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Roman Catholic Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato

January 29, 2023

The Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato (Latin: Dioecesis Spediensis-Sarzanensis-Brugnatensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Liguria, northern Italy, created in 1929. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato

Dioecesis Spediensis-Sarzanensis-Brugnatensis
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceGenoa
Statistics
Area881 km2 (340 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2016)
221,263
219,024 (98.8%)
Parishes186
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established5th century
CathedralCattedrale di Cristo Re (La Spezia)
Co-cathedralConcattedrale Basilica di S. Maria Assunta (Sarzana)
Cattedrale di S. Pietro, S. Lorenzo e S. Colombano (Brugnato)
Secular priests103 (diocesan)
30 (Religious Orders)
19 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLuigi Palletti
Map
Website
Diocesi della Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato

The historic diocese of Luni (earlier Luna) was united to the Diocese of Sarzana in 1465, and then to the Diocese of Brugnato in 1820, to form the current diocese; its name has been changed more than once.[1][2] The diocese of La Spezia was created on 12 January 1929 by Pope Pius XI, into which he incorporated the diocese of Luni-Sarzana and Brugnato. The title of Luni was dropped from the name of the diocese on 12 August 1975, which became La Spezia, Sarzana and Brugnato. The name was hyphenated in 1986. The name Luni has been reserved since 1975 as the title of a titular diocese.[3]

The current bishop is Msgr Luigi Palletti who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on October 20, 2012.

History

The Luni (Lunae) of the Ligurian coast is sometimes confused. It was the Luni (Luna) in Tuscany near Magra (Etruria annonaria), and another Luni (Luna) was located near Blera (Tuscania suburbicaria). An alleged early bishop of the 4th century (or the 7th) named Basilius has no documentary support. The same may be said of a Salorius (or Salarius).[4] A real Bishop Felix, who attended the Roman synod of Pope Hilarius belongs to c. 465.[5]

The episcopal see of Luni dates at least from the fifth century. In the late sixth century are found Bishop Terentius and Bishop Venantius, the recipient of a number of mandates of Gregory the Great. Under Bishop Felerandus, in the 8th century, the purported relic of the Blood of Christ is said to have been brought to Luni.

In 641 the town of Luni was attacked by the Lombard king Rothari, who had the houses, walls, and towers destroyed. The inhabitants fled.[6] When Rothari departed, the survivors returned and rebuilt, but in 849 the Saracens attacked and destroyed virtually everything. Recovery was assisted by the Carolingians and then the Ottonians. Bishop Ceccardus (860 or 892) was murdered by barbarians.[7] The Saracens returned in 1016 and again wrought complete devastation.[8] On 26 May 1133 Pope Innocent II removed the territory of Brugnato from the diocese of Luni and erected it into a separate diocese.[9]

Move to Sarzana

On 30 June 1183, the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa granted Bishop Pietro the county of Luni, the shoreline, and the port of Amelia (Ameglia).[10]

Bishop Walterius (1193–1212) and the magistrates of Sarzana engaged in extensive consultations to make explicit all of their mutual rights and obligations as the Bishop moved his official seat to Sarzana, where in fact the bishops had been living for some time. The pact was signed on 24 June 1201.[11] Bishop Walterius and the Canons of the Cathedral also negotiated a pact, which was approved by Pope Innocent III on 7 March 1202 in the bull In eminenti sedis.[12]

On 25 March 1204, Pope Innocent III confirmed the transfer of the seat of the diocese of Luni to the town of Sarzana.[13] In 1217, Pope Honorius III removed the territory of Porto Venere from the diocese of Luni and assigned it to Genoa.[14]

When Luni was abandoned, the episcopal see was fixed at Sarzana, then at Sarzanello, and finally at Castelnuovo.

In October 1254, Bishop Guglielmo approved the transfer to Nicolò Fieschi the castles of Tivegna and Castiglione, and the woods of Padivarmo; the grants were confirmed in the same month by Pope Innocent IV.[15] In June 1257, Pope Alexander IV authorized Cardinal Ottobono Fieschi of Genoa, the nephew of Pope Innocent IV (Fieschi), to act as judge in all pending and future cases involving litigation between the bishop of Luni and the commune of Sarzana. On 4 June 1259, the Podestà and councilors of Sarzana to represent them in litigation with the Bishop of Luni before Cardinal Ottobono. On 30 July 1260, Cardinal Ottobono found in favor of Bishop Marsucco (1213–1221).[16]

In 1306 Dante went to Sarzana, and succeeded in settling a dispute between Bishop Antonio Camulla and the Marchese Franceschino Malaspina, the most important of the diocese's vassals.[17] The poet's sojourn here inspired a few terzine of the Divine Comedy.

On 13 February 1355 Emperor Charles IV conferred on the bishops of Luni the title of prince of the Holy Roman Empire.[18] Antonio M. Parentuccelli (1495), a cousin of Pope Nicholas V, built the episcopal palace and the church of S. Maria delle Grazie.

Cathedral and Chapter

The original cathedral in Luni had been dedicated to the Virgin Mary. In December 1187, Pope Gregory VIII granted the petition of the Bishop and Canons of Luni to transfer the episcopal seat to Sarzana, but he died before the transaction could be completed. The transfer was finally accomplished with the consent of Innocent III in 1204.[19] The Cathedral church in Sarzana was dedicated to S. Basilio, and later to the Assumption of the Body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.

The Chapter of the Cathedral was composed of two dignities, the Archdeacon and the Provost, and twenty Canons. In addition, there was a Theological Prebend and a Penitentiary Prebend.[20] In 1709 there were only thirteen Canons; in 1757 there were fourteen.[21]

Synods

A diocesan synod was an irregular 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.

Bishop Thomas de Benedictis (1485–1497) presided over a diocesan synod in 1494.[22]

Cardinal Benedetto Lomellini (1565–1572) held a diocesan synod.[23] A synod was held by Bishop Giovanni Battista Bracelli (1572–1590) on 12 September 1582.[24] Bishop Giovanni Battista Salvago (1590–1632) held his first diocesan synod in 1591; at this synod association between Christians and Jews was prohibited, and it was demanded that Jews wear a garment of yellow (crocei coloris) to identify them.[25] His second synod took place in 1595,[26] and his third in 1596.

On 4 May 1642, Bishop Prospero Spínola (1637–1664) presided at a diocesan synod.[27] Bishop Giovanni Battista Spínola (1665–1694) held a diocesan synod on 8–10 April 1674.[28]

In 1702 Bishop Giovanni Girolamo Naselli (1695–1709) presided over a diocesan synod.[29] On 6–8 June 1717, Bishop Ambrogio Spinola (1710–1726) held a diocesan synod.[30]

Seminary

The Council of Trent, in its 23rd Session, meeting on 15 July 1563, issued a decree, the 18th chapter of which required that every diocese have a seminary for the training of clergy.[31]

On 6 September 1601, the Canons of the Cathedral named a representative to the committee to prepare the plans of the seminary which had been ordered by Bishop Salvago in his diocesan synod of 1595. It was erected on the north side of the cathedral property. In 1605 the Bishop was able to report to the pope that a seminary had been erected. In accordance with the decisions of his synod of 1717, Bishop Ambrogio Spinola repaired and enlarged the building. Bishop Francesco Agnini (1837–1853) erected the chapel and donated his library of 2,000 volumes.[32]

Nineteenth Century

In 1787 the diocese of Pontremoli, and in 1821 the diocese of Massa Ducale were separated from Luni-Sarzana, but the diocese of Brugnato, separated from Luni by Pope Innocent II in 1133, was added by Pope Pius VII on 25 November 1820 in the Bull Sollicita.[33] The diocese of Luni-Sarzana was directly subject to the Holy See, but Brugnato was a suffragan of Genoa.[34]

Pope Pius VI died in exile and imprisoned by the French Directory at Valence in August 1799. When the Directory had been overthrown, and in 1802, with the permission of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, the Pope's remains were being returned to Rome, the funeral cortege passed through Sarzana. On 2 February a solemn funeral Mass was sung in the Cathedral by Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Spina,[35] who had accompanied Pius throughout his ordeal.[36]

