Archdiocese of Siena–Colle di Val d'Elsa–Montalcino

The Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino () is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Tuscany."Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena–Colle di Val d’Elsa–Montalcino" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Siena. Until 1459, the diocese was immediately subject to the Holy See (Papacy), and its bishops attended the Roman synods. In 1459, Pope Pius II made Siena a metropolitan archbishopric.Kehr Italia pontificia III, p. 198.

History

From September 1407 to January 1408, Siena played host to the papal Court of Pope Gregory XII of the Roman Obedience.

In 1423, Siena was host to what was announced as a general council of the Church. Such meetings had been mandated by the Council of Constance, and, though Pope Martin V was most reluctant to have another council like Pisa or Constance, he authorized the assembly to meet in Pavia in the Spring of 1423. On 22 June, however, alleging the presence of the pestilence in Pavia, the Pope transferred the council to Siena. On 21 July 1423 the Council reopened in Siena, though there was only one general session, on 8 November. Work continued until the papal legates dissolved the council on 26 February 1424, though the papal bull of dissolution was not published until 12 March.Carl Joseph Hefele, Histoire des conciles Vol. VII, part 1 (Paris: Letouzey 1916), pp. 610-645, at p. 619, 622.

When Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini, who was born near the town and served as bishop of Siena since 1450, got elected as Pope Pius II in 1458, he soon issued the bull "Triumphans Pastor" (22 April 1459), in which he raised the diocese of Siena to metropolitan status, and assigned to it as suffragans the dioceses of Soano, Chiusi, Massa, and Grosseto.: "Necnon filias nostras praedictas Suanensem, Clusinensem et Grossetanensem et Massanensem Ecclesias, cum suis civitatibus et dioecesibus, iuribus el pertinentiis universis, Ecclesiae Seuensi et arcbiepiscopis praefatis, tamquam illorum metropolitanis et de eorum provincia...."

Consolidation

The Second Vatican Council, in order to ensure that all Catholics received proper spiritual attention, decreed the reorganization of the diocesan structure of Italy and the consolidation of small and struggling dioceses.In its decree Christus Dominus, section 22, it stated: "Concerning diocesan boundaries, therefore, this sacred synod decrees that, to the extent required by the good of souls, a fitting revision of diocesan boundaries be undertaken prudently and as soon as possible. This can be done by dividing dismembering or uniting them, or by changing their boundaries, or by determining a better place for the episcopal see or, finally, especially in the case of dioceses having larger cities, by providing them with a new internal organization.... At the same time the natural population units of people, together with the civil jurisdictions and social institutions that compose their organic structure, should be preserved as far as possible as units. For this reason, obviously, the territory of each diocese should be continuous."

In 1980, the diocese of Montalcino claimed a Catholic population of 24,500 persons. Colle di Val d'Elsa had slightly over 60,000.

On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed a new and revised concordat. Based on the revisions, a set of Normae was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, aeque personaliter, was abolished. This made the combining of Montalcino and Colle di Val d'Elsa under one bishop infeasible. Instead, the Vatican continued consultations which had begun under Pope John XXIII for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese. On 30 September 1986, Pope John Paul II ordered that the dioceses of Montalcino and Colle be merged with the diocese of Siena, into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title Archidioecesis Senensis-Collensis-Ilcinensis. The seat of the diocese was to be in Siena, and the cathedral of Siena was to serve as the cathedral of the merged dioceses. The cathedrals in Montalcino and Colle were to become co-cathedrals, and the cathedral Chapters were to be a Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Siena, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the former dioceses of Montalcino and of Colle.Acta Apostolicae Sedis 79 (Città del Vaticano 1987), pp. 783-786.

Synods

A provincial synod was an irregularly summoned meeting of the Metropolitan Archbishop of an ecclesiastical province with his suffragan bishops and other prelates, for the purpose of legislating for and reforming the collection of dioceses which belonged to the synod. A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis (March 19, 1997): Acta Apostolicae Sedis 89 (1997), pp. 706-727.

Cardinal Francesco Maria Tarugi (1597–1607), Archbishop of Siena, presided over a provincial synod in Siena in 1599, and published the decrees of the assembly.

Archbishop Giuseppe Mancini (1824–1855) held a provincial synod in Siena from 30 June to 7 July 1850. The sessions were attended by four suffragan bishops (Massa e Populonia, Sovana e Pitigliano, Grosseto, and Chiusi e Pienza) as well as two bishops directly dependent upon the Holy See (Arezzo, Montepulciano). The decrees of the synod were published.

