts of Rende of Benevento With the annexation of Naples to the Kingdom of Italy in 1860 he and his family fled to England where he was ordained and served as a parish priest He returned to Italy in 1867 and studied at the Capranica College and the Gregorian University he served there as a parish priest as well He was named Bishop of Tricarico by Pope Pius IX in 1886 He was promoted to the archbishopric of Benevento by Pope Leo XIII on 12 May 1879 and sent to Paris as Apostolic Nuncio appointed 25 October 1882 He was named a cardinal on 14 March 1887 He died at Montecassino on 16 May 1897 Attilio Brunialti ed 1888 Annuario biografico universale in Italian Vol III Rome Naples Unione tip editrice torinese p 480 G Grabowski Il cardinale Siciliano di Rende in La Rassegna nazionale in Italian Vol 95 Anno XIX Firenze 1897 pp 579 583 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Giuseppe De Marchi 1957 Le nunziature apostoliche dal 1800 al 1956 in Italian Roma Ed di Storia e Letteratura p 128 GGKEY 0L819C2SWPF Martin Brauer 2014 Handbuch der Kardinale 1846 2012 in German Berlin De Gruyter pp 143 144 ISBN 978 3 11 026947 5 Dell Olio had previously been Bishop of Rossano 1891 1898 On 5 February 1898 he was transferred by Pope Leo XIII to the diocese of Benevento He was named a cardinal on 15 April 1901 He died on 18 January 1902 La Civilta Cattolica 18 in Italian Vol V 53rd year La Civilta Cattolica 1902 pp 364 365 HARVARD 32044105207682 Ritzler Sefrin VIII pp 46 147 486 Martin Brauer 2014 Handbuch der Kardinale 1846 2012 in German Berlin De Gruyter p 189 ISBN 978 3 11 026947 5 Mugione Chiesa di Benevento Vescovo emerito retrieved 9 January 2018 in Italian Accrocca Chiesa di Benevento Arcivescovo retrieved 4 January 2018 in Italian Books editReference works edit Gams Pius Bonifatius 1873 Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae in Latin Ratisbon Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz pp 671 674 Eubel Conradus ed 1913 Hierarchia catholica in Latin Vol I second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana Eubel Conradus ed 1914 Hierarchia catholica in Latin Vol II second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana Eubel Conradus Gulik Guilelmus 1923 Hierarchia catholica in 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citta di Benevento dal secolo VIII al secolo XVIII divise in tre parti in Italian Vol Parte prima Roma Salomoni Stefano Borgia 1764 Parte seconda Parte terza volume 1 1769 Cappelletti Giuseppe 1845 Le Chiese d Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni in Italian Vol Tomo terzo 3 Venezia Antonelli pp 9 146 Cardella Lorenzo 1793 Memorie storiche de cardinali della Santa romana chiesa in Italian Vol Tomo settimo 7 Roma Pagliarini Kehr Paul Fridolin 1962 Regesta pontificum Romanorum Italia pontificia Vol IX Samnium Apulia Lucania ed Walter Holtzmann Berlin Weidemann in Latin Lanzoni Francesco 1927 Le diocesi d Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII an 604 Faenza F Lega in Italian pp 254 263 Orsini Vincentius Maria 1724 Giannini Francescoi ed Synodicon S Beneventanensis ecclesiae continens concilia XXI in Latin secunda ed ex typographia Rochi Bernarbo Ughelli Ferdinando Coleti Nicolaus 1721 Italia sacra sive de episcopis Italiae et insularum adjacentium in Latin Vol Tomus 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