Bishops

Diocese of Luni

...
  • Victor (attested 503, 504)[37]
...
  • Venantius (attested 593–604)[38]
...
  • Thomas (attested 649)[39]
...
  • Severus (c. 680)
...
  • Fileradus (attested 769)
...
  • Petroaldus (attested 826)
...
  • Teudolasius (attested 867)[40]
  • Gualterius (attested 881)[41]
  • Cecardus (c. 892–c. 895)[42]
  • Odelbertus (c. 899–941)[43]
...
  • Adalbertus (attested 950, 963, 968)[44]
  • Gotefredus (c. 976, 981, 998)[45]
...
  • Guido (c. 1020–after 1027)[46]
  • Deodatus (c. 1027–1033)[47]
  • Heribertus (attested 1039)[48]
  • Guido (attested 1055, 1060, 1076, 1078)[49]
  • ? Lazzaro (attested 1085)[50]
  • Filippo (attested 1095, 1096)[51]
  • Andreas (attested 1124)[52]
  • Filippo
  • Gotefredus (1129–1156)[53]
  • Raimundus (attested 1168)[54]
  • Pipinus de Arrighis (attested 1170, 1173, 1174, 1176)[55]
  • Petrus (attested 1178–1183)[56]
  • Rolandus (attested 1191)[57]
  • Gualterius (1193–1212)[58]
  • Marsucco (1213–1221)[59]
  • Noradinus (1221–1224)[60]
  • Buttafava (1224-1228)[61]
  • Guglielmo (1228–1270)[62]
  • Gotifredus (1271–1273)[63]
  • Henricus de Fucecchio (1273–1297)[64]
  • Antonio Camulla (1297–1309)[65]
Sede vacante (1309–1312)
  • Gerardino Malaspina (1312–1320)[66]
  • Bernabo Malaspina (1320–1338)[67]
  • Antonio Fieschi (1338–1343)
  • Agapito Colonna (1344)
  • Giordano Colonna (1344–1351)
  • Gabriele Malaspina (1351–1359?)[68]
  • Barnabas Griffi (1363–1378)[69]
  • Jacobus Campana, O.P. (1378-1380)[70]
  • Jacobus Piccolomini
  • Gerardus Pasqualoni
  • Francesco Lante, O.Min.
  • Martino de Ferrari
  • Giovanni Montino
  • Andrea, O.P.
  • Giacomo de Rossi
  • Francesco Pietrasanta Manfredi (1415–1465)[71]

Diocese of Luni e Sarzana

Diocese of Luni, Sarzana e Brugnato

 
Brugnato Cathedral

United: 25 November 1820 with the Diocese of Brugnato

  • Pio Luigi Scarabelli, C.M. (1820–1836)[85]
  • Francesco Agnini (19 May 1837 Confirmed – 8 Mar 1853 Died)[86]
  • Giuseppe Rosati (22 Feb 1867 – 5 Sep 1881 Died)[87]
  • Giacinto Rossi, O.P. (18 Nov 1881 – 29 Jan 1899 Died)
  • Giovanni Carli (19 Jun 1899 – 5 Jan 1921 Died)
  • Bernardo Pizzorno (7 Mar 1921 – 6 Aug 1926 Died)

Diocese of Luni o La Spezia, Sarzana e Brugnato

Name Changed: 12 January 1929
Latin Name: Lunensis o Spediensis, Sarzanensis, et Brugnatensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Genoa

  • Giovanni Costantini (8 Feb 1929 – 26 Jul 1943 Resigned)
  • Giuseppe Stella (7 Sep 1945 – 3 Sep 1975 Retired)
  • Siro Silvestri (3 Sep 1975 – 7 Dec 1989 Retired)
  • Giulio Sanguineti (7 Dec 1989 – 19 Dec 1998 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
  • Bassano Staffieri (10 Jul 1999 – 6 Dec 2007 Retired)[88]
  • Francesco Moraglia (6 Dec 2007 – 31 Jan 2012 Appointed, Patriarch of Venice)
  • Luigi Ernesto Palletti (20 Oct 2012 – )[89]

