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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vercelli

April 22, 2024

The Archdiocese of Vercelli (Latin: Archidioecesis Vercellensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy, one of the two archdioceses which, together with their suffragan dioceses, form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont.

Archdiocese of Vercelli

Archidioecesis Vercellensis
Vercelli Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceVercelli
Statistics
Area1,658 km2 (640 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2020)
170,911
157,358 (96.9%)
Parishes117
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Establishedmid-4th century
CathedralCattedrale-Basilica di S. Eusebio
Secular priests63 (diocesan)
11 (Religious Orders)
16 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMarco Arnolfo
Map
Website
www.arcidiocesi.vc.it

The archbishop's seat is in Basilica Cattedrale di S. Eusebio, a minor basilica dedicated to its canonized first bishop, in Vercelli, Piemonte (Piedmont). The city also has two Minor basilicas: Basilica di S. Andrea and Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore[1][2]

Ecclesiastical province edit

The suffragan dioceses under the Metropolitan of Vercelli are:

History edit

According to an ancient lectionary, Christianity was first preached in Vercelli in the second half of the third century by Saints Sabinianus (Savinian) and Martialis, bishops from Gaul, when they were returning to their dioceses.[3] The episcopal see, however, was not established until after the Peace of Constantine.

The first bishop of Vercelli was Eusebius,[4] a native of Sardinia, who had been a "lector" in the Roman church.[5] Ambrose of Milan says that he became familiar to the Christians of Vercelli, who unanimously petitioned that he be made their bishop.[6] He was the recipient of letters from Pope Liberius in 353, 354, and 355;[7] and took part in the synod of Milan of 355, where he refused to sign the Arian condemnation of Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria. For his obstinacy, he was exiled by the Emperor Constantius to Palestine. On Constantius' death in 361, he was recalled and visited Alexandria, where he attended a synod with Athanasius in 362. He died in 369 (according to Jerome), in 370, or in 371.[8]

From the beginning to 1805, the diocese of Vercelli was a suffragan (subordinate) of the metropolitan archbishopric of Milan.

From Eusebius to Nottingo (830) there were forty bishops, whose images were preserved in the Eusebian basilica, predecessor of the present cathedral, so called because Saint Eusebius, who dedicated it to the martyr Saint Theonestus, was interred in it.[9] Bishop Nottingo introduced the common and monastic life among his clergy.

In 886, Berengar, Margrave of Friuli, in an act of revenge against Bishop Liutvard, sacked the city of Vercelli, and in particular the episcopal palace and the cathedral.[10]

In September 1050, Pope Leo IX held a synod in Vercelli, directed against simony, against John Scotus' book on the eucharist, and against the heresies of Berengar of Tours.[11]

In 1149, Bishop Gisulfus Avogadro was granted the title of count.[12]

On 18 April 1474, with the bull "Pro Excellenti", Pope Sixtus IV, on the urging of Marquis Guglielmo of Monferrat, established the new Diocese of Casale Monferrato, transferring to it territories removed from the diocese of Vercelli.[13]

The seminary of the diocese of Vercelli was established in 1566, by Cardinal Guido Luca Ferrero (1562–1566), after his return from the Council of Trent. The first residence of the seminary was in a house attached to the church of S. Pietro la Ferla. A new building was opened in 1600, and was greatly extended in 1730, and again from 1842 to 1845.[14]

At Easter, 3 April 1575, the Church of Vercelli adopted the use of the Roman liturgy in place of the local Eusebian liturgy.[15]

Cardinal Guido Luca Ferrero (1562–1572), Bishop of Vercelli, attended the First Provincial Council of Milan on 14 October 1565, under the presidency of Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan.[16] Bishop Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (1572–1587) attended the Fourth Provincial Synod of Milan in 1576, and signed the decrees.[17] He also attended and subscribed the decrees of the Fifth Provincial Synod of Milan in March 1579.[18] Bishop Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni (1572–1587) was unable to attend the Sixth Provincial Synod of Milan in May 1582, since he was serving as papal nuncio to the Emperor Rudolph in Vienna; he sent his Vicar General, Paulus Granutius, as his procurator.[19] Bishop Giovanni Stefano Ferrero (1599–1610) was present at the Seventh Provincial Synod of Milan in May 1609 and subscribed the decrees.[20]

Chapter and cathedral edit

Local tradition has it that the site of the later cathedral of S. Eusebio was the location of a temple of Vesta. Eusebius himself built a church dedicated to S. Theoneste on the site, which was destroyed by the barbarians, and rebuilt by Bishop Albinus in the mid-5th century.[21] An alternate version, preserved by Benzo of Alba Pompeia,[22] indicates that the church was founded by the Emperor Theodosius the Great (379–395).[23] A third report indicates that the Basilica of S. Maria Major was founded by Constantine the Great (306–337), and that it was the original cathedral.[24] The canons of the two institutions fought for hundreds of years over the right to elect a new bishop, precedence, privileges, and income.

At some point between 1132 and 1143, Pope Innocent II ordered Bishop Gisulf of Vercelli and Bishop Litifredus of Novara to settle the controversy between the canons of S. Eusebio and the canons of S. Maria Maggiore over the tithe and offerings.[25] In 1144, Cardinals Guido of S. Crisogono and Hubaldus of S. Prassede, the papal legates, issued a decision concerning the complaints of the two Chapters of canons; Pope Eugenius III confirmed their judgment on 17 April 1146, and awarded the canons of S. Maria Maggiore a quarter of the district of Carisiana, with a command that the canons of S. Eusebio keep permanently silent on the matter.[26] In 1175, the two sets of canons reached an agreement on various specific articles concerning the income, expenditure, possessions, rights, and holdings, which were the subject of dispute; the agreement was confirmed by Cardinal Guglielmo of S. Pietro ad vincula.[27]

OLn 8 September 1175, Cardinal Guglielmo issued an order regulating the number of canons. In S. Eusebio, there were to be no more than thirty-two canons; in S. Maria Maggiore, eight.[28] This arrangement was confirmed by a bull of Pope Innocent III, of 1 March 1208. The Chapter was headed by four dignities: the Archdeacon, the Archpriest, the Provost, and the Cantor Major.[29] In his synodal constitutions of 10 November 1288, Bishop Aimo de Challant acknowledged that the colleges of canons of S. Eusebio and of S. Maria Maggiore together constituted the "Capitulum Vercellensem".[30]

The competition and controversy was finally settled on 12 August 1644, when Bishop Giacomo Goria suppressed the Chapter of S. Maria Maggiore and combined all the canons in one body at S. Eusebio. The action was confirmed by a bull of Pope Innocent X of 26 December 1644.[31]

Synods edit

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See.[32]

The earliest known synod of the diocese of Vercelli was held by Bishop Atto (924–958), who issued "Constitutions", which envisioned annual meetings in synod.[33] Bishop Ingo published a synodical constitution in 974. Bishop Ardericus held a synod in 1027.[34] Bishop Alberto Avogadro presided over a synod in 1191.[35] Bishop Aimone de Challant held a diocesan synod in November 1288.[36]

Bishop Ibleto Fieschi (1412–1437) held a synod on 27 July 1428, the first in more than fifty years. Bishop Guglielmo Didier (1437–1452) held synods in 1440 and in 1451 or 1452, after which he imposed a tax on the clergy to rebuild the episcopal palace. Bishop Amadeo Nori (1459–1469) presided over a synod in 1461. Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Ferrero (1499–1502) held a synod in 1499.[37]

Bishop Agostino Ferrero (1511 – 1536) presided over a diocesan synod in 1517, and issued constitutions.[38] Bishop Francesco Bonomo held annual synods, beginning in 1573; he held his fourth diocesan synod in 1576, his fifth in 1578, and his sixth in 1579;[39] his eleventh took place in 1584.[40]

In 1600, Bishop Giovanni Stefano Ferrero (1599–1610) presided over a diocesan synod. Another was held in 1619 by Bishop Giacomo Goria. Four synods were held by Bishop Michelangelo Broglia, in 1666, 1670, 1673, and 1677. Bishop Giuseppe Bertodano held a synod in 1700.[41]

On 15–17 July 1749, Bishop Giovanni Pietro Solaro (1743–1768) held a diocesan synod. Bishop Vittorio Costa d'Arignano presided over a diocesan synod. Bishop Alessandro d'Agennes held a synod on 7–9 June 1842. Bishop Carlo Pampirio held a diocesan synod on 22–24 September 1903.[42]

Biella edit

On 1 June 1772, Pope Clement XIV, at the request of King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, created the new Diocese of Biella, on territories which were removed from the jurisdiction of the bishop of Vercelli.[43] The territories which had been removed were returned to the diocese of Vercelli on 1 June 1803, when the Diocese of Biella was suppressed by Pope Pius VII.[44] The bishop of Biella, Giambattista Canevesi, was named Bishop of Vercelli.[45]

In a decree issued in Paris on 25 January 1805, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara, the papal legate and archbishop of Milan, carried out a new circumscription of the Cisalpine dioceses. The suffragan diocese of Vercelli was detached from the metropolitan archbishopric of Milan, and transferred to the metropolitanate of Turin.[46]

Metropolitan archdiocese edit

After the defeat, abdication, and exile of Napoleon, the Congress of Vienna agreed to the restoration of the Kingdom of Sardinia. King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia invited Pope Pius VII to restore the good order of the Church in his kingdom, which had been disrupted by the French occupation. On 17 July 1817, the pope issued the bull "Beati Petri", which began by establishing de novo the ten dioceses which had been suppressed under the French, and delimiting the extent of each in detail,[47] including Vercelli and the restored Biella.[48] In the same document, the pope also released the diocese of Vercelli from being a suffragan of the metropolitan of Turin,[49] and elevated the diocese to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese. The new metropolitan archdiocese had as suffragans the dioceses of Alessandria, Biella, and Casale.[50]

In a further adjustment of the ecclesiastical structure of Piedmont and Liguria, Pope Pius VII, on 26 September 1817, transferred the diocese of Novara from the metropolitanate of Milan, to the metropolitanate of Vercelli.[51]

On 1 August 1874, the archdiocese of Vercelli lost territory to the Diocese of Casale Monferrato.

Pope John Paul II made a Papal visit to Vercelli in May 1998, during which he declared the priest Secondo Pollo (d. 1941) to be "Blessed".

