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Byzantius, Archbishop of Bari

Byzantius or Bisanzio (died 1035) was the archbishop of Bari in the early eleventh century. He began the construction of the new cathedral

Basilica di San Nicola (Bari)

The Basilica di San Nicola is a church in Bari, southern Italy, that holds wide religious significance throughout Europe and the Christian world....
, which was continued by his successors.

In 1025, the Byzantine

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
catapan of Italy, Basil Boiannes, reorganised the structure of the catapante and, at the request of Byzantius, authorised the reattachment of Bari to the see of Rome. In order to raise his diocese to provincial status and retain his archiepiscopal title, Byzantius received, in accordance with Roman interpretation of Pseudo-Isidore

Pseudo-Isidore

Pseudo-Isidore is the pseudonym given to the scholar or group of scholars responsible for the Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals, the most extensive and influential set of forgery found in medieval Canon law ....
, a bull of Pope John XIX

Pope John XIX

John XIX , born Romanus, was Pope from 1024 to 1032.He succeeded his brother, Pope Benedict VIII , both being members of the powerful house of counts of Tusculum....
granting him the privilege of appointing the requisite twelve suffragan bishops of a provincial archdiocese.

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Byzantius or Bisanzio (died 1035) was the archbishop of Bari in the early eleventh century. He began the construction of the new cathedral

Basilica di San Nicola (Bari)

The Basilica di San Nicola is a church in Bari, southern Italy, that holds wide religious significance throughout Europe and the Christian world....
, which was continued by his successors.

In 1025, the Byzantine

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
catapan of Italy, Basil Boiannes, reorganised the structure of the catapante and, at the request of Byzantius, authorised the reattachment of Bari to the see of Rome. In order to raise his diocese to provincial status and retain his archiepiscopal title, Byzantius received, in accordance with Roman interpretation of Pseudo-Isidore

Pseudo-Isidore

Pseudo-Isidore is the pseudonym given to the scholar or group of scholars responsible for the Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals, the most extensive and influential set of forgery found in medieval Canon law ....
, a bull of Pope John XIX

Pope John XIX

John XIX , born Romanus, was Pope from 1024 to 1032.He succeeded his brother, Pope Benedict VIII , both being members of the powerful house of counts of Tusculum....
granting him the privilege of appointing the requisite twelve suffragan bishops of a provincial archdiocese. The only known appointment he made, however, was of one Andrew to a new see at Cannae

Cannae

Cannae is an ancient village of the Apulia region of south east Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Barletta....
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