Parishes

The diocese has 186 parishes, all within the Province of La Spezia in Liguria.[90]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 26, 2016.[self-published source]
  2. ^ "Diocese of La Spezia–Sarzana–Brugnato" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 26, 2016.[self-published source]
  3. ^ Acta Apostolica Sedis LXVII (Città del Vaticano: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1975), p. 558. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Luni: (Titular See)"; retrieved: 2018-01-07.[self-published source]
  4. ^ Semeria, pp. 13-14. Lanzoni, p. 586.
  5. ^ The question is whether he was Bishop of Luni (Lunensis) or Lucca (Lucensis). Ughelli opts for the latter; Semeria, p. 14, for the former.
  6. ^ Semeria, II, p. 4.
  7. ^ Semerio, p. 28. Cappelletti, p. 434.
  8. ^ Semeria, pp. 4-5. Cappelletti, p. 422.
  9. ^ Cappelletti, pp. 464-466, quoting the bull of Innocent II in its entirety.
  10. ^ Gentile, pp. 350-351 no. 369.
  11. ^ Gentile, p. 100-106 no. 64.
  12. ^ Ughelli, I, p. 850. Giovanni Battista Pittoni (1722). Constitutiones pontificiae et Romanarum congregationum decisiones ad canonicos utriusque ecclesiae cathedralis scilicet & collegiatae spectantes. Jo. Baptista Pittono sacerdote Veneto collectore (in Latin). Venice: Leonardus Pittonus collectoris pater. pp. 11-12.
  13. ^ A. Potthast, Regesta pontificum Romanorum Vol. I (Berlin: De Decker 1874), p. 187, no. 2161. Kehr, p. 373.
  14. ^ Cappelletti, p. 426.
  15. ^ Gentile, nos. 485-486.
  16. ^ Gentile, p. 52-54, nos. 36-39.
  17. ^ Barbara Reynolds (2013). Dante: The Poet, the Thinker, the Man. London: I.B.Tauris. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-0-85772-203-4.
  18. ^ Semeria, p. 7.
  19. ^ Kehr, pp. 382 and 383 no. 9.
  20. ^ Ughelli, I, p. 833. Cappelletti, p. 446. Kehr, p. 383 no. 10.
  21. ^ Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 250 note 1; VI, p. 269 note 1.
  22. ^ Constitutiones Episcopatus Lunensis Sarzanensis quas magna cura summaque diligentia Rev. D. Thomas de Benettis de Sarzana eiusdem dicecesis episcopus et comes imprimi iassit Pisa, typis Ugonis Ruggerii, MCCCCXCIIII.
  23. ^ Constitutiones et decreta condita in diocesana Synodo Lunen. Sarzanen. sub lll.mo et Rev.mo D. Benedicto Lomellino . . . cardinali. Genua: apud Antonium Bellonum, 1580. (in Latin)
  24. ^ Constitutiones edita, et promulgata in Synodo diacesana Lunen. Sarzanen. quam ... Joan. Baptista Bracellius ... episcopus lunen sarzanen. et comes, habuit anno MDLXXXII, die xij Septemb.. Luca: apud Vincentium Busdrachium I584.
  25. ^ Diocesi, Luni-Sarzana (1619). Constitutiones Lunensis, Sarzanensis, dioecesis, quas habitis synodis frequentibus tribus illustrissimus, ac reuerendissimus dominus Io. Baptista Saluagus Lunen. Sarzan. episcopus, & comes tulit, et demum in vnum codicem ad cleri sui commodiorem vsum referri mandauit: 1 (in Latin). Lucca.
  26. ^ Constitutiones Lunensis, Sarzanensis, dioecesis, quas habitis synodis frequentibus tribus illustrissimus, ac reuerendissimus dominus Io. Baptista Saluagus Lunen. Sarzan. episcopus, & comes tulit, et demum in vnum codicem ad cleri sui commodiorem vsum referri mandauit: Constitutiones synodi secundae per illustrissimum, ac reuerendiss. D. Ioan. Baptistam Saluagum ... anno 1595 (in Latin). Lucca: apud Octauianum Guidobonum, et Balthasarem de Iudicibus. 1618.
  27. ^ Constitutiones synodales ah Ill.m° et Rever.mo D. D. Prospero Spinula Lunensi Sarzanensi episcopo et comite edita . . . die IV Mai, M-DC- XLII. Massa: Typis Francisci delle Dote, M-DC- XLIl. (in Latin)
  28. ^ Constitutiones et decreta synodalia ab . . . Jo. Baptista Spinula Sancta Lunen. Sarzanen. Ecclesia episcopo etc., in Dicecesana Synodo habita . . . diebus octava, nona et decima Aprilis 1674. Massa: Typis Hieronymi Marini, 1674. (in Latin)
  29. ^ Constitutiones synodales ab Jo. Hieronymo Nasello Sancta Lunensis Sarzanensis ... Ecclesia episcopo et comite edita et celebrata, anno 1702. Parma: typis Rossetti, MDCCII. (in Latin)
  30. ^ Constitutiones synodales ab Illustrissimo et Reverendissimo D. D. Am brosio Spinula . . . Sarzanensis Ecclesia episcopo et comite edita ... die sexta, septima et octava Junii anni 1717. Massa: Typis Peregrini Frediani, 1717. (in Latin)
  31. ^ Gaetano Moroni (ed.), Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, Volume LXXIX (Venezia: Tipografia Emiliana 1856), pp. 340-341.
  32. ^ Diocesi della Spazia-Sarzaba-Brugnato, Seminario Vescovile; retrieved 07-06-2018. (in Italian)
  33. ^ Andrea Barberi; Rainaldus Secreti, eds. (1835). Bullarii Romani continuatio (in Latin). Vol. Tomus decimus quintus (15). Rome: ex typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae. pp. 349–351. The editors mistakenly date the bull to 8 December 1820, reading Idus where the bull actually says Kalendas.
  34. ^ Umberto Benigni (1910), "Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato," The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9 (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 19100; retrieved: 1 Jul. 2018.
  35. ^ Spinola had been Pius VI's Majordomo, and was Pius VII's Nuncio in Paris. When he was leading the funeral cortege, he was already a cardinal, though his name had not yet been made public (It was being held in pectore).
  36. ^ Pietro Baldassari (1843). Relazione delle avversità e patimenti del ... Papa Pio VI negli ultimi tre anni del suo pontificato ... Edizione seconda corretta ed aumentata (in Italian). Vol. IV (Edizione seconda corretta ed aumentata ed.). Modena: Reale Tipografia. p. 266. Gaetano Moroni, ed. (1853). Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica (in Italian). Vol. LXI. Venice: dalla Tipografia Emiliana. p. 223.
  37. ^ Victor was present at the III Roman synod of Pope Symmachus in 503, and the IV Roman synod of 504. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus VIII (Florence: Zatta 1762), pp. 252, 269. Ughelli, p. 834. Semeria, p. 14.
  38. ^ Venantius: Ughelli, I, p. 834. Semeria, pp. 16-23. Gams, p. 817 column 1. Istoria di san Venanzio vescovo di Luni, titolare della chiesa parrocchiale e patrono di Albacina (in Italian). Jesi: Tip. f.lli Ruzzini. 1873. Lanzoni, p. 588, no. 3.
  39. ^ Thomas attended a council of Pope Martin I in 649. Kehr, p. 373.
  40. ^ Ughelli, I, p. 835. Semeria, p. 27.
  41. ^ Walcherius was killed by the Normans. Semeria, pp. 27-28. Kehr, p. 377, nos. 11-12.
  42. ^ Semeria, p. 28. Gams, p. 817 column 1.
  43. ^ On 24 May 900, King Berengar I of Italy confirmed the rights and privileges of the Church of Luni for Bishop Odelbertus. Ughelli, pp. 835-836. Gentile, pp. 21-23 no. 17.
  44. ^ Bishop Adalbertus was the recipient of a gift of land in January 950. He was the beneficiary of a diploma of the Emperor Otto I of 10 May 963. In the spring of 968 he was present at the synod of Ravenna. Ughelli, pp. 836-837. Semeria, pp. 30-31. Schwartz, p. 215. Gentile, pp. 147-149 no. 441.
  45. ^ Gotefredus was not transferred from Brescia. Gotefredus of Brescia was a separate contemporary bishop. His date of death is controversial, perhaps 998 or later. Ughelli, pp. 837-839. Semeria, pp. 31–32. Schwartz, p. 215.
  46. ^ Guidone is called Veridone or Vidone by Semeria. Schwartz rejects Cappelletti's (p. 436) fanciful date of 1016. Bishop Guido attended the Synod of Rome on 10 April 1027. Ughelli, pp. 840-841. Semeria, pp. 33–34. Schwartz, p. 215.
  47. ^ Deodatus subscribed a bull of Pope John XIX. P. Jaffe (ed. S. Loewenfeld), Regesta Pontificum Romanorum I, edito altera (Leipzig: Veit 1885), p. 519 no. 4101. Schwartz, p. 215.
  48. ^ Heribertus issued a document for the people of Trebbiano on 6 November 1039. Semeria, p. 34. Schwartz, p. 215. Gentile, no. 488.
  49. ^ A complaint was lodged against Bishop Guido in the presence of Pope Nicholas II in April 1060. Kehr, p. 377 no. 13. In 1055, Bishop Wido appeared in the court of Emperor Henry III: Gentile, p. 269, no. 296; no. 225; no. 449.
  50. ^ Lazzaro: Kehr, p. 373. Schwartz, p. 216.
  51. ^ Filippo was present at the synod of Piacenza of [Pope Urban II] in March 1095. Schwartz, p. 216.
  52. ^ Andreas: Ughelli, pp. 841-844. Semeria, pp. 36-37. Schwartz, p. 216.
  53. ^ On 3 December 1151, Bishop Gotefredus granted the church of S. Andrea in Carrara to S. Frediano in Lucca. Gentile, no. 326. Semeria, pp. 39-41, dates Bishop Gotefredus between 1135 and 1159. Gams, p. 817 column 1, places him between 1137 and 1158.
  54. ^ In February 1168 Bishop-elect Raimundus received the fealty of the Lords of Buzano. Gentile, pp. 283-284, no. 304.
  55. ^ On 2 August 1170 Bishop Pipin granted the Consuls of Sarzana to move a burgo A native of Pisa, Bishop Pipinus was rebuked by Pope Alexander III in 1173 for favoring the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa's design to detach Porto Venere from the control of Genoa and hand it over to Pisa. on 11 February 1174, the consuls of the borgo of Aulla swore fealty to Bishop Pipin. In 1176 Bishop Pipin granted a plot of land in Casale for the erection of the monastery of S. Croce. Ughelli, p. 846. Kehr, p. 380 no. 28. Gentile, nos. 61, 533, and 542.
  56. ^ In October 1178 a controversy between Bishop Petrus Petrus was present at the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179. Ughelli, p. 846, with the note; 846-850. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXII (Venice: Antonius Zatta 1778) p. 214. Semeria, pp. 43-45. Kehr, pp. 381-382, nos. 29-33.
  57. ^ Ughelli, p. 850. Semeria, p. 46 (copying Ughelli).
  58. ^ Gualterius: Semeria, pp. 46-50. Gams, p. 817 column 2.
  59. ^ Marsucco (Marsuchio): Semeria, pp. 50-53. Gams, p. 817 column 2.
  60. ^ Noradinus: Semeria, pp. 53-54. Gams, p. 817 column 2.
  61. ^ Buttafava: Semeria, pp. 54-55. Gams, p. 817 column 2.
  62. ^ Guglielmo: Semeria, pp. 55-59. Gams, p. 817 column 2.
  63. ^ Godefredus: Cappelletti, p. 448. Eubel, I, p. 317.
  64. ^ Henricus: Eubel, I, p. 317 with note 4.
  65. ^ Antonio: Semeria, pp. 64-65. Eubel, I, p. 317.
  66. ^ Gerardino was the second son of Alberto Malaspina, Marchese di Filattera. There was a disputed election among the Canons of the Cathedral. After a long delay, the choice of Gerardino was imposed by Pope Clement V on 9 May 1312. On 1 January 1318 Gerardino was still Bishop-elect. Semeria, pp. 66-67. Eubel, I, p. 317 with note 5.
