Roman Catholic Diocese of Tuscanella explained

The Diocese of Tuscanella (Latin: Tuscaniensis) was a Latin Church residential bishopric of the Catholic Church, in existence by the 7th century.^[1] Even at the time of the Lombard invasions, it belonged to the Duchy of Rome and was immediately subject to the Pope.^[2] The seat of the bishop was originally in the church of S. Maria, then in the church of S. Pietro, and after 1592 in the church of S. Giacomo.^[3]

On 22 February 852 Pope Leo IV, in the bull Convenit apostolico, addressed to Bishop Virbono, confirmed the jurisdiction of the bishop over the churches and possessions of his diocese.^[4] This document is revealing, because it not only describes the towns and parishes dependent on the bishop (including Montalto, Tarquinia and Viterbo), but also details the boundaries of the diocese.^[5]

From 1192 the diocese of Tuscanella and the diocese of Viterbo were in personal union (aeque principaliter).^[6]

The diocese was suppressed in 1986.

The name, though not the diocesan structure, was revived as the Latin Catholic titular see of Tuscania in 1991.^{[7] [8]}

Bishops

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• Virbonus (attested 595)^[9]

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• Maurus (attested 649)^[10]

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• Vitalianus (attested 680)^[11]

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Leo (attested 767)

• Aurianus (attested 769)^[12]

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• Godemundus (attested 826)^[13]

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• Virbonus (attested 850)^[14]
• Joannes (attested 853, 861)
• Petrus (attested 863)
• Gualbertus (attested 875)
• Joannes (attested 876)^[15]
• Joannes (attested 896, 901)

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• Humbertus (attested 998)

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• Joannes (attested 1027)^[16]
• Bonizo (attested 1037, 1044)^[17]
• Joannes (c. 1048)^[18]
• Benedictus (attested 1048, 1049)^[19]
• Bonizo (attested 1050)^[20]
• Gisilbertus (attested 1059, 1080)^[21]

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• Riccardus (attested 1086, 1093)^[22]

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• Guido (attested 1111, 1112)^[23]
• Petrus (attested 1126, 1128)^[24]
• Nicolaus (attested c. 1140)^[25]
• Ludovicus (attested 1142)^[26]
• Rodolfus (attested 1143)^[27]
• Censius (attested 1149–1179)^[28]
• Gottifredus (attested 1184–1188)^[29]
• Joannes (1188–1192)^[30]

See also

• Diocese of Viterbo e Tuscania

Bibliography

• Book: Campanari, Secondiano. Tuscania e i suoi monumenti. I. 1856. Tip. del Seminario. Montefiascone. Italian.
• Book: Campanari, Secondiano. Tuscania e i suoi monumenti. II. Documenti istorici. 1856. Tip. del Seminario. Montefiascone. Italian. [annotated list of bishops, pp. 15–77]
• Book: Cappelletti, Giuseppe. Le chiese d'Italia. sesto (6). 1847. G. Antonelli. Venice. Italian. 76–97.
• Book: Gams, Pius Bonifatius . Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. 1873. Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. Ratisbon. Latin., pp. 76–77.
• Book: Kehr, Paul Fridolin. Italia pontificia. II. Latium. 1907. Apud Weidmannos. Berlin. Latin. 196–203.
• Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). Faenza: F. Lega, p. 527.
• 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. pp. 265–267. (in German)
• Book: Signorelli, Giuseppe. Viterbo nella storia della Chiesa. 1907. Tipografia Cionfi. Viterbo. Italian.
• Book: Ughelli. Ferdinando . Coleti. Niccolo. Italia sacra. Tomus decimus. 1722. Apud Sebastianum Coleti. Venice. latin. 179–181.