Bishops and archbishops edit

Bishops of Vercelli edit

to 1000 edit

...
[ ? Simplicianus][58]
  • Maximianus[59]
  • Aemilianus (attested 502)[60]
  • Eusebius[61]
  • Constantius[62]
  • Flavianus (d. 541 or 556)[63]
...
[Vedast][64]
  • ? Tiberius[65]
  • Berardus (VI/VII cent.)[66]
  • Philosophus
  • Bonosus
  • Cirillo
  • Damianus
...
  • Celsus (638–665)[67]
...
  • Theodorus (attested 680)[68]
  • Magnentius
  • Aemilianus (attested 707)[69]
...
  • Chrysanthus
...
  • Ansericus (attested 827)[70]
  • Nottingus (attested 830)[71]
  • Norgaudus (844)[72]
...
[Josephus] (879)[73]

1000 to 1350 edit

  • Leo (999–1026)[84]
  • Ardericus (c. 1027–1040)[85]
  • Gregorius (attested 1044–1077)[86]
[Wennericus][87]
  • Regengerus (attested 1080–1091)[88]
[Liprandus de Blanderade] (attested 1094) Intrusus, never consecrated[89]
[Baldricus de Canavexio] Intrusus, never consecrated[90]
[GregoriusII de Verruga] (attested 1094–1096) Intrusus, never consecrated[91]
[Sigefredus] (attested 1111–1117) Intrusus, never consecrated[92]
[Ardicius de Bulgaro] (attested c. 1121) Intrusus, never consecrated[93]
  • Anselmo Avogadro (attested 1124–1127)[94]
  • Gisulfus II Avogadro (1132–1151)[95]
  • Uguccio (1151–1170)
  • Guala Bondonni (1170–1182)[96]
  • Uberto Crivelli (Dec 1182 – 9 May 1185)[97]
  • Albert Avogadro (1185–1204)[98]
  • Lotharius (1205–1208)[99]
  • Aliprandus Visconti (1208–1213)[100]
  • Ugo di Sessa (1213–1235)[101]
  • Jacobus Carnerius (1235–1241)[102]
  • Martino Avogadro de Quaregna (1244–1268)[103]
Sede vacante (1268–1273)[104]
  • Aimo de Challant (1273–1303)[105]
  • Rainerio Avogadro (1303–1310)[106]
  • Uberto Avogadro (1310–1326)[107]
  • Lombardo della Torre (1328–1343)[108]
  • Emmanuel Fieschi (1343–1347)

since 1350 edit

Auxiliary Bishop: Melchiore Cribelli, O.P. (20 February 1540 – ?)
Sede vacante (1648–1660)[127]
  • Girolamo della Rovere (5 May 1660 – 20 Jan 1662 Died)[128]
  • Michael Angelus Broglia (30 Jul 1663 – May 1679 Died)[129]
  • Victor Augustinus Ripa (27 Nov 1679 – 3 Nov 1691 Died)
  • Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Orsini, C.R.L. (24 March 1692 – August 1694 Died)
Sede vacante (1694–1697)[130]
  • Giuseppe Antonio Bertodano (3 June 1697 – 4 May 1700 Died)
Sede vacante (1700–1727)[131]
  • Gerolamo Francesco Malpasciuto (30 July 1727 – 9 August 1728 Died)
  • Carlo Vincenzo Maria Ferreri, O.P. (23 Dec 1729 – 9 Dec 1742 Died)
  • Gian Pietro Solaro (15 July 1743 – Jan 1768)[132]
  • Vittorio Costa d'Arignano (11 Sep 1769 – 1778)[133]
  • Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana (12 July 1779 – 1802)[134]
  • Giovanni Battista Canaveri, C.O. (1 Feb 1805 – 11 Jan 1811)
Sede vacante (1811–1817)

Archbishops of Vercelli edit

  • Giuseppe Maria Grimaldi (1817 – 1830)[135]
Sede vacante (1830–1832)
  • Alessandro d’Angennes (24 February 1832 – 8 May 1869 Died)[136]
  • Celestino Matteo Fissore (27 October 1871 – 5 April 1889 Died)
  • Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio, O.P. (24 May 1889 – 26 December 1904 Died)
  • Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo (27 March 1905 – 13 September 1916 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Austria)
  • Giovanni Gamberoni (22 March 1917 – 17 February 1929 Died)
  • Giacomo Montanelli (17 February 1929 – 6 May 1944 Died), former Coadjutor Archbishop (1928.11.23 – 1929.02.17)
  • Francesco Imberti (10 October 1945 – 5 September 1966 Retired)
  • Albino Mensa (12 October 1966 – 4 June 1991 Retired)
  • Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. (4 June 1991 – 13 June 1995 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith)
  • Enrico Masseroni (10 February 1996 – 27 February 2014 Retired)[137]
  • Marco Arnolfo (27 Feb 2014 – present)[138]