  67. ^ Bernabo Malaspina had been Primicerius in the Cathedral Chapter of Verdun, and was in minor orders. He was appointed Bishop of Luni by Pope John XXII on 20 August 1320, in the vacancy caused by the death of Bishop Gerardino Malaspina. He was killed by the Pisans through poison, according to Giovanni Villani, Cronaca Book XII, chapter 25. G. Mollat, Jean XXII: Lettres communes Tome III (Paris: Fontemoing 1906) p. 142 no. 11932. Ughelli, I, p. 854. Semeria, pp. 68-71. Eubel, I, p. 318. Gams, p. 817 column 2, gives the obsolete dates of 1322 to 1338.
  68. ^ Semeria states, p. 74, that Malaspina died in 1359. Hence, Gams, p. 817.
  69. ^ Barnabas was transferred to the diocese of Penne on 31 January 1374, but continued to hold Luni as Administrator. He was transferred to the diocese of Pisa in 1380. Semeria, pp. 75-77. Eubel, I, pp. 318, 394.
  70. ^ Giacomo, called Jacobus Tura (Scottini) by Eubel, was a native of Siena, and had been Archbishop of Trani (1352–1378). He resigned the diocese of Luni in 1380 and retired to the Dominican convent in Siena. Semeria, pp. 78-79. Eubel, I, p. 318.
  71. ^ Francesco was appointed by John XXIII on 6 March 1415. He died in 1465. Gams, p. 817 (who indicates that he was in possession of the diocese on 29 April 1414). Eubel, I, p. 318; II, p. 182.
  72. ^ Tommaso Benedetti: Eubel, II, p. 182.
  73. ^ Silvestro Benedetti was a native of Pisa, and the nephew of Tommaso de Benedetti, He studied Canon Law. He was a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Luni e Sarzana, and was named Bishop of Luni e Sarzana on 28 April 1497 by Pope Alexander VI. Semeria, p. 92, remarks that in his long tenure he never accomplished anything noteworthy. He died in 1537. Eubel, II, p. 182 with note 2. Armando Felice Verde (1977). Lo Studio fiorentino, 1473-1503: Studenti Fanciulli a scuola nel 1480. Volume 3, Issue 2 of Lo Studio fiorentino, 1473-1503: Ricerche e documenti (in Italian). Firenze: Istituto nazionale di studi sul Rinascimento/Olschi. p. 888.
  74. ^ Pogliasca was a native of Genoa, and had an education in the law. He was appointed a Referendary (judge) of the Two Signatures by Pope Julius II, and was later given the office of Master of the Ospedale di Santo Sprito in Rome. He was also Regent of the Papal Chancery. He was appointed Bishop of Luna e La Spezia by Pope Paul III on 28 November 1537. In 1550 he was compelled to appear in Rome to answer charges of avarice which had been laid against him, instigated by Canon Landinelli and several other Canons in a seven-year-long dispute over finances. But on 17 May Pope Julius III permitted him to return to his diocese. On 11 October 1557, however, charges were laid against him for simony at the Office of the Holy Roman Inquisition. He died in 1561. Semeria, p. 93. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 231. Marzia Ratti (2001). Antonio Carpenino e il restauro della Pala degli Agostiniani. Restauri e restituzioni, 1. (in Italian). Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana. pp. 29–30. ISBN 9788882153243.
  75. ^ "Bishop Giovanni Battista Bracelli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  76. ^ Domenico Spinola was born in Genoa. He had been a cleric of the Apostolic Camera (Papal Treasury), and then Auditor. He served as Vice-Legate in Viterbo. He was appointed a cardinal on 26 April 1626. He was named Archbishop of Acerenza and Matera in 1630. He was transferred to the diocese of Luni e Sarzana on 26 April 1632 by Pope Urban VIII, and took possession of the See on 28 September 1632. He was transferred to the diocese of Mazara del Vallo, with the addition of the personal title of Archbishop, on 1 December 1636. He died in Mazara in 1649. Semeria, pp. 101-102. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 20 no. 13; 67 with note 7; 226 with note 2.
  77. ^ Prospero Spinola held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law). He served in the Roman Curia as Referendary (judge) of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures of Justice and Mercy, and was then Vice-Legate of the papal government in Bologna, at a time when Bologna was stricken with plague. Pope Urban VIII appointed him Bishop of Luni e Sarzana on 7 September 1637. During his episcopate the diocese was several times devastated by wars, and in 1648, by a severe famine. In 1657 there was plague, and in 1660 a plague of locusts. He died on 17 July 1664. Cappelletti, p. 469. Semeria, pp. 104-105. Gauchat, p. 226 with note 3.
  78. ^ Born in Genoa, Giovanni Battista Spinola was the nephew of Bishop Prospero Spinola. He was a papal Referendary like his uncle, and he too had been a papal governor, of Fabriano and of San Severino, and was then Vice-Legate of Ravenna. He was appointed Bishop of Luni e Sarzana by Pope Alexander VII on 22 April 1665, and took possession of the diocese on 13 August. In 1674 he held a diocesan synod, and in 1686 he was appointed Apostolic Visitor of the island of Sardinia. He was appointed Archbishop of Genoa by Pope Innocent XII on 13 September 1694. He died on 7 January 1705. Cappelletti, p. 469. Semeria, pp. 104-105. Gauchat, p. 226 with note 4. Cappelletti, p. 469. Semeria, pp. 104-105. Ritzler-Sefrin Hierarchia catholica V, p. 155.
  79. ^ Born of a noble family in Savona, Naselli was transferred from the diocese of Ventimiglia (1685–1695) to the diocese of Luni e Sarzana on 7 February 1695 by Pope Innocent XII. He died on 10 August 1709. Semeria, p. 105. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 250 with note 2.
  80. ^ Ambrogio Spinola: Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 250 with note 3.
  81. ^ Della Torre: Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 250 with note 4.
  82. ^ Lomellino was born in Genoa in 1701. He taught philosophy and theology to junior members of his Congregation. He served as Provincial and then as Praepositus General of his Congregation, and lecturer at the Sapienza in Rome. He was appointed bishop of Luni and Sarzana in Consistory by Pope Benedict XIV on 23 May 1757, and was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Giorgio Doria on 30 May. He conducted three visitations of the parishes in the diocese. He engaged in lively controversies with the Senate and magistrates of Genoa. He died on 24 February 1791. Semeria, pp. 107-110. Cappelletti, pp. 460-462. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 269 with note 2.
  83. ^ Gentile was born at Vulturi in the diocese of Genoa in 1720, son of a Genoese patrician. He obtained the degree Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) from the Sapienza in Rome. He had previously been Bishop of Brugnato (1767–1791). He was transferred to the diocese of Luni e Sarzana on 26 September 1791 by Pope Pius VI. He resigned the diocese on 17 September 1795. Semeria, pp. 107-110. Cappelletti, pp. 462- Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, pp. 132 with note 4; 269 with note 3.
  84. ^ Vincenzo Maria was born Agostino Maria Maggioli of aristocratic parents in Genoa in 1752. He held the degree of master of theology (1794). He had lectured in philosophy and theology in the convents of his Order, and served four years as Prior of S. Maria de Castello in Genoa. He was appointed Bishop of Luni e Sarzana on 22 September 1795, and was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 27 September by Cardinal G.-B. Caprara. With the coming of the revolution in Genoa that brought about the Ligurian Republic in 1797, Maggioli was identified as 'excessively aristocratic' and fled from Sarzana, eventually arriving in Rome. With Roman influence the Napoleonic government of Genoa was mollified, and he was transferred to the diocese of Savona) on 24 September 1804. He died there on 19 January 1820. Semeria, p. 111. Cappelletti, pp. 462-463. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 269 with note 4.
  85. ^ Scarabelli was nominated by Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia on 24 June 1820, and preconised (approved) by Pope Pius VII on 2 October 1820. He was consecrated a bishop on 17 December by his Metropolitan, Luigi Lambruschini, Archbishop of Genoa. Having become an octogenarian, he asked permission of King Carlo Felice and Pope Gregory XVI to resign, and on 26 April 1836 his resignation was accepted. Semeria, II, pp. 113-116. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 246.
  86. ^ Agnini: Semeria, pp. 116-117. Ritzler-Sefrin, VII, p. 246.
  87. ^ Rosati: Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, p. 355.
  88. ^ Bishop Staffieri was born at Casalpusterlengo in the diocese of Lodi in 1931. He was appointed Bishop of Carpi on 11 July 1989, and was consecrated a bishop on 9 September 1989. He was transferred to the diocese of La Spazia-Sarzana-Brugnato on 10 July 1999 by Pope John Paul II. He retired on 6 December 2007, and was named Bishop Emeritus on 1 March 2008. Diocesi della Spazia-Sarzaba-Brugnato, Il vescovo emerito; retrieved 07-04-2018. (in Italian) He died on 31 July 2018: La Stampa, "È morto Bassano Staffieri, vescovo emerito della Spezia"; retrieved: 08-02-2018. (in Italian)
  89. ^ Palletti was born in Genoa in 1956, and holds a diploma in the pianoforte from the Nicolò Paganini Conservatory of Music. He served in Genoa after his ordination as a parish curate and hospital chaplain. From 1995 he was confessor at the diocesan seminary of Genoa. In 1998 he was appointed a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter. He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Genoa on 18 December 2004, and for that purpose named titular Bishop of Fondi; his consecration took place on 16 January 2005, at the hands of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa. He was named Archdiocesan Chancellor. He was transferred to the diocese of La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato on 20 october 2012. Diocesi della Spazia-Sarzaba-Brugnato, Il vescovo; retrieved 07-04-2018. (in Italian)
  90. ^ Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, retrieved 2008-03-14.

