The Roman Catholic diocese of Lucera-Troia has its episcopal see in Lucera (southern Italy). Lucera is a town and Comune in the Province of Foggia, in the Apulia region of Italy. It is heir to several other neighbouring former sees, not only the diocese of Troia which has a co-cathedral, but also the diocese of Farentino, diocese of Tortiboli and diocese of Montecorvino, which had before been united with the diocese of Volturaria. A co-cathedral is a Cathedral church which shares the function of being a Bishop 's seat or cathedra, with another cathedral Montecorvino is a Catholic Titular see. The diocese of Montecorvino, with see at present-day Motta Montecorvino in Italy existed from 1059 to 1433 Vulturaria (Italian Vulturara is a Catholic Titular see. The diocese of Volturara, in Apulia, existed from the eleventh century to 1818
Ecclesiastical history
Local tradition traces the origin of the to the third century (St. Bassus). The first historically certain bishop is Marcus (c. 743). Among other noteworthy bishops were Nicolò, papal legate at the Byzantine capital Constantinople in 1261; the Dominican Agostino Gasotti (1318), formerly Archbishop of Zagabria; Tommaso de Acerno (1378), author of De creatione Urbani VI opusculum; Scipione Bozzuti (1582), killed in a sack of the city by some exiles in 1591. 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 The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb (Zagrebačka nadbiskupija Archidioecesis Zagrebiensis is the central Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia
In 1391 the Diocese of Lucera was increased by the addition of that of Farentino, or Castel Fiorentino, a city founded in 1015 by the Byzantine catapan Basileios. Castelfiorentino is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km Torremaggiore is a town and Comune in the Province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. The Byzantine Empire had a complex system of Aristocracy and Bureaucracy, which was inherited from the Roman Empire. It was the place of Emperor Frederick II's death. Frederick II ( December 26, 1194 &ndash December 13, 1250) of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was a Pretender to the title
After 1409 the diocese of Tortiboli -created before 1236- was united to Lucera. However it remains a titular diocese by its Latin name of Tortibulum; since 2001 it has an Asian incumbent, Joseph Vu Duy Thong, Auxiliary Bishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh in Vietnam (usually it's the other way around, a European titular bishop in a predominantly non-Catholic country outside Europe)
Finally in 1818, the united Dioceses of Montecorvino and Vulturaria were added to Lucera. A titular see in the Roman Catholic Church is a Diocese or Archdiocese that now exists in title only Lucera is a town and Comune in the Province of Foggia, in the Apulia region of Italy. Vulturaria (Italian Vulturara is a Catholic Titular see. The diocese of Volturara, in Apulia, existed from the eleventh century to 1818 Montecorvino became an episcopal see in the tenth century, and among its bishops was St. Albert (died 1037); Montecorvino would later be assigned as a titular archbishopric. Lucera is a town and Comune in the Province of Foggia, in the Apulia region of Italy. Montecorvino's union with Vulturaria, a town now almost deserted, took place in 1433; it would however also repeatedly be assigned as a titular diocese. Noteworthy among the later bishops was Alessandro Gerardini d'Amelia (1496), a Latin poet, author of many historical, educational and moral works and one of the chief supporters of the expedition of Christopher Columbus; in 1515 he was transferred to San Domingo in America, where he died in 1521. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer
On September 30, 1986 the Diocese of Troia was united with Lucera and it was renamed the diocese of Lucera–Troia, as a suffragan of the also renamed Metropolitan archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino (only promoted as archbishopric of Foggia in 1979). A suffragan bishop is a Bishop subordinate to a Metropolitan bishop or Diocesan bishop. The Archdiocese of Foggia was a Roman Catholic archdiocess in Puglia, Italy, elevated in 1979 Both its cathedral in Lucera and its co-cathedral in Troia have the rank of minor basilica. The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman
Sources and references
- "Lucera". Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- GigaCatholic- Italy, various
This article incorporates text from the entry Lucera in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia
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