Parishes edit

The 118 parishes are divided between the Lombard province of Pavia and the Piedmontese provinces of Alessandria, Biella, Novara and Vercelli.[139]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Vercelli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.self-published
  2. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vercelli". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.self-published
  3. ^ Lanzoni, pp. 10-11: "Lettori italiani, dopo e prima del Einascimento, accettarono fidentemente cotali affermazioni e nella più larga e cervellotica maniera le interpretarono, dicendo che... s. Marziale avrebbe evangelizzato non solo Colle Val d'Elsa, ma altre città della Tuscia, tra le quali S. Miniato, Chiusi e Fiesole, e avrebbe tenuto il seggio episcopale di Spoleto (?) e di Vercelli....; e s. Sabiniano di Sens, di Vercelli."
  4. ^ Savio, "Alcune fonti storiche per la vita di S. Eusebio," in: Savio, pp. 514-554.
  5. ^ Kehr VI.2, p. 7: "Primus Yercellensium praesul s. Eusebius fuit, natione Sardus, antea lector Romanae ecclesiae, inter orthodoxos sui temporis episcopos praestantissimus." That he was Sardinian is stated by S. Jerome, De viris illustribus, chapter 96.
  6. ^ Lanzoni, p. 1037: "posthabitis civibus electus et postulatus ab omni ecclesia."
  7. ^ Kehr VI. 2, pp. 8-9, nos. 1-4.
  8. ^ Savio, p. 847. Lanzoni, p. 1038-1039.
  9. ^ The images dated from Notting's time or later, though they may have been based on the diocese's diptychs: Lanzoni, p. 1037.
  10. ^ Arnaldi, Le carte, p. 207.
  11. ^ O. Delarc, Un pape alsacien. Essai historique sur saint Léon IX et son temps, (Paris, 1876), p. 297-320. Carl Joseph von Hefele, Histoire des conciles d'après les documents originaux, Vol. IV, part 2 (Paris: Letouzey 1911), pp. 1056-1060.
  12. ^ Andrea Gamberini, "Vescovo e conte: la fortuna di un titolo nell' Italia centrosettentrionale (secoli XI-XV)," (in Italian), in: Quaderni storici Nuova serie, Vol. 46, No. 138 (December 2011), p. 674. Panero, p. 114.
  13. ^ Cappelletti XIV, pp. 574-577.
  14. ^ Orsenigo, pp. 56-58.
  15. ^ Orsenigo, p. 16.
  16. ^ Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis Tomus secundus (in Latin), (Anissoniana et Joan. Posuel, 1683), p. 9.
  17. ^ Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis, (in Latin), Volume 1 (Milan: P. Pagnonio, 1843), p. 206.
  18. ^ Acta ecclesiae Mediolanensis (Pavia: Typis seminarii J. Manfre, 1754), p. 251.
  19. ^ Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis a S. Carolo Card: Archiep. Condita Volume 1 Pagnonius, 1843), p. 328.
  20. ^ Acta ecclesiae Mediolanensis (Pavia: Typis seminarii J. Manfre, 1754), p. 358.
  21. ^ Orsenigo, p. 43.
  22. ^ K. Pertz (ed.), Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptorum Vol. 11 (Hannover: Hahn 1854), p. 680.
  23. ^ Kehr VI. 2, p. 17: "Basilicam s. Eusebii a Theodosio Magno imp. conditam esse tradit Benzo Albensis (cf. Savio, Gli antichi vescovi I 403 sq.). Vercellenses vero scriptores contendunt, eam ab ipso s. Eusebio primo Yercellarum praesule in honorem s. Theonesti exstructam esse."
  24. ^ Orsenigo, pp. 83-84. Kehr Vi. 2, p. 22: "Basilicam b. Mariae Maioris, a Constantino Magno erectam, ut tradunt Yercellenses, primitivam ecclesiam cathedralem fuisse, canonici ipsius ecclesiae contendebant." Bishop Bonomi remarked in his ad limina report of 1573 (Orsenigo, p. 84): "retro altare (majus) invenitur sedile ligneum, magnum, marmoreum, super quod reverendissimi episcopi vercellenses insident, cum ipsorum episcopatus possessionem adipiscuntur."
  25. ^ Kehr VI. 2, p. 18, no. 2.
  26. ^ Kehr VI. 2, p. 18, no. 4; p. 19, nos. 7-8.
  27. ^ Kehr VI. 2, p. 20, no. 11.
  28. ^ Arnaldi, Le carte, No. VIII, p. 223: "Numerus uero canonicorum utriusque ecclesie ultra.XXXIJ.os non extendetur.xxiij.in ecclesia sancti eusebii.et octo in ecclesia sancte marie commorancium. In qua cum quis eorum decesserit in eadem alius subrogabitur. Nec ullum debitum alicui illarum ecclesiarum de nouo, contrahere, absque comuni consensu Capituli licebit."
  29. ^ Orsenigo, pp. 38-39.
  30. ^ Olivieri, p. 507 § 3: "unde presenti constitutione sanccimus ut ecclesiarum Sancti Eusebii et Sancte Marie, quarum collegia constituunt nostrum capitulum Vercellensem, prelati et canonici...."
  31. ^ Orsenigo, p. 39.
  32. ^ Benedictus XIV (1842). "Lib. I. caput secundum. De Synodi Dioecesanae utilitate". Benedicti XIV ... De Synodo dioecesana libri tredecim (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Mechlin: Hanicq. pp. 42–49. George Phillips (1849). Die Diöcesansynode (in German). Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder. pp. 1–23.
  33. ^ J.P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae Latinae Collectio, Tomus CXXXIV (Paris: J.P. Migne 1853), p. 34, chapters 27-28: quod singulis annis, et saltem semel in anno Synodus celebretur; Qualiter maiores presbyteri ad Synodum veniant." Orsenigo, p. 414.
  34. ^ Orsenigo, p. 414.
  35. ^ Savio, p. 486. A. Olivieri, "Note sulla tradizione sinodale dell'episcopio vercellese (fine XII–XIII sec.)," in: Rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa, 38 (2002), pp. 315-318.
  36. ^ Orsenigo, p. 415. Antonio Olivieri, "Un inedito statuto sinodale del vescovo di Vercelli Aimone di Challant del novembre 1288," (in Italian), in Bollettino storico-bibliografico subalpino, 101 (2003), pp. 497-514.
  37. ^ Orsenigo, p. 415.
  38. ^ A. Ferrero, Constitutiones synodales ecclesiae Vercellensis (1517).
  39. ^ Synodi Vercellenses tres, quarta, quinta, et sexta quae a reuerendiss. domino D. I. Francisco Bonhomio episcopo S. ecclesiae Vercellensis, de more habitae sunt ad Tridentini decreti praescriptum. (Mediolani: apud Pacificum Pontium, 1580).
  40. ^ Orsenigo, pp. 415-416.
  41. ^ Seventeenth century synods: Orsenigo, p. 416.
  42. ^ Orsenigo, pp. 416-417.
  43. ^ Cappelletti XIV, pp. 649-662.
  44. ^ The suppression is referred to by Pope Pius VII in the bull "Beati Petri" of 17 July 1817. Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus XIV (Romae: Typ. Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae 1849), p. 344 § 2: "Quarum quidem literarum vigore ab eodem Joanne Baptista cardinali [Caprara], per sua decreta diebus vigesima tertia januarii, et decima septima julii mensium anni millesimi octingentesimi quinti plenariae executioni demandatarum, sancitum auctoritate Nostra fuit, ut praevia suppressione, extinctione, ac perpetua annullatione episcopalium ecclesiarum Secusinae, Pineroliensis, Fossanensis, Albanensis, Berthonensis, Bobiensis, Bugellensis‚ Augustanae, simulque Casalensis...." Caprara was granted his faculties in a bull of 1 June 1803.
  45. ^ Cappelletti XIV, pp. 662-663.
  46. ^ Orsenigo, pp. 21-22: "L'istesso decreto sottraeva il vescovo di Vercelli dal metropolita di Milano, e lo faceva invece suffraganeo dell'arcivescovo di Torino."
  47. ^ Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV, pp. 345-351 § 4-22.
  48. ^ Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV, p. 349 § 16 and 18.
  49. ^ "...praevia illius omnimoda solutione et exemptione a quocumque metropolitico jure, dependentia ac subjectione archiepiscopali ecclesiae Taurinensi, cui ad praesens suffragatur...."
  50. ^ Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV, pp. 351-352 § 16 and 18.
  51. ^ Pius VII (1849). Andreas Barberi and Rinaldo Secreti (ed.). Bullarii Romani continuatio (in Latin). Vol. Tomus decimus quartus. Roma. pp. 387–388.
  52. ^ Eusebius: Lanzoni, pp. 1037-1039.
  53. ^ Bishop Limenius (Simenus) baptized and consecrated Ambrose of Milan. Lanzoni, p. 1039.
  54. ^ Bishop Honoratus administered the Viaticum to Ambrose of Milan. Lanzoni, p. 1039.
  55. ^ Discolius (Duscolius, Coelius): Savio, p. 423. Lanzoni, p. 1039.
  56. ^ Justinianus subscribed the synodical letter of the bishops who were present at the provincial synod of Milan in 451. He is said to have been bishop for 16 years and a little more than 6 months. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus VI (Florence: A. Zatta 1761), p. 144. Savio, pp. 423-426. Lanzoni: pp. 1039-1040.
  57. ^ Albinus: Ughelli IV, pp. 761-762. Savio, pp. 426-429.
  58. ^ Simplicianus: Savio, p. 429.
  59. ^ Maximianus is known only from a report of the images with names. Savio, p. 429. Lanzoni, p. 1040.
  60. ^ Bishop Aemilianus attended the Roman synod of 502. He built an aqueduct for the city at his own expense, according to Cassiodorus, "Variae". Savio, pp. 430-432. Lanzoni, pp. 1040-1041.
  61. ^ Eusebius (II): The claim is made that he governed the diocese of Vercelli for 19 years, ca. 515–534, but without evidence. Savio, p. 433. Lanzoni, p. 1041.
  62. ^ When the choir of the cathedral was being demolished in 1572, Bishop Constantius' tomb inscription was found; it is lost. Savio, p. 433. Lanzoni, p. 1041 (who doubts the identification of Constantius with Costanzo).
  63. ^ Bishop Flavianus decorated the apse of the original basilica. His funeral inscription has survived. An alternate date of death is 25 November 556. Savio, pp. 433-435. Lanzoni, p. 1041. Marco Aimone, "Il sarcofago del vescovo Flaviano e le sue iscrizioni. Ricerche epigrafiche su Vercelli tra Antichità e Medioevo," (in Italian), in: Bullettino dell’Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo, 109/1 (Roma 2007), pp. 1-95.
  64. ^ Saint Vedast of Arras: Savio, p. 435. Lanzoni, pp. 1041-1042.
  65. ^ Known only from a report of Ferraro of an inscription on the wall of images. Savio, p. 435.
  66. ^ Bishop Berardus is known only from a report of Ferraro of an inscription on the wall of images. Savio, p. 435. Lanzoni, p. 1042.
  67. ^ Celsus died on 13 April in a year that corresponded to Indiction VIII, which could be 665, 680 or 695. Savio, pp. 436-437. Lanzoni, p. 1042.
  68. ^ Bishop Theodorus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Agatho in 680. Savio, p. 437.
  69. ^ Aemilianus (II) was the recipient of a charter of the Lombard king Aripert II. Savio, pp. 437-438.
  70. ^ Bishop Ansericus attended the papal synod in Mantua of Pope Eugenius II. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIV (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), p. 494 (where his name is spelled "Auterius". Savio, pp. 442-443.
  71. ^ Notting: Savio, p. 443.
  72. ^ Northaudus restored common life among the canons. He attended the coronation in Rome of Louis, son of Lothair I by Pope Sergius II, on 15 June 844. Cesare Baronio, Annales ecclesiastici: A. D. 1-1571 denuo excusi et ad nostra usque tempora perducti ab Augustino Theiner, Volume 14 (Bar-le-duc: L. Guerin, 1868), pp. 289-290. Ughelli IV, p. 765, no. 36.
  73. ^ During severe disturbances in the Church of Vercelli, Archbishop Anspertus of Milan consecrated and intruded Joseph into the diocese. Pope John VIII intervened, excommunicated the archbishop, and ordered Joseph to be degraded from episcopal rank. Ughelli IV, p. 765. Kehr VI.2, pp. 9-11, nos. 6-10.
  74. ^ Cospertus was a papal deacon. He was sent by Pope John VIII to Vercelli to carry the pope's commands and sort out the confusion. In a letter to the clergy and laity of Vercelli, the pope announced that, in accordance with a decision of a Roman synod, he had consecrated Cospertus a bishop and named him bishop of Vercelli. Savio, p. 444. Kehr IV.2, p. 10, no. 9: "nuntiat, Karolomannum regem istius Italici regni ipsum Vercellen. episcopatum more praecessorum suorum regum et imperatorum concessisse huic Cosperto seque hunc ipsum s. Vercellen. ecclesiae episcopum consecravisse; iubet, ut eum quasi patrem et rectorem recipiant et, abiecto ac reprobato supradicto invasore, hunc habeant episcopum."
  75. ^ Lituardus had been archchancellor of Charles the Fat, from which he was dismissed in June 887. He was already in office as bishop on 1 February 880. He was slain during the invasion of the Hungarians (899). According to the calendar of the Church of Vercelli, "Idibus Decembris [899], occisio totius Cleri facta ab Hunnis et Arianis tempore gloriosissimi Liutardi episcopi." Savio, pp. 445-446. Kehr VI.2, p. 11, nos. 11-14.
  76. ^ Sebastianus: Savio, p. 447.
  77. ^ Anselbertus: Savio, pp. 447-450.
  78. ^ Even though only a bishop, Pope Anastasius III granted Bishop Regenbertus the pallium for life. Giamb. Carlo Giuliari, "Bolla inedita del papa Anastasio IV (sic!) e Ragemberto vescovo id Vercelli," (in Italian), Archivio Storico Italiano, Serie Quarta, Vol. 6, No. 118 (1880), pp. 3-8.
  79. ^ Atto was a Lombard, a son of Aimone, Count of Vercelli. He was a reformer of ecclesiastical discipline, and chancellor for Lothair II; he ordered schools to be set up in every parish of the diocese. He lived into the reign of King Berengar II (950–961). Carolus Burontius, Attonis sanctae Vercellarum ecclesiae episcopi Opera ad autographi Vercellensis fidem nunc primum exacta. Praefatione, et commentariis illustrata A. D. Carolo Burontio. Vercelli: ex typographia Joseph Panialis, 1768. Savio, pp. 451-454. Schwartz, pp. 134-135.
  80. ^ Ingo (Ingobardus): Savio, pp. 455-457. Schwartz, p. 136.
  81. ^ Petrus was a German attached to Otto II with whom he fought the Saracens in southern Italy; defeated and enslaved, he was sent to Egypt. He returned, only to be killed by Arduino, the marquess of Ivrea who hoped to be King of Italy himself. Arduin is named in a diploma of the Emperor Otto III as a public enemy because "Petrum episcopum Vercellensem et interfectum incendere non expavit." Ardoin burned Petrus' body. Savio, pp. 457-461. Schwartz, p. 136.
  82. ^ Raginfredus: Savio, p. 461. Schwartz, p. 136.
  83. ^ Adelbertus (Adalbertus): Savio, p. 461-463. Schwartz, p. 136.
  84. ^ Leo was perhaps another German prelate, though the claim is contested, who became chancellor of Holy Roman Emperors Otto III and Henry II. Savio, pp. 463-465. Schwartz, pp. 136-137: "Als Bischof ist er zuerst 7. Mai 999, zuletzt 1. August 1022 bezeugt (DO. HI, 323; Gonst. I, 34). Er starb 1026 in den Ostertagen (10. April, Wipo c. 12 ed. Breßlau p. 25)." H. Bloch, "Beiträge zur Geschichte des Bischofs Leo von Vercelli", (in German), in: Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde Vol. 22 (1897), pp. 16-136. H. Dormeier, "Un vescovo in Italia alle soglie del Mille: Leone di Vercelli «episcopus imperii, servus sancti Eusebii»," in: Bollettino storico vercellese 28/2 (1999), pp. 37-74.