Books

Reference works for bishops

  • Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 817–818. (Use with caution; obsolete)
  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
  • Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  • Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi sive summorum pontificum, S. R. E. cardinalium, ecclesiarum antistitum series... A pontificatu Pii PP. VII (1800) usque ad pontificatum Gregorii PP. XVI (1846) (in Latin). Vol. VII. Monasterii: Libr. Regensburgiana.
  • Remigius Ritzler; Pirminus Sefrin (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi... A Pontificatu PII PP. IX (1846) usque ad Pontificatum Leonis PP. XIII (1903) (in Latin). Vol. VIII. Il Messaggero di S. Antonio.
  • Pięta, Zenon (2002). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi... A pontificatu Pii PP. X (1903) usque ad pontificatum Benedictii PP. XV (1922) (in Latin). Vol. IX. Padua: Messagero di San Antonio. ISBN 978-88-250-1000-8.

Studies

  • Callegari, Domenico (1866). Memoria storica della diocesi di Luni-Sarzana (in Italian). Pisa: Stamperia Valenti.
  • Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1857). Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. decimoterzo (13). Venezia: Giuseppe Antonelli. pp. 422–486.
  • Gentile, Michele Lupo (1912). Il Regesto del Codice Pelavicino in: Atti della Società ligure di storia patria, Vol. XLIV (Genova 1912).
  • Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1914). Italia pontificia : sive, Repertorium privilegiorum et litterarum a romanis pontificibus ante annum 1598 Italiae ecclesiis, monasteriis, civitatibus singulisque personis concessorum. Vol. VI. pars ii. Berolini: Weidmann. pp. 373–392. (in Latin)
  • Lallai, Mariano (2015). La diocesi di Lucca. Da Luni a Massa Carrara-Pontremoli. Il divenire di una diocesi fra Toscana e Liguria dal IV al XXI secolo (in Italian). Massa: Lallai Mariano. ISBN 9788894050608.[self-published source]
  • Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 586–589. (in Italian)
  • Schwartz, Gerhard (1907). Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern: mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951-1122. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner. (in German)
  • Semeria, Giovanni Battista (1843). Secoli cristiani della Liguria, ossia, Storia della metropolitana di Genova, delle diocesi di Sarzana, di Brugnato, Savona, Noli, Albegna e Ventimiglia (in Italian). Vol. I. Torino: Tip. Chirio e Mina. Volume II. [II, pp. 2–156; 156-159; 159-184]
  • Ughelli, Ferdinando (1717). Niccolò Coleti (ed.). Italia sacra sive De episcopis Italiæ, et insularum adjacentium (in Latin) (nova ed.). apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 833–856. [Luni and Sarzana]
  • Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolo (1719). Italia sacra, sive de episcopis Italiae et insularum adjacentium (in Latin). Vol. Tomus quartus (4) (2nd ed.). Venice: Apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 979–998. [Brugnato]
  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Luni-Sarzana-Brugnato". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

