Roman Catholic Diocese of Fiesole

Diocese of Fiesole
Dioecesis Fesulanus

Fiesole Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Florence
Statistics
Area 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
140,900
138,900 (98.6%)
Parishes 218
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1st Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Romolo
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Mario Meini
Emeritus Bishops Luciano Giovannetti
Map
Website
www.diocesifiesole.it

The Diocese of Fiesole (Latin: Dioecesis Fesulanus) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Tuscany, central Italy, whose episcopal see is the city of Fiesole. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archbishopric of Florence.[1][2]

History

According to local legend the Gospel was first preached at Fiesole by St. Romulus, a disciple of St. Peter. The fact that the ancient cathedral (now the Abbazia Fiesolana) stands outside the city is a proof that the Christian origins of Fiesole date from the period of the persecutions. The earliest mention of a bishop of Fiesole is in a letter of Pope Gelasius I (492-496). A little later, under Vigilius (537-55), a Bishop Rusticus is mentioned as papal legate at one of the councils of Constantinople. The legendary St. Alexander is said by some to belong to the time of the Lombard King Autari (end of the sixth century), but the Bollandists assign him to the reign of Lothair I (middle of the ninth century).

A very famous bishop is St. Donatus, an Irish monk, the friend and adviser of Emperors Louis the Pious and Lothair I. He was elected in 826 and is buried in the Fiesole Cathedral, where his epitaph, dictated by himself, may still be seen. He founded the abbey of San Martino di Mensola. Bishop Zanobi in 890 founded that of St. Michael at Passignano, which was afterwards given to the Vallombrosan monks. Other bishops were Atinolfo (1038), who opposed papal reform; Hildebrand of Lucca (1220), exiled by the Florentines; and St. Andrew Corsini (1352), born in 1302 of a noble Florentine family, who, after a reckless youth, became a Carmelite monk, studied at Paris, and who, once bishop, was renowned as a peacemaker between individuals and states, and was canonized by Urban VIII.

Statistics

In the early 20th century, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the diocese had 254 parishes and 155,800 people. Within its limits there were 12 monasteries of men, including the famous Vallombrosa, and 24 convents for women.

Ordinaries

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References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Fiesole" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Fiesole" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  3. ↑ Aglio was a humanist and author of a collection of lives of the saints.
  4. ↑ Becchio was a preacher, and author of commentaries on Aristotle and on the Sentences of Peter Lombard.
  5. ↑ Cattani was a theologian at the Council of Trent and a prolific writer.
  6. ↑ "Bishop Tommaso Ximenes" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 25, 2016

Books and articles

acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 43°48′00″N 11°18′00″E / 43.8000°N 11.3000°E / 43.8000; 11.3000

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