  85. ^ Bishop Ardericus was present at the Roman synod of 6 April 1027. Savio, pp. 465-466. Schwartz, p. 137.
  86. ^ Gregorius (I): In April 1051, Bishop Gregorius was excommunicated at a Roman synod of Pope Leo IX, but he was soon reinstated. Savio, pp. 466-468. Schwartz, pp. 137-138.
  87. ^ H. Bresslau, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Libelli de lite imperatorum et pontificum, Tomus 1 (Hannover: Hahn 1891), p. 628: "De tempore, quo Wenricus ad episcopatum Vercellensem accessit, certi nihil statui potest, cum iam a. 1080. in actis synodi Brixinensis (Jaffé, Biblioth. V, p. 136) nomen Regengeri inveniatur: Regengerus Vercellensis episcopus subscripsit. Unde, Bresslavio monente, dubitari potest, num rêvera Wenricus episcopatum illum umquam adeptus sit." Schwartz, p. 139.
  88. ^ Bishop Regengerus (Rainerius, Reinherus) was a supporter of the Emperor Henry IV. He first appears as a signatory of the acts of the synod of Brixen, which deposed Pope Gregory VII. Philippus Jaffé, Bibliotheca rerum Germanicarum Tomus 5: Monumenta Bambergensia (Berlin: Weidmann 1869), p. 136. Schwartz, p. 139.
  89. ^ Savio, p. 470: Petrus, a senior canon of the cathedral chapter of Vercelli testified in an inquiry: "se vidisse omnes episcopos, qui fuerunt inter Rainerium et episcopum Anselmum, stare in episcopatu Vercellensi sine consecratione, ita quod pro episcopis non tenebantur, sed ipsi intrusi per vim episcopatum tenebant...."
  90. ^ Schwartz, p. 140.
  91. ^ Savio, p. 473.
  92. ^ Sigefredus (Sifredus, Zeyfredus). Schwartz, p. 139.
  93. ^ Ardicius held sway for three years. Savio, pp. 474-475. Schwartz, p. 141.
  94. ^ Canon Peter took part in an inquiry (Savio, p. 470), "Interrogatus qui fuerint catholici post ipsos. Respondeo primus fuit Dominus Anselmus, quem ego vidi stare in isto episcopatu per quattuor annos, sed ante ibi steterat per quinque annos, ut audivi." Bishop Anselmus began as in intrusus, but after five years his condition was regularized, and he was canonical bishop for another four years. One of his grants of subinfeudation was cancelled by the Emperor Conrad (1124–1137), since Anselmus had acted "contra voluntatem suae ecclesiae occulte et irrationabiliter." (Savio, p. 476). Anselmus was the first bishop of Vercelli to also hold the title of count. Schwartz, p. 141.
  95. ^ Bishop Gisulf served for twenty years (Savio, p. 470). He re-established common life among the canons in 1144 (Savio, p. 479). On 10 March 1149, Bishop Gisulf granted a fief to Guala Avogadro: Arnoldi, p. 214. He died on 29 April 1151. In 1191, the Emperor Henry VI annulled several investitures of Bishop Gisulf which had been made contrary to his own oath and the mandate of Pope Eugenius III (1145–1153). Savio, pp. 477-481.
  96. ^ Arnoldi, pp. 220 (12 December 1174); 227, 229 (23 February 1178); 235: The Provost Manfred informed Archbishop Alvisius of Milan (between 1182 and 1185) of several cases of damage to the property of the diocese of Vercelli in the time of Bishop Guala.
  97. ^ Crivelli was also Archbishop of Milan, holding both Vercelli and Milan at the same time. He was elected Pope Urban III on 25 November 1185.
  98. ^ Albert Avogadro was a Canon Regular at Mortara, then elected bishop of Bobbio, but translated to Vercelli; made Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsfürst) in 1191; founder of the cathedral chair of theology, elected Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1204–1214); approved the Rule of the Carmelite Order. Laura Minghetti, "Alberto vescovo di Vercelli (1185–1205): Contributo per una biografia," in: Aevum 59, Fasc. 2 (maggio-agosto 1985), pp. 267-304.
  99. ^ In April 1208 Bishop Lotharius was already archbishop-elect of Pisa. In 1215 he was named Patriarch of Jerusalem. Savio, p. 487. Eubel I, pp. 399, 520.
  100. ^ Aliprandus first appears as bishop in March 1208. In 1212, he was a candidate in the election of a new archbishop of Milan. In 1213, he was papal legate, and in February 1213, approved a transfer of property made by Bishop Giudoto of Asti. Bishop Aliprandus died on 26 September 1213. Savio, p. 488. Eubel I, p. 520.
  101. ^ On 4 July 1214, Bishop Ugo invested Visconte dei Visconti podestà of Vercelli and of all the territory of Vercelli which was held by the bishop. He died on 30 November 1235, having sat as bishop for 20½ years. Savio, pp. 488-490. Eubel I, p. 520.
  102. ^ Jacobus is recorded as still bishop-elect on 10 September 1236. Bishop Jacobus died on 15 February 1241. Savio, pp. 490-491. Eubel I, pp. 520-521.
  103. ^ Following the death of Bishop Jacobus, the Chapter of the cathedral elected "W", the Archdeacon of Vercelli, but his candidacy was rejected by the papal legate, Gregorius de Montelongo; an appeal to the pope was impossible, since the papal throne was vacant from August 1241 until 25 June 1243. The Chapter than proceeded to elect Martinus de Advocatis, Provost of the cathedral of S. Eusebio in Vercelli, despite the fact that he was excommunicated and "minus idoneus", not least because his family were repeatedly hostile and violent toward the Church of Vercelli. On 9 June 1244, Pope Innocent IV instituted an invesigation into Martin's election as being uncanonical. Bishop Martinus died in July 1268. Élie Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV Tome 1 (Paris: Thorin 1884), p. 125, no. 736. Ughelli IV, p. 798. Marchetti-Longi (1913), pp. 645-650 and 653-657. Savio, pp. 492-493. Eubel I, p. 521 with note 3.
  104. ^ There was a contested election, which could not be settled by the pope, since Pope Clement IV died on 29 November 1268, and the next pope, Gregory X, did not take office until February 1272. Savio, p. 493.
  105. ^ Aimone had been bishop of Aosta. He was appointed bishop of Vercelli by Pope Gregory X on 21 December 1273. He died on 19 June 1303. Jean Guiraud, Les registres de Grégoire X Tome 1 (Paris: Thorin 1892), pp. 104-105, no. 261. Ughelli IV, p. 798. Savio, pp. 493-494. Eubel I, pp. 117, 521.
  106. ^ Rainerio Avogadro had been Provost, and then Archdeacon, of the cathedral of S. Eusebio. He originally refused his election; he opposed the partisans of Fra Dolcino. Giovanni Antonio Ranza, Il primo ingresso dei Vescovi di Vercelli, (Vercelli: Tip. Patria 1779), p. 11. Ughelli IV, pp. 798-801. Eubel I, p. 521.
  107. ^ Ubertus de Advocatis de Collobiano was sixth and last of Avogadro count-bishops of Vercelli. Ughelli IV, p. 801-803. Eubel I, p. 521.
  108. ^ Lombardo: Ughelli IV, p. 803-804. Eubel I, p. 521.
  109. ^ Giovanni was removed from office as a follower of Urban VI (Roman Obedience). He was appointed Cardinal-priest of San Marco by Urban VI on 18 September 1378. He died before December 1384. Eubel I, p. 521.
  110. ^ , next Administrator of Diocese of Carpentras)
  111. ^ Matthaeus de Giselbertis: Ughelli IV, p. 806-807. Eubel I, pp. 24 no. 25; 521.
  112. ^ A native of Genoa, Ibletus was appointed bishop of Vercelli by Pope John XXIII on 26 August 1412. Eubel I, p. 521.
  113. ^ Didier, who held a licence in civil and canon law, had been bishop of Bellay (1427–1437). He was transferred to Vercelli by Pope Eugenius IV. In November 1439, he was an elector of the Antipope Felix V. In 1452, he voluntarily sought permission to resign. Ughelli IV, p. 808. Eubel I, p. 131; II, pp. 103, 265 with note 1.
  114. ^ Ferrero was a protonotary apostolic, and Auditor of the Roman Rota. He was Coadjutor Bishop of Bishop Boninvardo (1493–1499). He was transferred to the diocese of Bologna on 24 January 1502. He was named a cardinal by Pope Alexander VI on 28 September 1500, but the appointment was not made public until 28 June 1502. He died on 5 October 1510. Ughelli IV, pp. 809-810. Cappelletti XIV, pp. 416-417. Eubel II, pp. 7 no. 36, 108, 265.
  115. ^ Cardinal della Rovere, Bishop of Bologna, was being harassed by the tyrant Giovanni Bentivoglio, and therefore he exchanged the diocese of Bologna for that of Vercelli. On 1 November 1503, he was elected Pope Julius II (1503–1513). Ughelli IV, p. 810. Eubel II, p. 265; III, p. 9.
  116. ^ Ferrero was transferred back to Vercelli from Bologna by Pope Julius II, on 31 October 1503. He was named Administrator of the Ivrea on 5 November 1509, replacing his brother, who was transferred to Vercelli from Ivrea. Giovanni Stefano died on 5 October 1510. Ughelli IV, pp. 809-810. Cappelletti XIV, pp. 416-417. Eubel III, pp. 214, 330.
  117. ^ Bonifacio was the brother of Cardinal Giovanni Stefano. He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 5 November 1509. He was named Bishop of Ivrea on 17 September 1511. He was named a cardinal by Pope Leo X on 1 July 1517. He resigned the diocese of Ivrea on 17 May 1518, in favor of his nephew, Philibertus Ferrero. He died on 2 January 1543 as Bishop of Porto. Carlo Tenivelli, Biografia Piemontese, (in Italian), Volume 4, part 2 (Torino: Briolo, 1792), pp. 45-116. Cappelletti XIV, p. 417. Eubel III, pp. 15 no. 15; 214; 330.
  118. ^ Agostino Ferrerio, brother of Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero, had been bishop-elect of Nice (1506–1511). He succeeded his brother on 17 September 1511. He died in 1536. Cappelletti XIV, p. 417. Eubel III, p. 330 with note 3.
  119. ^ Pier Francesco Ferrero: Cappelletti XIV, p. 417. Eubel III, p. 330 with note 5.
  120. ^ Guido Luca was named a cardinal by Pope Pius IV on 12 March 1565. He was the founder of the seminary, and embellished the cathedral and introduced the Tridentine reform. He died in Rome on 16 May 1585. Cappelletti XIV, pp. 418-419. Eubel III, pp. 41 no. 40; 330 with notes 7 and 8.
  121. ^ Bonomi (Bonomigni) had been abbot of the monastery of Nonantola since 1566. He was appointed bishop of Vercelli by Pope Gregory XIII in the consistory of 17 October 1572. He continued the reform mandated by the Council of Trent, and replaced (1573) the Eusebian Rite by the Roman rite. Bishop Bonomi was appointed papal nuncio to Switzerland in May 1579. He was named nuncio to the Emperor in Vienna in September 1581, and then transferred to the nunciature in Cologne in October 1584; he died in Liège on 26 February 1587. Henry Biaudet, Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes jusqu'en 1648, (in French), (Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1910), pp. 255-256. Eubel III, p. 330 with notes 9 and 10.
  122. ^ Sarnano was named a cardinal on 16 November 1586 by Pope Sixtus V. He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 6 April 1587. He resigned the diocese on 29 May 1589, and retired to the convent of the Basilica di XII Apostoli in Rome. He died in Rome on 20 December 1595. Cappelletti XIV, p. 419. Eubel III, pp. 51 no. 14; 330.
  123. ^ A native of Asti, Asinari was a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures, and was appointed Governor of Rome in 1576, for a period of 5 years. He was named bishop of Vercelli on 29 May 1589, by Pope Sixtus V. He died in 1590. Ughelli IV, p. 814. Cappelletti XIV, p. 419. G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica Vol. 32 (Venezia: Emiliana 1845), p. 42. Eubel III, p. 330.
  124. ^ Visia was a native of Asti. Ughelli IV, p. 814. Eubel III, p. 330.
  125. ^ Ferrero was a nephew of Cardinal Marco Antonio Bobba, and was a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures. He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 29 March 1599 by Pope Clement VIII. He held a diocesan synod in 1600. From 1605 to 1607 he was papal nuncio in Prague. He died in Biella in 1611 (Ughelli, Cappelletti, Eubel). Ughelli IV, pp. 814-815. Cappelletti XIV, p. 419. Eubel III, p. 330. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 362 with note 2. Almut Bues, "Ferrero, Giovanni Stefano,", (in Italian), Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 47 (1997), states that Ferrero died on 21 September 1610.
  126. ^ Gorda: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 362 with note 3.
  127. ^ Cappelletti, p. 420.
  128. ^ Della Rovere: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 362 with note 4.
  129. ^ Broglia: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 362 with note 5.
  130. ^ Cappelletti, pp. 420-421.
  131. ^ Cappelletti, p. 421.
  132. ^ Solaro: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 438 with note 2.
  133. ^ On 28 September 1778, Costa d'Arignano was confirmed Archbishop of Turin by Pope Pius VI. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 438 with note 3.
  134. ^ Martiniana was named a cardinal by Pope Pius VI on 1 June 1778. He attended the conclave in Venice in 1799–1800, in which Pope Pius VII (Chiaramonti) was elected. He died in Vercelli on 7 December 1802. Cappelletti XIV, p. 421. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 32 no. 22, with notes 57 and 58; 438 with note 4.
  135. ^ Grimaldi was born at Moncalieri in the diocese of Turin in 1754. He held the degree of doctor of theology (Turin 1778). He was Cantor Major, canon and prebend of the cathedral of Vercelli. For many years he served as Rector of the episcopal seminary of Vercelli. He had been Bishop of Pinerolo (1797–1803), and Bishop of Ivrea. He was apostolic administrator of the diocese of Vercelli from 1814 to 1817. He was nominated Archbishop of Vercelli by Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia on 8 August 1817, and confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 1 October 1817. He died on 1 January 1830. Cappelletti XIV, pp. 422-425. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 338; VII, pp. 225, 393.
  136. ^ A native of Turin, D'Agennes had been Bishop of Alessandria. Cappelletti XIV, p. 425.
  137. ^ Archbishop Masseroni died on 30 September 2019.
  138. ^ "RINUNCE E NOMINE". Sala Stampa (in Italian). 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  139. ^ Source: Parishes of the diocese of Vercelli (retrieved:2016-10-02).