January 29, 2023
roman, catholic, diocese, spezia, sarzana, brugnato, diocese, spezia, sarzana, brugnato, latin, dioecesis, spediensis, sarzanensis, brugnatensis, roman, catholic, ecclesiastical, territory, liguria, northern, italy, created, 1929, suffragan, archdiocese, genoa. The Diocese of La Spezia Sarzana Brugnato Latin Dioecesis Spediensis Sarzanensis Brugnatensis is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Liguria northern Italy created in 1929 It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa Diocese of La Spezia Sarzana BrugnatoDioecesis Spediensis Sarzanensis BrugnatensisLa Spezia CathedralLocationCountryItalyEcclesiastical provinceGenoaStatisticsArea881 km2 340 sq mi Population Total Catholics including non members as of 2016 221 263219 024 98 8 Parishes186InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished5th centuryCathedralCattedrale di Cristo Re La Spezia Co cathedralConcattedrale Basilica di S Maria Assunta Sarzana Cattedrale di S Pietro S Lorenzo e S Colombano Brugnato Secular priests103 diocesan 30 Religious Orders 19 Permanent DeaconsCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopLuigi PallettiMapWebsiteDiocesi della Spezia Sarzana BrugnatoThe historic diocese of Luni earlier Luna was united to the Diocese of Sarzana in 1465 and then to the Diocese of Brugnato in 1820 to form the current diocese its name has been changed more than once 1 2 The diocese of La Spezia was created on 12 January 1929 by Pope Pius XI into which he incorporated the diocese of Luni Sarzana and Brugnato The title of Luni was dropped from the name of the diocese on 12 August 1975 which became La Spezia Sarzana and Brugnato The name was hyphenated in 1986 The name Luni has been reserved since 1975 as the title of a titular diocese 3 The current bishop is Msgr Luigi Palletti who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on October 20 2012 Contents 1 History 1 1 Move to Sarzana 1 2 Cathedral and Chapter 1 3 Synods 1 4 Seminary 1 5 Nineteenth Century 2 Bishops 2 1 Diocese of Luni 2 2 Diocese of Luni e Sarzana 2 3 Diocese of Luni Sarzana e Brugnato 2 4 Diocese of Luni o La Spezia Sarzana e Brugnato 3 Parishes 4 See also 5 Notes and references 6 Books 6 1 Reference works for bishops 6 2 StudiesHistory EditThe Luni Lunae of the Ligurian coast is sometimes confused It was the Luni Luna in Tuscany near Magra Etruria annonaria and another Luni Luna was located near Blera Tuscania suburbicaria An alleged early bishop of the 4th century or the 7th named Basilius has no documentary support The same may be said of a Salorius or Salarius 4 A real Bishop Felix who attended the Roman synod of Pope Hilarius belongs to c 465 5 The episcopal see of Luni dates at least from the fifth century In the late sixth century are found Bishop Terentius and Bishop Venantius the recipient of a number of mandates of Gregory the Great Under Bishop Felerandus in the 8th century the purported relic of the Blood of Christ is said to have been brought to Luni In 641 the town of Luni was attacked by the Lombard king Rothari who had the houses walls and towers destroyed The inhabitants fled 6 When Rothari departed the survivors returned and rebuilt but in 849 the Saracens attacked and destroyed virtually everything Recovery was assisted by the Carolingians and then the Ottonians Bishop Ceccardus 860 or 892 was murdered by barbarians 7 The Saracens returned in 1016 and again wrought complete devastation 8 On 26 May 1133 Pope Innocent II removed the territory of Brugnato from the diocese of Luni and erected it into a separate diocese 9 Move to Sarzana Edit On 30 June 1183 the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa granted Bishop Pietro the county of Luni the shoreline and the port of Amelia Ameglia 10 Bishop Walterius 1193 1212 and the magistrates of Sarzana engaged in extensive consultations to make explicit all of their mutual rights and obligations as the Bishop moved his official seat to Sarzana where in fact the bishops had been living for some time The pact was signed on 24 June 1201 11 Bishop Walterius and the Canons of the Cathedral also negotiated a pact which was approved by Pope Innocent III on 7 March 1202 in the bull In eminenti sedis 12 On 25 March 1204 Pope Innocent III confirmed the transfer of the seat of the diocese of Luni to the town of Sarzana 13 In 1217 Pope Honorius III removed the territory of Porto Venere from the diocese of Luni and assigned it to Genoa 14 When Luni was abandoned the episcopal see was fixed at Sarzana then at Sarzanello and finally at Castelnuovo In October 1254 Bishop Guglielmo approved the transfer to Nicolo Fieschi the castles of Tivegna and Castiglione and the woods of Padivarmo the grants were confirmed in the same month by Pope Innocent IV 15 In June 1257 Pope Alexander IV authorized Cardinal Ottobono Fieschi of Genoa the nephew of Pope Innocent IV Fieschi to act as judge in all pending and future cases involving litigation between the bishop of Luni and the commune of Sarzana On 4 June 1259 the Podesta and councilors of Sarzana to represent them in litigation with the Bishop of Luni before Cardinal Ottobono On 30 July 1260 Cardinal Ottobono found in favor of Bishop Marsucco 1213 1221 16 In 1306 Dante went to Sarzana and succeeded in settling a dispute between Bishop Antonio Camulla and the Marchese Franceschino Malaspina the most important of the diocese s vassals 17 The poet s sojourn here inspired a few terzine of the Divine Comedy On 13 February 1355 Emperor Charles IV conferred on the bishops of Luni the title of prince of the Holy Roman Empire 18 Antonio M Parentuccelli 1495 a cousin of Pope Nicholas V built the episcopal palace and the church of S Maria delle Grazie Cathedral and Chapter Edit The original cathedral in Luni had been dedicated to the Virgin Mary In December 1187 Pope Gregory VIII granted the petition of the Bishop and Canons of Luni to transfer the episcopal seat to Sarzana but he died before the transaction could be completed The transfer was finally accomplished with the consent of Innocent III in 1204 19 The Cathedral church in Sarzana was dedicated to S Basilio and later to the Assumption of the Body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven The Chapter of the Cathedral was composed of two dignities the Archdeacon and the Provost and twenty Canons In addition there was a Theological Prebend and a Penitentiary Prebend 20 In 1709 there were only thirteen Canons in 1757 there were fourteen 21 Synods Edit A diocesan synod was an irregular 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 Bishop Thomas de Benedictis 1485 1497 presided over a diocesan synod in 1494 22 Cardinal Benedetto Lomellini 1565 1572 held a diocesan synod 23 A synod was held by Bishop Giovanni Battista Bracelli 1572 1590 on 12 September 1582 24 Bishop Giovanni Battista Salvago 1590 1632 held his first diocesan synod in 1591 at this synod association between Christians and Jews was prohibited and it was demanded that Jews wear a garment of yellow crocei coloris to identify them 25 His second synod took place in 1595 26 and his third in 1596 On 4 May 1642 Bishop Prospero Spinola 1637 1664 presided at a diocesan synod 27 Bishop Giovanni Battista Spinola 1665 1694 held a diocesan synod on 8 10 April 1674 28 In 1702 Bishop Giovanni Girolamo Naselli 1695 1709 presided over a diocesan synod 29 On 6 8 June 1717 Bishop Ambrogio Spinola 1710 1726 held a diocesan synod 30 Seminary Edit The Council of Trent in its 23rd Session meeting on 15 July 1563 issued a decree the 18th chapter of which required that every diocese have a seminary for the training of clergy 31 On 6 September 1601 the Canons of the Cathedral named a representative to the committee to prepare the plans of the seminary which had been ordered by Bishop Salvago in his diocesan synod of 1595 It was erected on the north side of the cathedral property In 1605 the Bishop was able to report to the pope that a seminary had been erected In accordance with the decisions of his synod of 1717 Bishop Ambrogio Spinola repaired and enlarged the building Bishop Francesco Agnini 1837 1853 erected the chapel and donated his library of 2 000 volumes 32 Nineteenth Century Edit In 1787 the diocese of Pontremoli and in 1821 the diocese of Massa Ducale were separated from Luni Sarzana but the diocese of Brugnato separated from Luni by Pope Innocent II in 1133 was added by Pope Pius VII on 25 November 1820 in the Bull Sollicita 33 The diocese of Luni Sarzana was directly subject to the Holy See but Brugnato was a suffragan of Genoa 34 Pope Pius VI died in exile and imprisoned by the French Directory at Valence in August 1799 When the Directory had been overthrown and in 1802 with the permission of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte the Pope s remains were being returned to Rome the funeral cortege passed through Sarzana On 2 February a solemn funeral Mass was sung in the Cathedral by Archbishop Giuseppe Maria Spina 35 who had accompanied Pius throughout his ordeal 36 Bishops EditDiocese of Luni Edit Victor attested 503 504 37 Venantius attested 593 604 38 Thomas attested 649 39 Severus c 680 Fileradus attested 769 Petroaldus attested 826 Teudolasius attested 867 40 Gualterius attested 881 41 Cecardus c 892 c 895 42 Odelbertus c 899 941 43 Adalbertus attested 950 963 968 44 Gotefredus c 976 981 998 45 Guido c 1020 after 1027 46 Deodatus c 1027 1033 47 Heribertus attested 1039 48 Guido attested 1055 1060 1076 1078 49 Lazzaro attested 1085 50 Filippo attested 1095 1096 51 Andreas attested 1124 52 Filippo Gotefredus 1129 1156 53 Raimundus attested 1168 54 Pipinus de Arrighis attested 1170 1173 1174 1176 55 Petrus attested 1178 1183 56 Rolandus attested 1191 57 Gualterius 1193 1212 58 Marsucco 1213 1221 59 Noradinus 1221 1224 60 Buttafava 1224 1228 61 Guglielmo 1228 1270 62 Gotifredus 1271 1273 63 Henricus de Fucecchio 1273 1297 64 Antonio Camulla 1297 1309 65 Sede vacante 1309 1312 Gerardino Malaspina 1312 1320 66 Bernabo Malaspina 1320 1338 67 Antonio Fieschi 1338 1343 Agapito Colonna 1344 Giordano Colonna 1344 1351 Gabriele Malaspina 1351 1359 68 Barnabas Griffi 1363 1378 69 Jacobus Campana O P 1378 1380 70 Jacobus Piccolomini Gerardus Pasqualoni Francesco Lante O Min Martino de Ferrari Giovanni Montino Andrea O P Giacomo de Rossi Francesco Pietrasanta Manfredi 1415 1465 71 Diocese of Luni e Sarzana Edit Sarzana Cathedral Francesco Pietrasanta Manfredi 1465 1469 Antonio Maria Parentuccelli 1469 1485 Thomas de Benedictis 1485 1497 72 Silvestro Benedetti 1497 1537 73 Giovanni Francesco Pogliasca 1537 1561 74 Simone Pasqua di Negro 14 Feb 1561 5 Sep 1565 Died Benedetto Lomellini 7 Sep 1565 17 Mar 1572 Appointed Bishop of Anagni Giovanni Battista Bracelli bishop 2 Jun 1572 17 Apr 1590 Died 75 Giovanni Battista Salvago 14 