- Roman Catholic Diocese of Aosta
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Aosta cathedral
The Italian Catholic diocese of Aosta has existed in its modern form since 1817.[1] It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Turin.
Contents
History
Western Roman Emperor Honorius, depicted on the consular diptych of Anicius Petronius Probus (406, Museo del tesoro della cattedrale di Aosta, CIL V, 6836)Although Ursus of Aosta is sometimes said to have been the first bishop, this is controverted. The first certainly known bishop is St. Eustasius, whose name coupled with Aosta is signed to a letter sent to Pope Leo I by the second Synod of Milan (451).[2] From the ninth century the list of bishops is fairly complete.
Suppressed in 1802 it was re-established in 1817. In the cathedral treasury is a consular diptych of Anicius Petronius Probus, Roman consul in 406, which shows the Emperor Honorius; it was discovered in 1833. Anselm (1033-1109), Archbishop of Canterbury, was a native of Aosta. Bernard of Menthon (1008), Archdeacon of Aosta, founded the hospice on the Alps named after him, as a relief to pilgrims. [3]
Territory and parishes
The diocese, which covers an area of 3,262 km² and has a population of 129,288, is divided into 93 parishes.[4] All are in the (civil) region of Aosta Valley. A list of parishes by commune follows; locations (villages or neighbourhoods) within a commune are shown in brackets.[5]
Aosta Valley
- Allein
- Saint Stephen
- Antey-Saint-André
- Saint Andrew
- Aosta
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
- Anselm of Aosta
- John the Baptist (the cathedral)
- Saint Lawrence
- Saint Stephen
- Saint-Martin-de-Corléans
- Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Porossan)
- Saint Nicholas and Saint Barbara (Excenex)
- Saint Bernard of Mont-Joux (Signayes)
- Arnad
- Martin of Tours
- Arvier
- Saint Sulpice[disambiguation needed
] - Avise
- Saint Brice
- Ayas
- Martin of Tours (Antagnod)
- Saint Anne (Champoluc)
- Aymavilles
- Christ the King
- Bard
- Assumption of Mary
- Bionaz
- Saint Margaret
- Brissogne
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Brusson
- Saint Maurice
- Challand-Saint-Anselme
- Anselm of Aosta
- Challand-Saint-Victor
- Saint Victor of Soleure
- Chambave
- Saint Lawrence
- Chamois
- Saint Pantaleon
- Champdepraz
- Saint François de Sales
- Champorcher
- Saint Nicholas
- Charvensod
- Columba of Sens
- Châtillon
- Saint Peter
- Cogne
- Saint Ursus
- Courmayeur
- Saint Pantaleon
- Saint Margaret (Entrèves)
- Donnas
- Saint Peter
- Nativity of the Theotokos (Vert)
- Doues
- Saint Blaise
- Emarèse
- Saint Pantaleon
- Etroubles
- Assumption of Mary
- Fénis
- Saint Maurice
- Fontainemore
- Anthony the Great
- Gaby
- Michael (archangel)
- Gignod
- Saint Hilary of Poitiers
- Gressan
- Saint Stephen
- Gressoney-La-Trinité
- Holy Trinity
- Gressoney-Saint-Jean
- John the Baptist
- Hône
- Saint George
- Introd
- Conversion of Saint Paul
- Issime
- Saint James
- Issogne
- Assumption of Mary
- Jovençan
- Saint Ursus
- La Magdeleine
- Saint Mary Magdalene
- La Salle, Italy
- Saint Cassian
- Saint Ursus[disambiguation needed ] (Derby)
- La Thuile
- Saint Nicholas
- Lillianes
- Saint Roch
- Montjovet
- Nativity of the Theotokos
- Saint Germain (Saint-Germain)
- Morgex
- Assumption of Mary
- Nus
- Hilary of Poitiers
- Saint Bartholomew (Lignan)
- Ollomont
- Saint Augustine
- Oyace
- Michael (archangel)
- Perloz
- Jesus
- Pollein
- Saint George
- Pontboset
- Gratus of Aosta
- Pontey
- Martin of Tours
- Pont-Saint-Martin
- Saint Lawrence
- Pré-Saint-Didier
- Saint Lawrence
- Quart
- Saint Eusebius (Bas-Villair)
- Saint Sebastian (Ville-Sur-Nus)
- Rhêmes-Notre-Dame
- Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Rhêmes-Saint-Georges
- Saint George
- Roisan
- Saint Victor
- Saint-Christophe
- Saint Christopher
- Saint-Denis
- Denis of Paris
- Saint-Marcel
- Pope Marcellus I
- Saint-Nicolas
- Saint Nicholas
- Saint-Oyen
- Saint Oyen
- Saint-Pierre
- Saint Peter
- Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
- San Remigio
- Leonard of Noblac
- Saint-Vincent
- Saint Vincent
- Sarre
- Saint Maurice
- Saint Eustace (Chesallet)
- Torgnon
- Martin of Tours
- Valgrisenche
- St. Gratus
- Valpelline
- Saint Pantaleon
- Valsavarenche
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Valtournenche
- Anthony the Great
- Maria Regina Vallis Augustanae (Breuil-Cervinia)
- Verrayes
- Martin of Tours
- Martin of Tours (Diémoz)
- Verrès
- Saint Giles
- Villeneuve
- Assumption of Mary
Bishops of Aosta
There follows a partial list of the bishops of the diocese.[6]
- Saint Eustasius (fifth century)
- Saint Gratus of Aosta (Grat, Grato; second half of fifth century), patron saint of the diocese.