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The Archdiocese of Vercelli Latin Archidioecesis Vercellensis is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy one of the two archdioceses which together with their suffragan dioceses form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont Archdiocese of VercelliArchidioecesis VercellensisVercelli CathedralLocationCountryItalyEcclesiastical provinceVercelliStatisticsArea1 658 km2 640 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2020 170 911157 358 96 9 Parishes117InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablishedmid 4th centuryCathedralCattedrale Basilica di S EusebioSecular priests63 diocesan 11 Religious Orders 16 Permanent DeaconsCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopMarco ArnolfoMapWebsitewww arcidiocesi vc it The archbishop s seat is in Basilica Cattedrale di S Eusebio a minor basilica dedicated to its canonized first bishop in Vercelli Piemonte Piedmont The city also has two Minor basilicas Basilica di S Andrea and Basilica di S Maria Maggiore 1 2 Contents 1 Ecclesiastical province 2 History 2 1 Chapter and cathedral 2 2 Synods 2 3 Biella 2 4 Metropolitan archdiocese 3 Bishops and archbishops 3 1 Bishops of Vercelli 3 1 1 to 1000 3 1 2 1000 to 1350 3 1 3 since 1350 3 2 Archbishops of Vercelli 4 Parishes 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources 7 1 Episcopal lists 7 2 Studies 7 2 1 External linksEcclesiastical province editThe suffragan dioceses under the Metropolitan of Vercelli are Roman Catholic Diocese of Alessandria della Paglia Roman Catholic Diocese of Biella Roman Catholic Diocese of Casale Monferrato Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara History editAccording to an ancient lectionary Christianity was first preached in Vercelli in the second half of the third century by Saints Sabinianus Savinian and Martialis bishops from Gaul when they were returning to their dioceses 3 The episcopal see however was not established until after the Peace of Constantine The first bishop of Vercelli was Eusebius 4 a native of Sardinia who had been a lector in the Roman church 5 Ambrose of Milan says that he became familiar to the Christians of Vercelli who unanimously petitioned that he be made their bishop 6 He was the recipient of letters from Pope Liberius in 353 354 and 355 7 and took part in the synod of Milan of 355 where he refused to sign the Arian condemnation of Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria For his obstinacy he was exiled by the Emperor Constantius to Palestine On Constantius death in 361 he was recalled and visited Alexandria where he attended a synod with Athanasius in 362 He died in 369 according to Jerome in 370 or in 371 8 From the beginning to 1805 the diocese of Vercelli was a suffragan subordinate of the metropolitan archbishopric of Milan From Eusebius to Nottingo 830 there were forty bishops whose images were preserved in the Eusebian basilica predecessor of the present cathedral so called because Saint Eusebius who dedicated it to the martyr Saint Theonestus was interred in it 9 Bishop Nottingo introduced the common and monastic life among his clergy In 886 Berengar Margrave of Friuli in an act of revenge against Bishop Liutvard sacked the city of Vercelli and in particular the episcopal palace and the cathedral 10 In September 1050 Pope Leo IX held a synod in Vercelli directed against simony against John Scotus book on the eucharist and against the heresies of Berengar of Tours 11 In 1149 Bishop Gisulfus Avogadro was granted the title of count 12 On 18 April 1474 with the bull Pro Excellenti Pope Sixtus IV on the urging of Marquis Guglielmo of Monferrat established the new Diocese of Casale Monferrato transferring to it territories removed from the diocese of Vercelli 13 The seminary of the diocese of Vercelli was established in 1566 by Cardinal Guido Luca Ferrero 1562 1566 after his return from the Council of Trent The first residence of the seminary was in a house attached to the church of S Pietro la Ferla A new building was opened in 1600 and was greatly extended in 1730 and again from 1842 to 1845 14 At Easter 3 April 1575 the Church of Vercelli adopted the use of the Roman liturgy in place of the local Eusebian liturgy 15 Cardinal Guido Luca Ferrero 1562 1572 Bishop of Vercelli attended the First Provincial Council of Milan on 14 October 1565 under the presidency of Cardinal Carlo Borromeo Archbishop of Milan 16 Bishop Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni 1572 1587 attended the Fourth Provincial Synod of Milan in 1576 and signed the decrees 17 He also attended and subscribed the decrees of the Fifth Provincial Synod of Milan in March 1579 18 Bishop Giovanni Francesco Bonomigni 1572 1587 was unable to attend the Sixth Provincial Synod of Milan in May 1582 since he was serving as papal nuncio to the Emperor Rudolph in Vienna he sent his Vicar General Paulus Granutius as his procurator 19 Bishop Giovanni Stefano Ferrero 1599 1610 was present at the Seventh Provincial Synod of Milan in May 1609 and subscribed the decrees 20 Chapter and cathedral edit Local tradition has it that the site of the later cathedral of S Eusebio was the location of a temple of Vesta Eusebius himself built a church dedicated to S Theoneste on the site which was destroyed by the barbarians and rebuilt by Bishop Albinus in the mid 5th century 21 An alternate version preserved by Benzo of Alba Pompeia 22 indicates that the church was founded by the Emperor Theodosius the Great 379 395 23 A third report indicates that the Basilica of S Maria Major was founded by Constantine the Great 306 337 and that it was the original cathedral 24 The canons of the two institutions fought for hundreds of years over the right to elect a new bishop precedence privileges and income At some point between 1132 and 1143 Pope Innocent II ordered Bishop Gisulf of Vercelli and Bishop Litifredus of Novara to settle the controversy between the canons of S Eusebio and the canons of S Maria Maggiore over the tithe and offerings 25 In 1144 Cardinals Guido of S Crisogono and Hubaldus of S Prassede the papal legates issued a decision concerning the complaints of the two Chapters of canons Pope Eugenius III confirmed their judgment on 17 April 1146 and awarded the canons of S Maria Maggiore a quarter of the district of Carisiana with a command that the canons of S Eusebio keep permanently silent on the matter 26 In 1175 the two sets of canons reached an agreement on various specific articles concerning the income expenditure possessions rights and holdings which were the subject of dispute the agreement was confirmed by Cardinal Guglielmo of S Pietro ad vincula 27 OLn 8 September 1175 Cardinal Guglielmo issued an order regulating the number of canons In S Eusebio there were to be no more than thirty two canons in S Maria Maggiore eight 28 This arrangement was confirmed by a bull of Pope Innocent III of 1 March 1208 The Chapter was headed by four dignities the Archdeacon the Archpriest the Provost and the Cantor Major 29 In his synodal constitutions of 10 November 1288 Bishop Aimo de Challant acknowledged that the colleges of canons of S Eusebio and of S Maria Maggiore together constituted the Capitulum Vercellensem 30 The competition and controversy was finally settled on 12 August 1644 when Bishop Giacomo Goria suppressed the Chapter of S Maria Maggiore and combined all the canons in one body at S Eusebio The action was confirmed by a bull of Pope Innocent X of 26 December 1644 31 Synods edit A diocesan synod was an irregularly held but important meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy Its purpose was 1 to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop 2 to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy 3 to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod of the provincial synod and of the Holy See 32 The earliest known synod of the diocese of Vercelli was held by Bishop Atto 924 958 who issued Constitutions which envisioned annual meetings in synod 33 Bishop Ingo published a synodical constitution in 974 Bishop Ardericus held a synod in 1027 34 Bishop Alberto Avogadro presided over a synod in 1191 35 Bishop Aimone de Challant held a diocesan synod in November 1288 36 Bishop Ibleto Fieschi 1412 1437 held a synod on 27 July 1428 the first in more than fifty years Bishop Guglielmo Didier 1437 1452 held synods in 1440 and in 1451 or 1452 after which he imposed a tax on the clergy to rebuild the episcopal palace Bishop Amadeo Nori 1459 1469 presided over a synod in 1461 Cardinal Giovanni Stefano Ferrero 1499 1502 held a synod in 1499 37 Bishop Agostino Ferrero 1511 1536 presided over a diocesan synod in 1517 and issued constitutions 38 Bishop Francesco Bonomo held annual synods beginning in 1573 he held his fourth diocesan synod in 1576 his fifth in 1578 and his sixth in 1579 39 his eleventh took place in 1584 40 In 1600 Bishop Giovanni Stefano Ferrero 1599 1610 presided over a diocesan synod Another was held in 1619 by Bishop Giacomo Goria Four synods were held by Bishop Michelangelo Broglia in 1666 1670 1673 and 1677 Bishop Giuseppe Bertodano held a synod in 1700 41 On 15 17 July 1749 Bishop Giovanni Pietro Solaro 1743 1768 held a diocesan synod Bishop Vittorio Costa d Arignano presided over a diocesan synod Bishop Alessandro d Agennes held a synod on 7 9 June 1842 Bishop Carlo Pampirio held a diocesan synod on 22 24 September 1903 42 Biella edit On 1 June 1772 Pope Clement XIV at the request of King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia created the new Diocese of Biella on territories which were removed from the jurisdiction of the bishop of Vercelli 43 The territories which had been removed were returned to the diocese of Vercelli on 1 June 1803 when the Diocese of Biella was suppressed by Pope Pius VII 44 The bishop of Biella Giambattista Canevesi was named Bishop of Vercelli 45 In a decree issued in Paris on 25 January 1805 Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara the papal legate and archbishop of Milan carried out a new circumscription of the Cisalpine dioceses The suffragan diocese of Vercelli was detached from the metropolitan archbishopric of Milan and transferred to the metropolitanate of Turin 46 Metropolitan archdiocese edit After the defeat abdication and exile of Napoleon the Congress of Vienna agreed to the restoration