Bishops and archbishops of Siena to 1000

The name Lucifer (or Luciferius) is first found in a list of bishops compiled in the 15th or 16th century. There is no other testimony to his existence. Ughelli III, p. 527. Pecci, Introduzione §7; p. 1. Cappelletti XVII, p. 372. Lanzoni, p. 565. [Florianus (313–335)]Optatus of Milevis, Contra Parmenianam Donatistam, mentions a "Florianus a Sinna" who was present at the Roman synod of 306. Learned scholars have assigned him to Senigaglia, Senia in Dalmatia, Segni in Latium, Siscia in Illyricum, Aesinus (Jesi), Caesena, and Siena in Tuscany. Vittorio Lusini "I confini storici del vescovado di Siena, in Bulletino senese di storia patria 1898, p. 337. Lanzoni, pp. 566-567. [Dodo (440)]Pecci, pp. 2-3, believes that Dodo is a barbarian name, and consequently not that of a bishop of Siena in the 5th century. Pecci: "Io però mi avanzerei più facilmente acredere, col parere del dottissimo Signor Dott. Giovanni Lami, che la voce Dodone possa derivare dalle Nazioni barbare, e per conseguenza un Vescovo di tal nome in quel secolo non abbia occupata la Sede di Siena." Lanzoni, p. 567, italicizes the name, as doubtful. Eusebius (attested 465)Bishop Eusebius was present at the Roman synod of Pope Hilarius which met in S. Maria Maggiore on 17 November 465. J.-D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus VII (Florence: A. Zatta 1762), p. 959. Ughelli, p. 528, is wrong in naming the council as the Council of Chalcedon. [Magnus (520)]Ughelli, p. 528, places Magnus in 520, on the authority of Tizio. Pecci, pp. 3-4, places the authentic Magnus in the 8th century. Lanzoni, p. 567, italicizes the name, as doubtful. [Maurus (565)]Ughelli, p. 528, believes that this Maurus is not the bishop of Volterra, despite the fact that he consecrated two churches in that diocese. Pecci, pp. 4-5. Lanzoni, p. 567, believes that this Maurus is the same as the genuine Maurus, attested in 649. Lanzoni, p. 567, italicizes the name, as doubtful. [Aymo (597)]Lanzoni, p. 567, rejects the name and the person: "Eegistrato dall' Ughelli (III, 528) nell'anno 597, per altro il suo nome è altamente sospetto; o è spurio o dev'essere abbassato dopo il 604." [Robertus (612)]Robertus' date is unattested, and there are no documents. Pecci, p. 6. [Piriteus (628)]Piriteus' date is unattested, and there are no documents. Pecci, p. 6. [Antifredus (642)]Antifredus' date is unattested, and there are no documents. Pecci, p. 6. Maurus (attested 649)Bishop Maurus was present at the Lateran council of Pope Martin I; he was one of three bishops named Maurus at the meeting. J.-D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus X (Florence: A. Zatta 1764), p. 867. Ughelli, p. 528. [Andreas (658)]Andreas has no existence outside the episcopal lists. His date is unattested, and there are no documents. Pecci, p. 8. [Gualteranus (670)]Gualterianus (Gualtierano) has no existence outside the episcopal lists. His date is unattested, and there are no documents. Pecci, p. 9. [Gerardus (674)]The name Gerardus is found only in the episcopal lists. The date is unattested. There are two other suspicious Gerardus in the list. Pecci, p. 9. Vitellianus (attested 679)Bishop Vitalianus (Vitellianus) was present at the Roman synod of Pope Agatho in 679. J.-D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XI (Florence: A. Zatta 1765), p. 310. [Lupus (689–?)]Lupus' date is unattested. There are no documents beyond the 15th century episcopal list, which is riddled with duplicate names and other errors. Pecci, p. 10-11. [Causivius (722)]Pecci, p. 12, notes that there are no sources for Causivius, and that his alleged date conflicts with the known tenure of Bishop Adeodatus. Adeodatus (attested 715, 730)Pecci, pp. 12-48. Grossus (attested 743)Bishop Grossus was present at the first Roman synod of Pope Zacharias in 743. J.-D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XII (Florence: A. Zatta 1766), p. 384d. Pecci, p. 48. Jordanus (attested 761)Bishop Jordanus subscribed to a constitution of Pope Paul I on 2 June 761. Mansi, Tomus XII, p. 649. Peredeus (776)Peredeus: Pecci, pp. 51-52. [Joannes (792)]The episcopacy of a Joannes (Giovanni) rests on the report of a document, whose existence has been questioned. Pecci, p. 53. Cappelletti, p. 402, does not mention him. He is excluded from Gams' list, p. 752 column 1. [Gherardus (?)]Cappelletti, p. 402, does not mention him. He is excluded from Gams' list, p. 752 column 1. Andrea (attested 795, 801)Andrea: Ughelli, pp. 53-57. Kehr III, p. 200, no. 7. [Piriteus (800)]Piriteus' alleged date conflicts with documented date of Bishop Andrea. Ughelli, p. 530, can only say "creditur". Cappelletti, p. 402, agrees. Perteus (Petrus) (826)Perteus may be the correct reading of the name of the bishop who attended the Roman synod of Pope Eugenius II. J.-D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIV (Venice: A. Zatta 1769), p. 999. Pecci, pp. 62-63. Cappelletti, pp. 402-403. [Tommaso (830)] Anastasius (attested 833)Pecci, pp. 63-73. Cappelletti, p. 403. Gams, p. 752 column 1. [Gerardus (841)]Pecci, p. 75. Cappelletti, p. 412.