May 1590 24 Jan 1632 Died Cardinal Giovanni Domenico Spinola 1632 1636 76 Prospero Spinola 1637 1664 77 Giovanni Battista Spinola 1665 1694 78 Giovanni Girolamo Naselli 1695 1709 79 Ambrogio Spinola B 10 Mar 1710 29 Jun 1726 Resigned 80 Giovanni Girolamo della Torre B 1 Jul 1726 21 Apr 1757 Died 81 Giulio Cesare Lomellino C R 1757 1791 82 Francesco Maria Gentile 1791 1795 83 Vincenzo Maria Maggioli O P 1795 1804 84 Giulio Cesare Pallavicini 24 Sep 1804 13 May 1819 Died Diocese of Luni Sarzana e Brugnato Edit Brugnato Cathedral United 25 November 1820 with the Diocese of Brugnato Pio Luigi Scarabelli C M 1820 1836 85 Francesco Agnini 19 May 1837 Confirmed 8 Mar 1853 Died 86 Giuseppe Rosati 22 Feb 1867 5 Sep 1881 Died 87 Giacinto Rossi O P 18 Nov 1881 29 Jan 1899 Died Giovanni Carli 19 Jun 1899 5 Jan 1921 Died Bernardo Pizzorno 7 Mar 1921 6 Aug 1926 Died Diocese of Luni o La Spezia Sarzana e Brugnato Edit Name Changed 12 January 1929Latin Name Lunensis o Spediensis Sarzanensis et BrugnatensisMetropolitan Archdiocese of Genoa Giovanni Costantini 8 Feb 1929 26 Jul 1943 Resigned Giuseppe Stella 7 Sep 1945 3 Sep 1975 Retired Siro Silvestri 3 Sep 1975 7 Dec 1989 Retired Giulio Sanguineti 7 Dec 1989 19 Dec 1998 Appointed Bishop of Brescia Bassano Staffieri 10 Jul 1999 6 Dec 2007 Retired 88 Francesco Moraglia 6 Dec 2007 31 Jan 2012 Appointed Patriarch of Venice Luigi Ernesto Palletti 20 Oct 2012 89 Parishes EditThe diocese has 186 parishes all within the Province of La Spezia in Liguria 90 See also EditLunigianaNotes and references Edit Diocese of La Spezia Sarzana Brugnato Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 26 2016 self published source Diocese of La Spezia Sarzana Brugnato GCatholic org Gabriel Chow Retrieved March 26 2016 self published source Acta Apostolica Sedis LXVII Citta del Vaticano Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis 1975 p 558 David M Cheney Catholic Hierarchy org Luni Titular See retrieved 2018 01 07 self published source Semeria pp 13 14 Lanzoni p 586 The question is whether he was Bishop of Luni Lunensis or Lucca Lucensis Ughelli opts for the latter Semeria p 14 for the former Semeria II p 4 Semerio p 28 Cappelletti p 434 Semeria pp 4 5 Cappelletti p 422 Cappelletti pp 464 466 quoting the bull of Innocent II in its entirety Gentile pp 350 351 no 369 Gentile p 100 106 no 64 Ughelli I p 850 Giovanni Battista Pittoni 1722 Constitutiones pontificiae et Romanarum congregationum decisiones ad canonicos utriusque ecclesiae cathedralis scilicet amp collegiatae spectantes Jo Baptista Pittono sacerdote Veneto collectore in Latin Venice Leonardus Pittonus collectoris pater pp 11 12 A Potthast Regesta pontificum Romanorum Vol I Berlin De Decker 1874 p 187 no 2161 Kehr p 373 Cappelletti p 426 Gentile nos 485 486 Gentile p 52 54 nos 36 39 Barbara Reynolds 2013 Dante The Poet the Thinker the Man London I B Tauris pp 102 103 ISBN 978 0 85772 203 4 Semeria p 7 Kehr pp 382 and 383 no 9 Ughelli I p 833 Cappelletti p 446 Kehr p 383 no 10 Ritzler Sefrin V p 250 note 1 VI p 269 note 1 Constitutiones Episcopatus Lunensis Sarzanensis quas magna cura summaque diligentia Rev D Thomas de Benettis de Sarzana eiusdem dicecesis episcopus et comes imprimi iassit Pisa typis Ugonis Ruggerii MCCCCXCIIII Constitutiones et decreta condita in diocesana Synodo Lunen Sarzanen sub lll mo et Rev mo D Benedicto Lomellino cardinali Genua apud Antonium Bellonum 1580 in Latin Constitutiones edita et promulgata in Synodo diacesana Lunen Sarzanen quam Joan Baptista Bracellius episcopus lunen sarzanen et comes habuit anno MDLXXXII die xij Septemb Luca apud Vincentium Busdrachium I584 Diocesi Luni Sarzana 1619 Constitutiones Lunensis Sarzanensis dioecesis quas habitis synodis frequentibus tribus illustrissimus ac reuerendissimus dominus Io Baptista Saluagus Lunen Sarzan episcopus amp comes tulit et demum in vnum codicem ad cleri sui commodiorem vsum referri mandauit 1 in Latin Lucca Constitutiones Lunensis Sarzanensis dioecesis quas habitis synodis frequentibus tribus illustrissimus ac reuerendissimus dominus Io Baptista Saluagus Lunen Sarzan episcopus amp comes tulit et demum in vnum codicem ad cleri sui commodiorem vsum referri mandauit Constitutiones synodi secundae per illustrissimum 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Tipografia Emiliana 1856 pp 340 341 Diocesi della Spazia Sarzaba Brugnato Seminario Vescovile retrieved 07 06 2018 in Italian Andrea Barberi Rainaldus Secreti eds 1835 Bullarii Romani continuatio in Latin Vol Tomus decimus quintus 15 Rome ex typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae pp 349 351 The editors mistakenly date the bull to 8 December 1820 reading Idus where the bull actually says Kalendas Umberto Benigni 1910 Luni Sarzana Brugnato The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 9 New York Robert Appleton Company 19100 retrieved 1 Jul 2018 Spinola had been Pius VI s Majordomo and was Pius VII s Nuncio in Paris When he was leading the funeral cortege he was already a cardinal though his name had not yet been made public It was being held in pectore Pietro Baldassari 1843 Relazione delle avversita e patimenti del Papa Pio VI negli ultimi tre anni del suo pontificato Edizione seconda corretta ed aumentata in Italian Vol IV Edizione seconda corretta ed aumentata ed Modena Reale Tipografia p 266 Gaetano Moroni ed 1853 Dizionario di erudizione storico ecclesiastica in Italian Vol LXI Venice dalla Tipografia Emiliana p 223 Victor was present at the III Roman synod of Pope Symmachus in 503 and the IV Roman synod of 504 J D Mansi ed Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima Tomus VIII Florence Zatta 1762 pp 252 269 Ughelli p 834 Semeria p 14 Venantius Ughelli I p 834 Semeria pp 16 23 Gams p 817 column 1 Istoria di san Venanzio vescovo di Luni titolare della chiesa parrocchiale e patrono di Albacina in Italian Jesi Tip f lli Ruzzini 1873 Lanzoni p 588 no 3 Thomas attended a council of Pope Martin I in 649 Kehr p 373 Ughelli I p 835 Semeria p 27 Walcherius was killed by the Normans Semeria pp 27 28 Kehr p 377 nos 11 12 Semeria p 28 Gams p 817 column 1 On 24 May 900 King Berengar I of Italy confirmed the rights and privileges of the Church of Luni for Bishop Odelbertus Ughelli pp 835 836 Gentile pp 21 23 no 17 Bishop Adalbertus was the recipient of a gift of land in January 950 He was the beneficiary of a diploma of the Emperor Otto I of 10 May 963 In the spring of 968 he was present at the synod of Ravenna Ughelli pp 836 837 Semeria pp 30 31 Schwartz p 215 Gentile pp 147 149 no 441 Gotefredus was not transferred from Brescia Gotefredus of Brescia was a separate contemporary bishop His date of death is controversial perhaps 998 or later Ughelli pp 837 839 Semeria pp 31 32 Schwartz p 215 Guidone is called Veridone or Vidone by Semeria Schwartz rejects Cappelletti s p 436 fanciful date of 1016 Bishop Guido attended the Synod of Rome on 10 April 1027 Ughelli pp 840 841 Semeria pp 33 34 Schwartz p 215 Deodatus subscribed a bull of Pope John XIX P Jaffe ed S Loewenfeld Regesta Pontificum Romanorum I edito altera Leipzig Veit 1885 p 519 no 4101 Schwartz p 215 Heribertus issued a document for the people of Trebbiano on 6 November 1039 Semeria p 34 Schwartz p 215 Gentile no 488 A complaint was lodged against Bishop Guido in the presence of Pope Nicholas II in April 1060 Kehr p 377 no 13 In 1055 Bishop Wido appeared in the court of Emperor Henry III Gentile p 269 no 296 no 225 no 449 Lazzaro Kehr p 373 Schwartz p 216 Filippo was present at the synod of Piacenza of Pope Urban II in March 1095 Schwartz p 216 Andreas Ughelli pp 841 844 Semeria pp 36 37 Schwartz p 216 On 3 December 1151 Bishop Gotefredus granted the church of S Andrea in Carrara to S Frediano in Lucca Gentile no 326 Semeria pp 39 41 dates Bishop Gotefredus between 1135 and 1159 Gams p 817 column 1 places him between 1137 and 1158 In February 1168 Bishop elect Raimundus received the fealty of the Lords of Buzano Gentile pp 283 284 no 304 On 2 August 1170 Bishop Pipin granted the Consuls of Sarzana to move a burgo A native of Pisa Bishop Pipinus was rebuked by Pope Alexander III in 1173 for favoring the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa s design to detach Porto Venere from the control of Genoa and hand it over to Pisa on 11 February 1174 the consuls of the borgo of Aulla swore fealty to Bishop Pipin In 1176 Bishop Pipin granted a plot of land in Casale for the erection of the monastery of S Croce Ughelli p 846 Kehr p 380 no 28 Gentile nos 61 533 and 542 In October 1178 a controversy between Bishop Petrus Petrus was present at the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179 Ughelli p 846 with the note 846 850 J D Mansi ed Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio editio novissima Tomus XXII Venice Antonius Zatta 1778 p 214 Semeria pp 43 45 Kehr pp 381 382 nos 29 33 Ughelli p 850 Semeria p 46 copying Ughelli Gualterius Semeria pp 46 50 Gams p 817 column 2 Marsucco Marsuchio Semeria pp 50 53 Gams p 817 column 2 Noradinus Semeria pp 53 54 Gams p 817 column 2 Buttafava Semeria pp 54 55 Gams p 817 column 2 Guglielmo Semeria pp 55 59 Gams p 817 column 2 Godefredus Cappelletti p 448 Eubel I p 317 Henricus Eubel I p 317 with note 4 Antonio Semeria pp 64 65 Eubel I p 317 Gerardino was the second son of Alberto Malaspina Marchese di Filattera There was a disputed election among the Canons of the Cathedral After a long delay the choice of Gerardino was imposed by Pope Clement V on 9 May 1312 On 1 January 1318 Gerardino was still Bishop elect Semeria pp 66 67 Eubel I p 317 with note 5 Bernabo Malaspina had been Primicerius in the Cathedral Chapter of Verdun and was in minor orders He was appointed Bishop of Luni by Pope John XXII on 20 August 1320 in the vacancy caused by the death of Bishop Gerardino Malaspina He was killed by the Pisans through poison according to Giovanni Villani Cronaca Book XII chapter 25 G Mollat Jean XXII Lettres communes Tome III Paris Fontemoing 1906 p 142 no 11932 Ughelli I p 854 Semeria pp 68 71 Eubel I p 318 Gams p 817 column 2 gives the obsolete dates of 1322 to 1338 Semeria states p 74 that Malaspina died in 1359 Hence Gams p 817 Barnabas was transferred to the diocese of Penne on 31 January 1374 but continued to hold Luni as Administrator He was transferred to the diocese of Pisa in 1380 Semeria pp 75 77 Eubel I pp 318 394 Giacomo called Jacobus Tura Scottini by Eubel was a native of Siena and had been Archbishop of Trani 1352 1378 He resigned the diocese of Luni in 1380 and retired to the Dominican convent in Siena Semeria pp 78 79 Eubel I p 318 Francesco was appointed by John XXIII on 6 March 1415 He died in 1465 Gams p 817 who indicates that he was in possession of the diocese on 29 April 1414 Eubel I p 318 II p 182 Tommaso Benedetti Eubel II p 182 