of the Kingdom of Sardinia King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia invited Pope Pius VII to restore the good order of the Church in his kingdom which had been disrupted by the French occupation On 17 July 1817 the pope issued the bull Beati Petri which began by establishing de novo the ten dioceses which had been suppressed under the French and delimiting the extent of each in detail 47 including Vercelli and the restored Biella 48 In the same document the pope also released the diocese of Vercelli from being a suffragan of the metropolitan of Turin 49 and elevated the diocese to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese The new metropolitan archdiocese had as suffragans the dioceses of Alessandria Biella and Casale 50 In a further adjustment of the ecclesiastical structure of Piedmont and Liguria Pope Pius VII on 26 September 1817 transferred the diocese of Novara from the metropolitanate of Milan to the metropolitanate of Vercelli 51 On 1 August 1874 the archdiocese of Vercelli lost territory to the Diocese of Casale Monferrato Pope John Paul II made a Papal visit to Vercelli in May 1998 during which he declared the priest Secondo Pollo d 1941 to be Blessed Bishops and archbishops editBishops of Vercelli edit to 1000 edit Eusebius of Vercelli 343 1 Aug 371 Died 52 Limenius 370 396 53 Honoratus 396 54 Discolius 55 Justinianus attested 451 56 Albinus 5th cent 57 Simplicianus 58 Maximianus 59 Aemilianus attested 502 60 Eusebius 61 Constantius 62 Flavianus d 541 or 556 63 Vedast 64 Tiberius 65 Berardus VI VII cent 66 Philosophus Bonosus Cirillo Damianus Celsus 638 665 67 Theodorus attested 680 68 Magnentius Aemilianus attested 707 69 Chrysanthus Ansericus attested 827 70 Nottingus attested 830 71 Norgaudus 844 72 Josephus 879 73 Cospertus attested 879 74 Liutuardus 880 899 75 Sebastianus attested 900 901 76 Anselbertus attested 901 77 Regenbertus 904 924 78 Atto of Vercelli 924 950 or later 79 Ingo c 961 974 or later 80 Petrus of Vercelli 978 997 81 Raginfredus attested 997 82 Adelbertus attested 998 83 1000 to 1350 edit Leo 999 1026 84 Ardericus c 1027 1040 85 Gregorius attested 1044 1077 86 Wennericus 87 Regengerus attested 1080 1091 88 Liprandus de Blanderade attested 1094 Intrusus never consecrated 89 Baldricus de Canavexio Intrusus never consecrated 90 GregoriusII de Verruga attested 1094 1096 Intrusus never consecrated 91 Sigefredus attested 1111 1117 Intrusus never consecrated 92 Ardicius de Bulgaro attested c 1121 Intrusus never consecrated 93 Anselmo Avogadro attested 1124 1127 94 Gisulfus II Avogadro 1132 1151 95 Uguccio 1151 1170 Guala Bondonni 1170 1182 96 Uberto Crivelli Dec 1182 9 May 1185 97 Albert Avogadro 1185 1204 98 Lotharius 1205 1208 99 Aliprandus Visconti 1208 1213 100 Ugo di Sessa 1213 1235 101 Jacobus Carnerius 1235 1241 102 Martino Avogadro de Quaregna 1244 1268 103 Sede vacante 1268 1273 104 dd Aimo de Challant 1273 1303 105 Rainerio Avogadro 1303 1310 106 Uberto Avogadro 1310 1326 107 Lombardo della Torre 1328 1343 108 Emmanuel Fieschi 1343 1347 since 1350 edit Giovanni Fieschi 1349 1379 Roman Obedience 109 Jacques de Cavalli 1 June 1379 Avignon Obedience Ludovico Fieschi 29 March 1382 31 Oct 1406 Roman Obedience 110 Matteo Gisalberti 1406 1412 Roman Obedience 111 Ibletus Fieschi 1412 1437 112 Guglielmo Didier 1437 113 Joannes de Gilliaco 1452 1455 Georgius de Gilliaco 1455 1458 Amadeus Nori 1459 1469 Urbano Boninvardo 1469 1499 Giovanni Stefano Ferrero 1499 1502 Resigned 114 Giuliano della Rovere 24 Jan 1502 1 Nov 1503 115 Giovanni Stefano Ferrero 1503 1509 116 Bonifacio Ferrero 1509 1511 117 Agostino Ferrero 1511 1536 118 Pier Francesco Ferrero 20 Dec 1536 2 March 1562 Resigned 119 Auxiliary Bishop Melchiore Cribelli O P 20 February 1540 dd Guido Luca Ferrero 2 March 1562 17 Oct 1572 Resigned 120 Giovanni Francesco Bonomi 1572 1587 121 Costanzo de Sarnano Torri O F M Conv 1587 1589 122 Corrado Asinari 1589 1590 123 Marcantonio Visia 13 Aug 1590 1599 Resigned 124 Giovanni Stefano Ferrero O Cist 29 March 1599 21 Sep 1610 Died 125 Giacomo Goria 17 Aug 1611 3 Jan 1648 Died 126 Sede vacante 1648 1660 127 dd Girolamo della Rovere 5 May 1660 20 Jan 1662 Died 128 Michael Angelus Broglia 30 Jul 1663 May 1679 Died 129 Victor Augustinus Ripa 27 Nov 1679 3 Nov 1691 Died Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Orsini C R L 24 March 1692 August 1694 Died Sede vacante 1694 1697 130 dd Giuseppe Antonio Bertodano 3 June 1697 4 May 1700 Died Sede vacante 1700 1727 131 dd Gerolamo Francesco Malpasciuto 30 July 1727 9 August 1728 Died Carlo Vincenzo Maria Ferreri O P 23 Dec 1729 9 Dec 1742 Died Gian Pietro Solaro 15 July 1743 Jan 1768 132 Vittorio Costa d Arignano 11 Sep 1769 1778 133 Carlo Giuseppe Filippa della Martiniana 12 July 1779 1802 134 Giovanni Battista Canaveri C O 1 Feb 1805 11 Jan 1811 Sede vacante 1811 1817 dd Archbishops of Vercelli edit Giuseppe Maria Grimaldi 1817 1830 135 Sede vacante 1830 1832 dd Alessandro d Angennes 24 February 1832 8 May 1869 Died 136 Celestino Matteo Fissore 27 October 1871 5 April 1889 Died Lorenzo Carlo Pampirio O P 24 May 1889 26 December 1904 Died Teodoro Valfre di Bonzo 27 March 1905 13 September 1916 Appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Austria Giovanni Gamberoni 22 March 1917 17 February 1929 Died Giacomo Montanelli 17 February 1929 6 May 1944 Died former Coadjutor Archbishop 1928 11 23 1929 02 17 Francesco Imberti 10 October 1945 5 September 1966 Retired Auxiliary Bishop Giovanni Picco 15 November 1962 1967 Albino Mensa 12 October 1966 4 June 1991 Retired Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone S D B 4 June 1991 13 June 1995 Appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Enrico Masseroni 10 February 1996 27 February 2014 Retired 137 Marco Arnolfo 27 Feb 2014 present 138 Parishes editThe 118 parishes are divided between the Lombard province of Pavia and the Piedmontese provinces of Alessandria Biella Novara and Vercelli 139 See also editList of Catholic dioceses in ItalyReferences edit Cheney David M Archdiocese of Vercelli Catholic Hierarchy org Retrieved March 25 2018 self published Chow Gabriel Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vercelli GCatholic org Retrieved March 25 2018 self published Lanzoni pp 10 11 Lettori italiani dopo e prima del Einascimento accettarono fidentemente cotali affermazioni e nella piu larga e cervellotica maniera le interpretarono dicendo che s Marziale avrebbe evangelizzato non solo Colle Val d Elsa ma altre citta della Tuscia tra le quali S Miniato Chiusi e Fiesole e avrebbe tenuto il seggio episcopale di Spoleto e di Vercelli e s Sabiniano di Sens di Vercelli Savio Alcune fonti storiche per la vita di S Eusebio in Savio pp 514 554 Kehr VI 2 p 7 Primus Yercellensium praesul s Eusebius fuit natione Sardus antea lector Romanae ecclesiae inter orthodoxos sui temporis episcopos praestantissimus That he was Sardinian is stated by S Jerome De viris illustribus chapter 96 Lanzoni p 1037 posthabitis civibus electus et postulatus ab omni ecclesia Kehr VI 2 pp 8 9 nos 1 4 Savio p 847 Lanzoni p 1038 1039 The images dated from Notting s time or later though they may have been based on the diocese s diptychs Lanzoni p 1037 Arnaldi Le carte p 207 O Delarc Un pape alsacien Essai historique sur saint Leon IX et son temps Paris 1876 p 297 320 Carl Joseph von Hefele Histoire des conciles d apres les documents originaux Vol IV part 2 Paris Letouzey 1911 pp 1056 1060 Andrea Gamberini Vescovo e conte la fortuna di un titolo nell Italia centrosettentrionale secoli XI XV in Italian in Quaderni storici Nuova serie Vol 46 No 138 December 2011 p 674 Panero p 114 Cappelletti XIV pp 574 577 Orsenigo pp 56 58 Orsenigo p 16 Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis Tomus secundus in Latin Anissoniana et Joan Posuel 1683 p 9 Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis in Latin Volume 1 Milan P Pagnonio 1843 p 206 Acta ecclesiae Mediolanensis Pavia Typis seminarii J Manfre 1754 p 251 Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis a S Carolo Card Archiep Condita Volume 1 Pagnonius 1843 p 328 Acta ecclesiae Mediolanensis Pavia Typis seminarii J Manfre 1754 p 358 Orsenigo p 43 K Pertz ed Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptorum Vol 11 Hannover Hahn 1854 p 680 Kehr VI 2 p 17 Basilicam s Eusebii a Theodosio Magno imp conditam esse tradit Benzo Albensis cf Savio Gli antichi vescovi I 403 sq Vercellenses vero scriptores contendunt eam ab ipso s Eusebio primo Yercellarum praesule in honorem s Theonesti exstructam esse Orsenigo pp 83 84 Kehr Vi 2 p 22 Basilicam b Mariae Maioris a Constantino Magno erectam ut tradunt Yercellenses primitivam ecclesiam cathedralem fuisse canonici ipsius ecclesiae contendebant Bishop Bonomi remarked in his ad limina report of 1573 Orsenigo p 84 retro altare majus invenitur sedile ligneum magnum marmoreum super quod reverendissimi episcopi vercellenses insident cum ipsorum episcopatus possessionem adipiscuntur Kehr VI 2 p 18 no 2 Kehr VI 2 p 18 no 4 p 19 nos 7 8 Kehr VI 2 p 20 no 11 Arnaldi Le carte No VIII p 223 Numerus uero canonicorum utriusque ecclesie ultra XXXIJ os non extendetur xxiij in ecclesia sancti eusebii et octo in ecclesia sancte marie commorancium In qua cum quis eorum decesserit in eadem alius subrogabitur Nec ullum debitum alicui illarum ecclesiarum de nouo contrahere absque comuni consensu Capituli licebit Orsenigo pp 38 39 Olivieri p 507 3 unde presenti constitutione sanccimus ut ecclesiarum Sancti Eusebii et Sancte Marie quarum collegia constituunt nostrum capitulum Vercellensem prelati et canonici Orsenigo p 39 Benedictus XIV 1842 Lib I caput secundum De Synodi Dioecesanae utilitate Benedicti XIV De Synodo dioecesana libri tredecim in Latin Vol Tomus primus Mechlin Hanicq pp 42 49 George Phillips 1849 Die Diocesansynode in German Freiburg im Breisgau Herder pp 1 23 J P Migne ed Patrologiae Latinae Collectio Tomus CXXXIV Paris J P Migne 1853 p 34 chapters 27 28 quod singulis annis et saltem semel in anno Synodus celebretur Qualiter maiores presbyteri ad Synodum veniant Orsenigo p 414 Orsenigo p 414 Savio p 486 A Olivieri Note sulla tradizione sinodale dell episcopio vercellese fine XII XIII sec in Rivista di storia e letteratura religiosa 38 2002 pp 315 318 Orsenigo p 415 Antonio Olivieri Un inedito statuto sinodale del vescovo di Vercelli Aimone di Challant del novembre 1288 in Italian in