Notes and References

1. Kehr, Italia pontificia II, p. 196: "Quod autem ad Tuscaniam attinet, certe iam saec. VII sedes episcopalis...."
2. Louis Duchesne, "Les évêchés d'Italie et l'invasion lombarde," Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire 23 (Paris: Fontemoing 1903), pp. 89-90.
3. Kehr, p. 196.
4. Campanari, I, pp. 114-115; II, pp. 92-108.
5. Cappelletti, pp. 80-87. Signorelli, Viterbo nella storia, pp. 68-78 (dating the bull to 850 rather than 852.
6. Paul Fridolin Kehr points out that Cardinal Joannes of S. Clemente signs himself "Tuscanensis episcopus" until August 1192, and then from 4 October 1192 signs himself "Viterbiensis et Tuscanensis episcopus. Kehr, Italia pontificia II, p. 208.
7. David M. Cheney.Catholic-Hierarchy.org. "Diocese of Toscanella (Tuscania)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
8. Gabriel Chow.GCatholic.org. "Titular Episcopal See of Tuscania" Retrieved October 7, 2016.
9. Lanzoni, p. 527, who notes that Ughelli (Italia sacra X, p. 180) wrongly calls him "Urbanus". Bishop Virbonus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Gregory I on 5 July 595. Cappelletti, Chiese d'Italia VI, p. 78.
10. Bishop Maurus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Martin I in October 649. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus X, p. 867. Cappelletti, p. 78.
11. Campanari, II, p. 20, says that Bishop Vitalianus subscribed a letter of Pope Agatho to the Sixth Council of Constantinople.
12. Bishop Aurianus (Orinandus) attended the Roman synod of Pope Stephen III in April 1769. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XII, p. 715. Cappelletti, p. 79.
13. Bishop Godemundus attended the Roman synod of Pope Eugenius II on 15 November 826. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIV, p. 1000. Ughelli, X, p. 180.
14. Pope Leo IV confirmed the properties of the Church of Tuscania for Bishop Virbonus on 22 February 852. Campanari, II, pp. 21, 92-108.
15. In 876, Bishop Joannes was sent by Pope John VIII as papal Legate to the Council of Pontoise. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XVII, p. 307-310. Campanari, II, pp. 21-22.
16. Bishop Joannes attended the Roman synod of 6 April 1027. Schwartz, p. 265.
17. In November 1037, Bonizo signed a document of Pope Benedict IX as "presbyter et vicedominus S. Rufinae et designatus gratia dei episcopus Tuscanensis". In April 1044 he attended a Roman synod of Benedict IX. Schwartz, p. 265.
18. On 22 April 1049 he had already been appointed Bishop of Porto by Benedict IX. Schwartz, p. 265.
19. In 1049 Bishop Benedictus attended the Roman synod of Pope Leo IX. Schwartz, p. 256.
20. Bishop Bonizo attended the Roman synod of Pope Leo IX on 29 April 1050. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIX, p. 771. Schwartz, p. 256.
21. On 13 April 1059 Bishop Gisilbertus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Nicholas II. On 26 March 1280, he subscribed a grant for the abbot of Farfa. Schwartz, pp. 256-257.
22. Riccardus; Campanari, II, pp. 109-112 (September 1086). Gams, p. 737 column 1.
23. Guido: Kehr, II, p. 197, no. 3. Schwartz, pp. 266-267.
24. Bishop Petrus was present at the Roman council of Pope Honorius II in 1126. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXI, p. 345. Cappelletti, p. 95.
25. Signorelli, p. 123, with notes 27 and 28. Signorelli states that Bishop Nicolaus was present at the Second Lateran Council of Pope Innocent II, which took place in April 1139. His citations do not support his claim. Cappelletti, p. 95, does not mention his presence.
26. Signorelli, p. 123, with note 29. Neither Cappelletti nor Gams include a Bishop Ludovicus in their lists. But see the document of 1142 in Campanari, II, p. 116.
27. Rodolfus: Campanari, II, p. 117. Signorelli, p. 123, with notes 30 and 31.
28. Bishop Censius (Gentius, Centius) was present at the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in 1179. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXII, p. 459. Cappelletti, p. 96. Gams, p. 737 column 1. Signorelli, p. 131 with note 10.
29. Gottfredus: Gams, p. 737 column 1.
30. Cardinal Joannes was Bishop of Tuscanella from 1188 to 1192, when Toscanella was united with Viterbo; he was then Bishop of Viterbo e Toscanella. He had been named Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente in 1189, and was promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Albano in 1199. He died in 1210. Gams, p. 737 col. 1. Cappelletti, pp. 96-107. Book: Conradus Eubel. Hierarchia catholica. Tomus I. 1913. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. Latin. 3 note 1, no. 7.