Roman Catholic Diocese of Trivento
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The Italian Catholic diocese of Trivento, in Molise
, southern Italy, has existed since the tenth century. It is now a suffragan of the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano.
was St. Castus of an uncertain epoch, the local legend assigning him to the fourth century.
Other bishops were:
Historically the diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.
Molise
Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise and now a separate entity...
, southern Italy, has existed since the tenth century. It is now a suffragan of the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano.
History
The earliest bishop of TriventoTrivento
Trivento is a comune in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km northwest of Campobasso...
was St. Castus of an uncertain epoch, the local legend assigning him to the fourth century.
Other bishops were:
- the monk Leo, intruded and deposed by Pope Agapetus IIPope Agapetus IIPope Agapetus II was Pope from May 10, 946 until his death in 955, at the time when Alberic II , son of Marozia, was governing the independent republic of Rome under the title of "prince and senator of the Romans."...
(946); - Alferius (1109);
- the Franciscan Luca (1226), exiled by King Manfred;
- Pietro dell' Aquila (1348);
- Giulio Cesare Moriconda (1582);
- Alfonso Moriconda (1717), a BenedictineBenedictineBenedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
who restored the cathedral.
Historically the diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.