Bollettino storico bibliografico subalpino 101 2003 pp 497 514 Orsenigo p 415 A Ferrero Constitutiones synodales ecclesiae Vercellensis 1517 Synodi Vercellenses tres quarta quinta et sexta quae a reuerendiss domino D I Francisco Bonhomio episcopo S ecclesiae Vercellensis de more habitae sunt ad Tridentini decreti praescriptum Mediolani apud Pacificum Pontium 1580 Orsenigo pp 415 416 Seventeenth century synods Orsenigo p 416 Orsenigo pp 416 417 Cappelletti XIV pp 649 662 The suppression is referred to by Pope Pius VII in the bull Beati Petri of 17 July 1817 Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus XIV Romae Typ Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae 1849 p 344 2 Quarum quidem literarum vigore ab eodem Joanne Baptista cardinali Caprara per sua decreta diebus vigesima tertia januarii et decima septima julii mensium anni millesimi octingentesimi quinti plenariae executioni demandatarum sancitum auctoritate Nostra fuit ut praevia suppressione extinctione ac perpetua annullatione episcopalium ecclesiarum Secusinae Pineroliensis Fossanensis Albanensis Berthonensis Bobiensis Bugellensis Augustanae simulque Casalensis Caprara was granted his faculties in a bull of 1 June 1803 Cappelletti XIV pp 662 663 Orsenigo pp 21 22 L istesso decreto sottraeva il vescovo di Vercelli dal metropolita di Milano e lo faceva invece suffraganeo dell arcivescovo di Torino Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV pp 345 351 4 22 Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV p 349 16 and 18 praevia illius omnimoda solutione et exemptione a quocumque metropolitico jure dependentia ac subjectione archiepiscopali ecclesiae Taurinensi cui ad praesens suffragatur Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV pp 351 352 16 and 18 Pius VII 1849 Andreas Barberi and Rinaldo Secreti ed Bullarii Romani continuatio in Latin Vol Tomus decimus quartus Roma pp 387 388 Eusebius Lanzoni pp 1037 1039 Bishop Limenius Simenus baptized and consecrated Ambrose of Milan Lanzoni p 1039 Bishop Honoratus administered the Viaticum to Ambrose of Milan Lanzoni p 1039 Discolius Duscolius Coelius Savio p 423 Lanzoni p 1039 Justinianus subscribed the synodical letter of the bishops who were present at the provincial synod of Milan in 451 He is said to have been bishop for 16 years and a little more than 6 months J D Mansi ed Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima Tomus VI Florence A Zatta 1761 p 144 Savio pp 423 426 Lanzoni pp 1039 1040 Albinus Ughelli IV pp 761 762 Savio pp 426 429 Simplicianus Savio p 429 Maximianus is known only from a report of the images with names Savio p 429 Lanzoni p 1040 Bishop Aemilianus attended the Roman synod of 502 He built an aqueduct for the city at his own expense according to Cassiodorus Variae Savio pp 430 432 Lanzoni pp 1040 1041 Eusebius II The claim is made that he governed the diocese of Vercelli for 19 years ca 515 534 but without evidence Savio p 433 Lanzoni p 1041 When the choir of the cathedral was being demolished in 1572 Bishop Constantius tomb inscription was found it is lost Savio p 433 Lanzoni p 1041 who doubts the identification of Constantius with Costanzo Bishop Flavianus decorated the apse of the original basilica His funeral inscription has survived An alternate date of death is 25 November 556 Savio pp 433 435 Lanzoni p 1041 Marco Aimone Il sarcofago del vescovo Flaviano e le sue iscrizioni Ricerche epigrafiche su Vercelli tra Antichita e Medioevo in Italian in Bullettino dell Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo 109 1 Roma 2007 pp 1 95 Saint Vedast of Arras Savio p 435 Lanzoni pp 1041 1042 Known only from a report of Ferraro of an inscription on the wall of images Savio p 435 Bishop Berardus is known only from a report of Ferraro of an inscription on the wall of images Savio p 435 Lanzoni p 1042 Celsus died on 13 April in a year that corresponded to Indiction VIII which could be 665 680 or 695 Savio pp 436 437 Lanzoni p 1042 Bishop Theodorus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Agatho in 680 Savio p 437 Aemilianus II was the recipient of a charter of the Lombard king Aripert II Savio pp 437 438 Bishop Ansericus attended the papal synod in Mantua of Pope Eugenius II J D Mansi ed Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima Tomus XIV Venice A Zatta 1769 p 494 where his name is spelled Auterius Savio pp 442 443 Notting Savio p 443 Northaudus restored common life among the canons He attended the coronation in Rome of Louis son of Lothair I by Pope Sergius II on 15 June 844 Cesare Baronio Annales ecclesiastici A D 1 1571 denuo excusi et ad nostra usque tempora perducti ab Augustino Theiner Volume 14 Bar le duc L Guerin 1868 pp 289 290 Ughelli IV p 765 no 36 During severe disturbances in the Church of Vercelli Archbishop Anspertus of Milan consecrated and intruded Joseph into the diocese Pope John VIII intervened excommunicated the archbishop and ordered Joseph to be degraded from episcopal rank Ughelli IV p 765 Kehr VI 2 pp 9 11 nos 6 10 Cospertus was a papal deacon He was sent by Pope John VIII to Vercelli to carry the pope s commands and sort out the confusion In a letter to the clergy and laity of Vercelli the pope announced that in accordance with a decision of a Roman synod he had consecrated Cospertus a bishop and named him bishop of Vercelli Savio p 444 Kehr IV 2 p 10 no 9 nuntiat Karolomannum regem istius Italici regni ipsum Vercellen episcopatum more praecessorum suorum regum et imperatorum concessisse huic Cosperto seque hunc ipsum s Vercellen ecclesiae episcopum consecravisse iubet ut eum quasi patrem et rectorem recipiant et abiecto ac reprobato supradicto invasore hunc habeant episcopum Lituardus had been archchancellor of Charles the Fat from which he was dismissed in June 887 He was already in office as bishop on 1 February 880 He was slain during the invasion of the Hungarians 899 According to the calendar of the Church of Vercelli Idibus Decembris 899 occisio totius Cleri facta ab Hunnis et Arianis tempore gloriosissimi Liutardi episcopi Savio pp 445 446 Kehr VI 2 p 11 nos 11 14 Sebastianus Savio p 447 Anselbertus Savio pp 447 450 Even though only a bishop Pope Anastasius III granted Bishop Regenbertus the pallium for life Giamb Carlo Giuliari Bolla inedita del papa Anastasio IV sic e Ragemberto vescovo id Vercelli in Italian Archivio Storico Italiano Serie Quarta Vol 6 No 118 1880 pp 3 8 Atto was a Lombard a son of Aimone Count of Vercelli He was a reformer of ecclesiastical discipline and chancellor for Lothair II he ordered schools to be set up in every parish of the diocese He lived into the reign of King Berengar II 950 961 Carolus Burontius Attonis sanctae Vercellarum ecclesiae episcopi Opera ad autographi Vercellensis fidem nunc primum exacta Praefatione et commentariis illustrata A D Carolo Burontio Vercelli ex typographia Joseph Panialis 1768 Savio pp 451 454 Schwartz pp 134 135 Ingo Ingobardus Savio pp 455 457 Schwartz p 136 Petrus was a German attached to Otto II with whom he fought the Saracens in southern Italy defeated and enslaved he was sent to Egypt He returned only to be killed by Arduino the marquess of Ivrea who hoped to be King of Italy himself Arduin is named in a diploma of the Emperor Otto III as a public enemy because Petrum episcopum Vercellensem et interfectum incendere non expavit Ardoin burned Petrus body Savio pp 457 461 Schwartz p 136 Raginfredus Savio p 461 Schwartz p 136 Adelbertus Adalbertus Savio p 461 463 Schwartz p 136 Leo was perhaps another German prelate though the claim is contested who became chancellor of Holy Roman Emperors Otto III and Henry II Savio pp 463 465 Schwartz pp 136 137 Als Bischof ist er zuerst 7 Mai 999 zuletzt 1 August 1022 bezeugt DO HI 323 Gonst I 34 Er starb 1026 in den Ostertagen 10 April Wipo c 12 ed Bresslau p 25 H Bloch Beitrage zur Geschichte des Bischofs Leo von Vercelli in German in Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft fur altere deutsche Geschichtskunde Vol 22 1897 pp 16 136 H Dormeier Un vescovo in Italia alle soglie del Mille Leone di Vercelli episcopus imperii servus sancti Eusebii in Bollettino storico vercellese 28 2 1999 pp 37 74 Bishop Ardericus was present at the Roman synod of 6 April 1027 Savio pp 465 466 Schwartz p 137 Gregorius I In April 1051 Bishop Gregorius was excommunicated at a Roman synod of Pope Leo IX but he was soon reinstated Savio pp 466 468 Schwartz pp 137 138 H Bresslau Monumenta Germaniae Historica Libelli de lite imperatorum et pontificum Tomus 1 Hannover Hahn 1891 p 628 De tempore quo Wenricus ad episcopatum Vercellensem accessit certi nihil statui potest cum iam a 1080 in actis synodi Brixinensis Jaffe Biblioth V p 136 nomen Regengeri inveniatur Regengerus Vercellensis episcopus subscripsit Unde Bresslavio monente dubitari potest num revera Wenricus episcopatum illum umquam adeptus sit Schwartz p 139 Bishop Regengerus Rainerius Reinherus was a supporter of the Emperor Henry IV He first appears as a signatory of the acts of the synod of Brixen which deposed Pope Gregory VII Philippus Jaffe Bibliotheca rerum Germanicarum Tomus 5 Monumenta Bambergensia Berlin Weidmann 1869 p 136 Schwartz p 139 Savio p 470 Petrus a senior canon of the cathedral chapter of Vercelli testified in an inquiry se vidisse omnes episcopos qui fuerunt inter Rainerium et episcopum Anselmum stare in episcopatu Vercellensi sine consecratione ita quod pro episcopis non tenebantur sed ipsi intrusi per vim episcopatum tenebant Schwartz p 140 Savio p 473 Sigefredus Sifredus Zeyfredus Schwartz p 139 Ardicius held sway for three years Savio pp 474 475 Schwartz p 141 Canon Peter took part in an inquiry Savio p 470 Interrogatus qui fuerint catholici post ipsos Respondeo primus fuit Dominus Anselmus quem ego vidi stare in isto episcopatu per quattuor annos sed ante ibi steterat per quinque annos ut audivi Bishop Anselmus began as in intrusus but after five years his condition was regularized and he was canonical bishop for another four years One of his grants of subinfeudation was cancelled by the Emperor Conrad 1124 1137 since Anselmus had acted contra voluntatem suae ecclesiae occulte et irrationabiliter Savio p 476 Anselmus was the first bishop of Vercelli to also hold the title of count Schwartz p 141 Bishop Gisulf served for twenty years Savio p 470 He re established common life among the canons in 1144 Savio p 479 On 10 March 1149 Bishop