Diocese of Caiazzo

The Diocese of Caiazzo is a former Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the province of Caserta, southern Italy, abolished in 1986, when it was united into the Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Capua.

History

According to legend, Christianity was introduced^{[clarification needed]} by St. Priscus, first Bishop of Capua. The first known bishop of Caiazzo was Arigisus, the exact time of whose episcopate is uncertain; however, as the name indicates, it could not have been before the beginning of the seventh century, when the Lombards settled in that region.

Others were:

• Stefano, who had been Abbot of S. Salvatore in Capue (died 1025), and his successor Ferdinando;
• Jacopo (died 1253), exiled by Emperor Frederick II;
• Giuliano Frangipane, elected in 1472;
• Vincio Maffa, elected in 1507, theologian at the Fifth Lateran Council (1512);
• Fabio Mirto, elected in 1537, who took part in the Council of Trent, and was Apostolic nuncio to Paris at the time of his death (1587);
• Ottavio Mirto Frangipane, elected in 1572;
• Orazio Acquaviva, who was captured by the Turks at the battle of Lepanto;^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• Taddeo, elected in 1641.

References

• Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia (Venice, 1844); Ann. eccl. (Rome, 1907), 353.

External links

• Catholic Hierarchy page

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). "Diocese of Caiazzo". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.