The Bishopric of Rimini is an ecclestiastical territory in Emilia Romagna, Italy. Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It is a suffragan of the archbishopric of Ravenna. A suffragan bishop is a Bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan bishop or Diocesan bishop.
It has a surface of 781 km², extending over 28 communes of the area. It has 123 parishes and 303,365 Catholic inhabitants[1].
The current titular is Mons. Mariano De Nicolò.
Rimini was probably evangelized from Ravenna. Among its traditional martyrs are: St. Innocentia and companions; Saints Juventinus, Facundinus, and companions; Saints Theodorus and Marinus. The see was probably established before the peace of Constantine. Peace of the Church is a designation usually applied to the condition of the Church after the publication of the Edict of Milan in 313 by the two Augusti, Western
Among the bishops were: Stennius, at Rome in 313; Cyriacus, one of his successors, sided with the Arians; under St. Gaudentius the famous Council of Rimini against Arianism was held in 359 (for over 400 Western bishops, parallel with the eastern bishops' council of Seleucia); he was later put to death by the Arians for having excommunicated the priest Marcianus; Stephanus attended at Constantinople (551); the election of Castor (591) caused much trouble to St. "Saint Gaudentius" redirects here For the bishop of Novara see Gaudentius of Novara. Council of Seleucia|First Council of Constantinople (360 The Council of Rimini (also called the Council of Ariminum) was an early Christian church Synod Council of Rimini|First Council of Constantinople (360 The Council of Seleucia was an early Christian church Synod at Seleucia Isauria (now Silifke Gregory I, who had to send to Rimini a "visitor"; Agnellus (743) was governor of the city, subject to the Archbishop of Ravenna; Delto acted frequently as legate for pope John VIII; Blessed Arduino (d. For the Catholic equivalent see Canonical visitation, and for other uses see Visitor (disambiguation A Visitor, in United This page is a list of Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Ravenna, and (from 1985 of the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. A Papal Legate – from the Latin authentic Roman title Legatus – is a personal representative of the Pope to Foreign nations or to some part of the Catholic John VIII was Pope from December 13, 872 to December 16, 882. in 1009); Uberto II is mentioned with praise by St. Peter Damian; Opizo was one of the consecrators of the Antipope Clement III (Guiberto, 1075); Ranieri II degli Uberti (1143) consecrated the ancient cathedral of St. Saint Peter Damian, OSB ( Petrus Damiani, also Pietro Damiani or Pier Damiani; c This article is about the Antipope Clement III see here for Pope Clement III. Colomba; Alberigo (1153) made peace between Rimini and Cesena; Bonaventura Trissino founded the hospital of Santo Spirito; under Benno (1230) some pious ladies founded a hospital for the lepers, and themselves cared for the afflicted. Cesena (ancient Caesena) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the At the end of the thirteenth century the Armenians received at Rimini a church and a hospital.
From 1407 Gregory XII resided at Rimini. Pope Gregory XII (died October 18, 1417) born Angelo Correr or Corraro, Pope from 1406 to 1415 succeeded Pope Giovanni Rosa united the eleven hospitals of Rimini into one. Under Giulio Parisani (1549) the seminary was opened (1568). Giambattista Castelli (1569) promoted the Tridentine reforms and was nuncio at Paris. Nuncio is an ecclesiastical Diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin word Nuntius, meaning "envoy Andrea Minucci was severely tried during the French Revolution; under him the Tempio Malatestiano was elected as cathedral. The Tempio Malatestiano is the Cathedral church of Rimini, Italy.