Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti

The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti, in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy, was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento from 969 till its 1986 merger into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti.

History

The name Sant'Agata de' Goti of the See is derived from the (French) aristocratic family De Goth, which held the fiefdom ruling from the castle, but tradition derives it from a body of Goths who took refuge there after the battle of Vesuvius (552); the church of the Goths in Rome, too, was dedicated to St. Agatha. Besides the Saticulan, inscriptions there are two Christian inscriptions from the sixth century. In 866, Emperor Louis II captured it from the Byzantines, who had taken it from the Longobard Duchy of Benevento.

• It is first documented in the papal bulla by which Pope John XIII elevated the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Benevento, recalling it had been a bishopric 'erstwhile', and mandated its metropolitan to nominate and consecrate the bishops of the assigned suffragans, including Santa'Agatha; he did so in 970, describing precisely its restored territory, adding that of the Ancient Diocese of Caudium (now a titular see).

In 1066 it fell into the hands of the Normans. Around 1100 the city the monastery of San Menna, which was personally consecrated by Pope Pascal II on 4 September 1110.

In the mid-thirteenth century, the Bishops acquired the temporal rank of Baron with the local fief of Bagnoli.

The city was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1456.

• On 30 September 1986 it was merged with the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese, into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, which adopted its title and left it a Co-cathedral.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Bishops of the first see at Sant'Agata de' Goti

None recorded

Suffragan Bishops of Sant'Agata de' Goti in the province of Benevento

Erected: 10th Century
Latin Name: Sanctae Agathae Gothorum

• Madelfridus, appointed 970
• Adelardus, a metrical epitaph of his is preserved in the Church of the Misericordia.

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• Bernardo, documented in 1059, 1075 e 1101
• Enrico (1108–1143?), fervent ally of Pope Innocent II against Antipope Anacletus II
• Andrea (1152?–?)
• Giovanni (John) (? – death 1161)
• Orsone (1161 – death 1190)
• Giovanni (1190 – death 1213)
• Giovanni (1213–?)
• Giovanni (1234?–?)
• Pietro, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1254–?), probably introduced his mendicant order in the city
• Nicola del Morrone (1262 – death 1282)
• Eustachio, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1282.09.17 – death 1294?)
• Guido da San Michele, O.F.M. (1295.11.14 – ?)
• Francesco (1304?–?)
• Roberto Ferrari (1318 – death 1327)
• Pandolfo (1327 – death 1342)
• Giacomo Martono (1344.02.04 – 1351.03.23), next Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1351.03.23 – death 1371)
• Nicola (1351.03.23 – death 1386?), previously Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1340? – 1345.07.16), Bishop of Caserta (Italy) (1345.07.16 – 1351.03.23)
• Nicola (1386.08.25 – 1391), next Coadjutor Bishop of Vence (France) (1391–?)
• Antonio di Sarno, O.F.M. (1391.06.19 – 1394 deposed)
• Giacomo Papa (1394.10.26 – death 1399)
• Pietro de Gattula (1400.01.08 – 1423.05.17), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Brindisi–Oria (Italy) (1423.05.17 – death 1437)
• Raimondo degli Ugotti, Italian Basilian Order of Grottaferrata (O.S.B.I.) (1423.07.23 – 1430.12.18), next Bishop of Boiano (Italy) (1430.12.18 – 1439.07.03), Metropolitan Archbishop of Conza (Italy) (1439.07.03 – death 1455)
• Giosuè Mormile (1430.12.18 – 1436.07.23), previously Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1413.03.09 – 1430.12.18); later Bishop of Tropea (Italy) (1436.07.23 – 1445)
• Antonio Bretoni (1437.02.06 – 1440.04.18), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorrento (Italy) (1440.04.18 – 1442.07.23), Archbishop-Bishop of Orange (France) (1442.07.23 – 1450)
• Galeotto de la Ratta (1442.04.27 – death 1455)
• Amorotto (1455.09.12 – death 1468.03)
• Pietro Mattei (1469.04.17 – 1472.06.05), next Bishop of Giovinazzo (Italy) (1472.06.05 – death 1496?)

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• Pietro Paolo Capobianco (1487–1505 Died)

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1500–1700

• Alfonso Carafa (bishop) (1505–1512 Appointed, Bishop of Lucera)
• Giovanni Di Luigi, O. Carm. (1512–1519 Resigned)
• Giovanni de Gennaro (Guevara) (1523–1556 Died)
• Giovanni Beraldo (1557–1565 Died)
• Felice Peretti Montalto, O.F.M. Conv. (1566–1571 Appointed, Bishop of Fermo)
• Vincenzo Cisoni, O.P. (1572–1583 Died)
• Feliciano Ninguarda, O.P. (1583–1588 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
• Giovanni Evangelista Pelleo, O.F.M. Conv. (1588–1595 Died)
• Giulio Santuccio, O.F.M. Conv. (1595–1607 Died)
• Ettore Diotallevi (1608–1635 Appointed, Bishop of Fano)
• Giovanni Agostino Gandolfo (1635–1653 Died)
• Domenico Campanella, O. Carm. (1654–1663 Died)
• Biagio Mazzella, O.P. (1663–1664 Died)
• Giacomo Circio (1664–1699 Died)
• Philippus Albini (1699–1722 Died)

1700–1900

• Muzio Gaeta (iuniore) (1723–1735 Appointed, Archbishop of Bari-Canosa)
• Flaminius Danza (1735–1762 Died)
• St. Alfonso Maria de' Liguori, C.SS.R. (1762–1775 Retired)
• Onofrio de Rossi (1775–1784 Died)
• Paolo Pozzuoli (1792–1799 Died)
• Orazio Magliola (1818–1829 Died)
• Emanuele Maria Bellorado, O.P. (1829–1833 Died)
• Taddeo Garzilli (Garzillo) (1834–1848 Died)
• Francesco Iavarone (1849–1854 Died)
• Francesco Paolo Lettieri (1855–1869 Died)
• Domenico Ramaschiello (1871–1899 Died)
• Ferdinando Maria Cieri (1899–1910 Died)

1900s

• Alessio Ascalesi, C.Pp.S. (1911–1915 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
• Giuseppe de Nardis (1916–1953 Retired)
• Costantino Caminada (1953–1960 Appointed, Titular Bishop of Thespiae)
• Ilario Roatta (1960–1982 Retired)
• Felice Leonardo (1984–1986 Appointed, Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti)

30 September 1986: United with the Diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita to form the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Italy

Sources and external links

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Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Santa Agata dei Goti". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
  • Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia, XIX (Venice, 1870);
  • Anon., Memorie istoriche della citta di S. Agata dei Goti (Naples, 1841).

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