Silvestro Benedetti was a native of Pisa and the nephew of Tommaso de Benedetti He studied Canon Law He was a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of Luni e Sarzana and was named Bishop of Luni e Sarzana on 28 April 1497 by Pope Alexander VI Semeria p 92 remarks that in his long tenure he never accomplished anything noteworthy He died in 1537 Eubel II p 182 with note 2 Armando Felice Verde 1977 Lo Studio fiorentino 1473 1503 Studenti Fanciulli a scuola nel 1480 Volume 3 Issue 2 of Lo Studio fiorentino 1473 1503 Ricerche e documenti in Italian Firenze Istituto nazionale di studi sul Rinascimento Olschi p 888 Pogliasca was a native of Genoa and had an education in the law He was appointed a Referendary judge of the Two Signatures by Pope Julius II and was later given the office of Master of the Ospedale di Santo Sprito in Rome He was also Regent of the Papal Chancery He was appointed Bishop of Luna e La Spezia by Pope Paul III on 28 November 1537 In 1550 he was compelled to appear in Rome to answer charges of avarice which had been laid against him instigated by Canon Landinelli and several other Canons in a seven year long dispute over finances But on 17 May Pope Julius III permitted him to return to his diocese On 11 October 1557 however charges were laid against him for simony at the Office of the Holy Roman Inquisition He died in 1561 Semeria p 93 Eubel Hierarchia catholica III p 231 Marzia Ratti 2001 Antonio Carpenino e il restauro della Pala degli Agostiniani Restauri e restituzioni 1 in Italian Cinisello Balsamo Silvana pp 29 30 ISBN 9788882153243 Bishop Giovanni Battista Bracelli Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved March 21 2016 Domenico Spinola was born in Genoa He had been a cleric of the Apostolic Camera Papal Treasury and then Auditor He served as Vice Legate in Viterbo He was appointed a cardinal on 26 April 1626 He was named Archbishop of Acerenza and Matera in 1630 He was transferred to the diocese of Luni e Sarzana on 26 April 1632 by Pope Urban VIII and took possession of the See on 28 September 1632 He was transferred to the diocese of Mazara del Vallo with the addition of the personal title of Archbishop on 1 December 1636 He died in Mazara in 1649 Semeria pp 101 102 Gauchat Hierarchia catholica IV pp 20 no 13 67 with note 7 226 with note 2 Prospero Spinola held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure Civil and Canon Law He served in the Roman Curia as Referendary judge of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures of Justice and Mercy and was then Vice Legate of the papal government in Bologna at a time when Bologna was stricken with plague Pope Urban VIII appointed him Bishop of Luni e Sarzana on 7 September 1637 During his episcopate the diocese was several times devastated by wars and in 1648 by a severe famine In 1657 there was plague and in 1660 a plague of locusts He died on 17 July 1664 Cappelletti p 469 Semeria pp 104 105 Gauchat p 226 with note 3 Born in Genoa Giovanni Battista Spinola was the nephew of Bishop Prospero Spinola He was a papal Referendary like his uncle and he too had been a papal governor of Fabriano and of San Severino and was then Vice Legate of Ravenna He was appointed Bishop of Luni e Sarzana by Pope Alexander VII on 22 April 1665 and took possession of the diocese on 13 August In 1674 he held a diocesan synod and in 1686 he was appointed Apostolic Visitor of the island of Sardinia He was appointed Archbishop of Genoa by Pope Innocent XII on 13 September 1694 He died on 7 January 1705 Cappelletti p 469 Semeria pp 104 105 Gauchat p 226 with note 4 Cappelletti p 469 Semeria pp 104 105 Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica V p 155 Born of a noble family in Savona Naselli was transferred from the diocese of Ventimiglia 1685 1695 to the diocese of Luni e Sarzana on 7 February 1695 by Pope Innocent XII He died on 10 August 1709 Semeria p 105 Ritzler Sefrin V p 250 with note 2 Ambrogio Spinola Ritzler Sefrin V p 250 with note 3 Della Torre Ritzler Sefrin V p 250 with note 4 Lomellino was born in Genoa in 1701 He taught philosophy and theology to junior members of his Congregation He served as Provincial and then as Praepositus General of his Congregation and lecturer at the Sapienza in Rome He was appointed bishop of Luni and Sarzana in Consistory by Pope Benedict XIV on 23 May 1757 and was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Giorgio Doria on 30 May He conducted three visitations of the parishes in the diocese He engaged in lively controversies with the Senate and magistrates of Genoa He died on 24 February 1791 Semeria pp 107 110 Cappelletti pp 460 462 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 269 with note 2 Gentile was born at Vulturi in the diocese of Genoa in 1720 son of a Genoese patrician He obtained the degree Doctor in utroque iure Civil and Canon Law from the Sapienza in Rome He had previously been Bishop of Brugnato 1767 1791 He was transferred to the diocese of Luni e Sarzana on 26 September 1791 by Pope Pius VI He resigned the diocese on 17 September 1795 Semeria pp 107 110 Cappelletti pp 462 Ritzler Sefrin VI pp 132 with note 4 269 with note 3 Vincenzo Maria was born Agostino Maria Maggioli of aristocratic parents in Genoa in 1752 He held the degree of master of theology 1794 He had lectured in philosophy and theology in the convents of his Order and served four years as Prior of S Maria de Castello in Genoa He was appointed Bishop of Luni e Sarzana on 22 September 1795 and was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 27 September by Cardinal G B Caprara With the coming of the revolution in Genoa that brought about the Ligurian Republic in 1797 Maggioli was identified as excessively aristocratic and fled from Sarzana eventually arriving in Rome With Roman influence the Napoleonic government of Genoa was mollified and he was transferred to the diocese of Savona on 24 September 1804 He died there on 19 January 1820 Semeria p 111 Cappelletti pp 462 463 Ritzler Sefrin VI p 269 with note 4 Scarabelli was nominated by Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia on 24 June 1820 and preconised approved by Pope Pius VII on 2 October 1820 He was consecrated a bishop on 17 December by his Metropolitan Luigi Lambruschini Archbishop of Genoa Having become an octogenarian he asked permission of King Carlo Felice and Pope Gregory XVI to resign and on 26 April 1836 his resignation was accepted Semeria II pp 113 116 Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica VII p 246 Agnini Semeria pp 116 117 Ritzler Sefrin VII p 246 Rosati Ritzler Sefrin Hierarchia catholica VIII p 355 Bishop Staffieri was born at Casalpusterlengo in the diocese of Lodi in 1931 He was appointed Bishop of Carpi on 11 July 1989 and was consecrated a bishop on 9 September 1989 He was transferred to the diocese of La Spazia Sarzana Brugnato on 10 July 1999 by Pope John Paul II He retired on 6 December 2007 and was named Bishop Emeritus on 1 March 2008 Diocesi della Spazia Sarzaba Brugnato Il vescovo emerito retrieved 07 04 2018 in Italian He died on 31 July 2018 La Stampa E morto Bassano Staffieri vescovo emerito della Spezia retrieved 08 02 2018 in Italian Palletti was born in Genoa in 1956 and holds a diploma in the pianoforte from the Nicolo Paganini Conservatory of Music He served in Genoa after his ordination as a parish curate and hospital chaplain From 1995 he was confessor at the diocesan seminary of Genoa In 1998 he was appointed a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Genoa on 18 December 2004 and for that purpose named titular Bishop of Fondi his consecration took place on 16 January 2005 at the hands of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Archbishop of Genoa He was named Archdiocesan Chancellor He was transferred to the diocese of La Spezia Sarzana Brugnato on 20 october 2012 Diocesi della Spazia Sarzaba Brugnato Il vescovo retrieved 07 04 2018 in Italian Source for parishes CCI 2008 Parrocchie Chiesa Cattolica Italiana retrieved 2008 03 14 Books EditReference works for bishops Edit Gams Pius Bonifatius 1873 Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo Ratisbon Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz pp 817 818 Use with caution obsolete Eubel Conradus ed 1913 Hierarchia catholica Tomus 1 second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana in Latin Eubel Conradus ed 1914 Hierarchia catholica Tomus 2 second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana Eubel Conradus ed Gulik Guilelmus 1923 Hierarchia catholica Tomus 3 second ed Munster Libreria Regensbergiana a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a first1 has generic name help Gauchat 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Benedictii PP XV 1922 in Latin Vol IX Padua Messagero di San Antonio ISBN 978 88 250 1000 8 Studies Edit Callegari Domenico 1866 Memoria storica della diocesi di Luni Sarzana in Italian Pisa Stamperia Valenti Cappelletti Giuseppe 1857 Le chiese d Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni in Italian Vol decimoterzo 13 Venezia Giuseppe Antonelli pp 422 486 Gentile Michele Lupo 1912 Il Regesto del Codice Pelavicino in Atti della Societa ligure di storia patria Vol XLIV Genova 1912 Kehr Paul Fridolin 1914 Italia pontificia sive Repertorium privilegiorum et litterarum a romanis pontificibus ante annum 1598 Italiae ecclesiis monasteriis civitatibus singulisque personis concessorum Vol VI pars ii Berolini Weidmann pp 373 392 in Latin Lallai Mariano 2015 La diocesi di Lucca Da Luni a Massa Carrara Pontremoli Il divenire di una diocesi fra Toscana e Liguria dal IV al XXI secolo in Italian Massa Lallai Mariano ISBN 9788894050608 self published source Lanzoni Francesco 1927 Le diocesi d Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII an 604 Faenza F Lega pp 586 589 in Italian Schwartz Gerhard 1907 Die Besetzung der Bistumer Reichsitaliens unter den sachsischen und salischen Kaisern mit den Listen der Bischofe 951 1122 Leipzig B G Teubner in German Semeria Giovanni Battista 1843 Secoli cristiani della Liguria ossia Storia della metropolitana di Genova delle diocesi di Sarzana di Brugnato Savona Noli Albegna e Ventimiglia in Italian Vol I Torino Tip Chirio e Mina Volume II II pp 2 156 156 159 159 184 Ughelli Ferdinando 1717 Niccolo Coleti ed Italia sacra sive De episcopis Italiae et insularum adjacentium in Latin nova ed apud Sebastianum Coleti pp 833 856 Luni and Sarzana Ughelli Ferdinando Coleti Niccolo 1719 Italia sacra sive de episcopis Italiae et insularum adjacentium in Latin Vol Tomus quartus 4 2nd ed Venice Apud Sebastianum Coleti pp 979 998 Brugnato This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Herbermann Charles ed 1913 Luni 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