Gisulf granted a fief to Guala Avogadro Arnoldi p 214 He died on 29 April 1151 In 1191 the Emperor Henry VI annulled several investitures of Bishop Gisulf which had been made contrary to his own oath and the mandate of Pope Eugenius III 1145 1153 Savio pp 477 481 Arnoldi pp 220 12 December 1174 227 229 23 February 1178 235 The Provost Manfred informed Archbishop Alvisius of Milan between 1182 and 1185 of several cases of damage to the property of the diocese of Vercelli in the time of Bishop Guala Crivelli was also Archbishop of Milan holding both Vercelli and Milan at the same time He was elected Pope Urban III on 25 November 1185 Albert Avogadro was a Canon Regular at Mortara then elected bishop of Bobbio but translated to Vercelli made Prince of the Holy Roman Empire Reichsfurst in 1191 founder of the cathedral chair of theology elected Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem 1204 1214 approved the Rule of the Carmelite Order Laura Minghetti Alberto vescovo di Vercelli 1185 1205 Contributo per una biografia in Aevum 59 Fasc 2 maggio agosto 1985 pp 267 304 In April 1208 Bishop Lotharius was already archbishop elect of Pisa In 1215 he was named Patriarch of Jerusalem Savio p 487 Eubel I pp 399 520 Aliprandus first appears as bishop in March 1208 In 1212 he was a candidate in the election of a new archbishop of Milan In 1213 he was papal legate and in February 1213 approved a transfer of property made by Bishop Giudoto of Asti Bishop Aliprandus died on 26 September 1213 Savio p 488 Eubel I p 520 On 4 July 1214 Bishop Ugo invested Visconte dei Visconti podesta of Vercelli and of all the territory of Vercelli which was held by the bishop He died on 30 November 1235 having sat as bishop for 20 years Savio pp 488 490 Eubel I p 520 Jacobus is recorded as still bishop elect on 10 September 1236 Bishop Jacobus died on 15 February 1241 Savio pp 490 491 Eubel I pp 520 521 Following the death of Bishop Jacobus the Chapter of the cathedral elected W the Archdeacon of Vercelli but his candidacy was rejected by the papal legate Gregorius de Montelongo an appeal to the pope was impossible since the papal throne was vacant from August 1241 until 25 June 1243 The Chapter than proceeded to elect Martinus de Advocatis Provost of the cathedral of S Eusebio in Vercelli despite the fact that he was excommunicated and minus idoneus not least because his family were repeatedly hostile and violent toward the Church of Vercelli On 9 June 1244 Pope Innocent IV instituted an invesigation into Martin s election as being uncanonical Bishop Martinus died in July 1268 Elie Berger Les registres d Innocent IV Tome 1 Paris Thorin 1884 p 125 no 736 Ughelli IV p 798 Marchetti Longi 1913 pp 645 650 and 653 657 Savio pp 492 493 Eubel I p 521 with note 3 There was a contested election which could not be settled by the pope since Pope Clement IV died on 29 November 1268 and the next pope Gregory X did not take office until February 1272 Savio p 493 Aimone had been bishop of Aosta He was appointed bishop of Vercelli by Pope Gregory X on 21 December 1273 He died on 19 June 1303 Jean Guiraud Les registres de Gregoire X Tome 1 Paris Thorin 1892 pp 104 105 no 261 Ughelli IV p 798 Savio pp 493 494 Eubel I pp 117 521 Rainerio Avogadro had been Provost and then Archdeacon of the cathedral of S Eusebio He originally refused his election he opposed the partisans of Fra Dolcino Giovanni Antonio Ranza Il primo ingresso dei Vescovi di Vercelli Vercelli Tip Patria 1779 p 11 Ughelli IV pp 798 801 Eubel I p 521 Ubertus de Advocatis de Collobiano was sixth and last of Avogadro count bishops of Vercelli Ughelli IV p 801 803 Eubel I p 521 Lombardo Ughelli IV p 803 804 Eubel I p 521 Giovanni was removed from office as a follower of Urban VI Roman Obedience He was appointed Cardinal priest of San Marco by Urban VI on 18 September 1378 He died before December 1384 Eubel I p 521 next Administrator of Diocese of Carpentras Matthaeus de Giselbertis Ughelli IV p 806 807 Eubel I pp 24 no 25 521 A native of Genoa Ibletus was appointed bishop of Vercelli by Pope John XXIII on 26 August 1412 Eubel I p 521 Didier who held a licence in civil and canon law had been bishop of Bellay 1427 1437 He was transferred to Vercelli by Pope Eugenius IV In November 1439 he was an elector of the Antipope Felix V In 1452 he voluntarily sought permission to resign Ughelli IV p 808 Eubel I p 131 II pp 103 265 with note 1 Ferrero was a protonotary apostolic and Auditor of the Roman Rota He was Coadjutor Bishop of Bishop Boninvardo 1493 1499 He was transferred to the diocese of Bologna on 24 January 1502 He was named a cardinal by Pope Alexander VI on 28 September 1500 but the appointment was not made public until 28 June 1502 He died on 5 October 1510 Ughelli IV pp 809 810 Cappelletti XIV pp 416 417 Eubel II pp 7 no 36 108 265 Cardinal della Rovere Bishop of Bologna was being harassed by the tyrant Giovanni Bentivoglio and therefore he exchanged the diocese of Bologna for that of Vercelli On 1 November 1503 he was elected Pope Julius II 1503 1513 Ughelli IV p 810 Eubel II p 265 III p 9 Ferrero was transferred back to Vercelli from Bologna by Pope Julius II on 31 October 1503 He was named Administrator of the Ivrea on 5 November 1509 replacing his brother who was transferred to Vercelli from Ivrea Giovanni Stefano died on 5 October 1510 Ughelli IV pp 809 810 Cappelletti XIV pp 416 417 Eubel III pp 214 330 Bonifacio was the brother of Cardinal Giovanni Stefano He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 5 November 1509 He was named Bishop of Ivrea on 17 September 1511 He was named a cardinal by Pope Leo X on 1 July 1517 He resigned the diocese of Ivrea on 17 May 1518 in favor of his nephew Philibertus Ferrero He died on 2 January 1543 as Bishop of Porto Carlo Tenivelli Biografia Piemontese in Italian Volume 4 part 2 Torino Briolo 1792 pp 45 116 Cappelletti XIV p 417 Eubel III pp 15 no 15 214 330 Agostino Ferrerio brother of Cardinal Bonifacio Ferrero had been bishop elect of Nice 1506 1511 He succeeded his brother on 17 September 1511 He died in 1536 Cappelletti XIV p 417 Eubel III p 330 with note 3 Pier Francesco Ferrero Cappelletti XIV p 417 Eubel III p 330 with note 5 Guido Luca was named a cardinal by Pope Pius IV on 12 March 1565 He was the founder of the seminary and embellished the cathedral and introduced the Tridentine reform He died in Rome on 16 May 1585 Cappelletti XIV pp 418 419 Eubel III pp 41 no 40 330 with notes 7 and 8 Bonomi Bonomigni had been abbot of the monastery of Nonantola since 1566 He was appointed bishop of Vercelli by Pope Gregory XIII in the consistory of 17 October 1572 He continued the reform mandated by the Council of Trent and replaced 1573 the Eusebian Rite by the Roman rite Bishop Bonomi was appointed papal nuncio to Switzerland in May 1579 He was named nuncio to the Emperor in Vienna in September 1581 and then transferred to the nunciature in Cologne in October 1584 he died in Liege on 26 February 1587 Henry Biaudet Les nonciatures apostoliques permanentes jusqu en 1648 in French Helsinki Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia 1910 pp 255 256 Eubel III p 330 with notes 9 and 10 Sarnano was named a cardinal on 16 November 1586 by Pope Sixtus V He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 6 April 1587 He resigned the diocese on 29 May 1589 and retired to the convent of the Basilica di XII Apostoli in Rome He died in Rome on 20 December 1595 Cappelletti XIV p 419 Eubel III pp 51 no 14 330 A native of Asti Asinari was a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures and was appointed Governor of Rome in 1576 for a period of 5 years He was named bishop of Vercelli on 29 May 1589 by Pope Sixtus V He died in 1590 Ughelli IV p 814 Cappelletti XIV p 419 G Moroni Dizionario di erudizione storico ecclesiastica Vol 32 Venezia Emiliana 1845 p 42 Eubel III p 330 Visia was a native of Asti Ughelli IV p 814 Eubel III p 330 Ferrero was a nephew of Cardinal Marco Antonio Bobba and was a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 29 March 1599 by Pope Clement VIII He held a diocesan synod in 1600 From 1605 to 1607 he was papal nuncio in Prague He died in Biella in 1611 Ughelli Cappelletti Eubel Ughelli IV pp 814 815 Cappelletti XIV p 419 Eubel III p 330 Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 362 with note 2 Almut Bues Ferrero Giovanni Stefano in Italian Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 47 1997 states that Ferrero died on 21 September 1610 Gorda Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 362 with note 3 Cappelletti p 420 Della Rovere Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 362 with note 4 Broglia Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV p 362 with note 5 Cappelletti pp 420 421 Cappelletti p 421 Solaro Ritzler amp Sefrin VI p 438 with note 2 On 28 September 1778 Costa d Arignano was confirmed Archbishop of Turin by Pope Pius VI Ritzler amp Sefrin VI p 438 with note 3 Martiniana was named a cardinal by Pope Pius VI on 1 June 1778 He attended the conclave in Venice in 1799 1800 in which Pope Pius VII Chiaramonti was elected He died in Vercelli on 7 December 1802 Cappelletti XIV p 421 Ritzler amp Sefrin VI pp 32 no 22 with notes 57 and 58 438 with note 4 Grimaldi was born at Moncalieri in the diocese of Turin in 1754 He held the degree of doctor of theology Turin 1778 He was Cantor Major canon and prebend of the cathedral of Vercelli For many years he served as Rector of the episcopal seminary of Vercelli He had been Bishop of Pinerolo 1797 1803 and Bishop of Ivrea He was apostolic administrator of the diocese of Vercelli from 1814 to 1817 He was nominated Archbishop of Vercelli by Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia on 8 August 1817 and confirmed by Pope Pius VII on 1 October 1817 He died on 1 January 1830 Cappelletti XIV pp 422 425 Ritzler amp Sefrin VI p 338 VII pp 225 393 A native of Turin D Agennes had been Bishop of Alessandria Cappelletti XIV p 425 Archbishop Masseroni died on 30 September 2019 RINUNCE E NOMINE Sala Stampa in Italian 2014 02 27 Retrieved 2018 01 23 Source Parishes of the diocese of Vercelli retrieved 2016 10 02 Sources editEpiscopal lists edit Eubel Conradus ed 1913 Hierarchia catholica in Latin Vol I second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana Eubel Conradus ed 1914 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