- Jucundus (Joconde, Giocondo; died 522)
- Agnellus (Agnello; died 528)
- Gal (Gallo; died 546), like Gratus and Agnellus he was buried in the church of San Lorenzo[7]
- Plocéan (late sixth century?), an Arian who, according to the legend of Saint Ursus of Aosta, was strangled in his bed by two devils. [8]
- Boniface of Valperga (1219–1243)
- Emerico di Quart (1302–1313)
- Paolo Giuseppe Solaro (1784–1803)
- Andrea Jourdain (appointed 1832)
- Giacomo Giuseppe Jans (appointed 1867)
- Augusto Giuseppe Duc (1872–1907)
- Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso (1908–1919)
- Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese (1920–1932)
- Francesco Imberti (1932–1945)
- Maturino Blanchet (1946–1968)
- Ovidio Lari (1968–1994)
- Giuseppe Anfossi (1994 - 2011)
- Franco Lovignana since 9 novembre 2011
Notes
- ^ Cheney 2007.
- ^ A’Becket 1907 cites Savio 1899.
- ^ The ‘History’ section of the article quotes extensively fromA’Becket 1907, a text in the public domain.
- ^ Diocesi di Aosta n.d.a
- ^ The list of parishes was derived from Diocesi di Aosta n.d.b and CCI n.d.
- ^ The source for Paolo Giuseppe Solaro and his successors is http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/aost0.htm
- ^ Agnello and Gallo, like Grato, the second bishop, are buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Aosta. Diocesi di Aosta: Parrocchie di San Lorenzo in Aosta
- ^ Sant' Orso di Aosta
References
- A’Becket, John Joseph (1907), "Aosta", The Catholic Encyclopedia, I, New York: Robert Appleton Company, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_%281913%29/Aosta.
- Battandier, Albert (1906), Annuaire pontifical catholique, Paris: Maison de la Bonne Presse. (Cited by A’Becket 1907 as ‘BATTANDIER, Ann. Cath. Pont., 1906’.)
- Diocesi di Aosta (n.d.a), La Diocesi di Aosta: I numeri della diocesi, http://www.diocesiaosta.it/chiesa/index.cfm/diocesi-aosta.html.
- Diocesi di Aosta (n.d.b), Elenco delle parrocchie della Diocesi di Aosta, http://www.diocesiaosta.it/chiesa/index.cfm/parrocchie-chiese.html.
- CCI (n.d.), "Parrocchie", Diocesi di Aosta, Annuario Diocesano, http://www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_dioc_new/bd_dioc_annuario.organismi_ricerca?id_dioc=19&tipo=PA00&id_pagina=1126&rifi=&rifp=.
- Cheney, David M. (2007), "Diocese of Aosta", Catholic-Hierarchy, http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/daost.html.
- Savio, Fedele (1899), Gli Antichi Vescovi d'Italia, 2: Piemonte, Turin, pp. 69–108, http://www.archive.org/details/gliantichivesco00savigoog.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.External links
- Official website (Italian)
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