Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina

The Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina () is a Latin suburbicarian diocese centered on the comune of Palestrina in Italy.

The current bishop of Palestrina is Mauro Parmeggiani, who was appointed by Pope Francis on 19 February 2019. Prior to his appointment, he had served as Apostolic Administrator following the resignation of his predecessor, Bishop Emeritus Domenico Sigalini, on 31 July 2017 due to age.

History

In 1060, the Diocese of Gabii was suppressed and its territory was incorporated into the Diocese of Palestrina. During the conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and the Colonna family, Palestrina was destroyed by papal order in 1299. Boniface established a new settlement, known as ''Civitas Papalis'', on the plain below the former city and transferred the episcopal and cardinalitial title there. The new settlement was short-lived, and the traditional title of Palestrina was restored in 1306. Palestrina was looted in 1473.Ferdinand Gregorovius, A History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages Volume VII. part 1 (London: Bell 1900), pp. 57–60.

During the 17th century, the comune of Palestrina was the family territory of a number of Italian noble families including the Barberini, Colonna and d'Este families (which regularly intermarried). Members of these families are represented throughout the list of diocese Bishops, especially between 1600 and 1800. Barberini Pope Urban VIII appointed a number of relatives and close supporters to the Palestrina diocese and governmental positions.

Palestrina is one of the six suburbicarian dioceses of Rome, each traditionally assigned to a cardinal as titular bishop. Although this is a high-ranking position—one of only six in the Order of Cardinal BishopsUmberto Benigni, "Diocese of Palestrina", Retrieved: 2016-10-19. —since 1972, the title has been purely honorary. The governance of the diocese is now entrusted to a residential bishop, as ordained in the Motu Proprio "Suburbicariis Sedibus" and the cardinal bishop no longer exercises actual authority over its administration.

Bishops

To 1000 Maurus (558)Bishop Maurus received a letter from Pope Pelagius I: Kehr, p. 48, no. 1. Sergio (721)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Creations of Cardinals of the XI Century Venanzio 732 Gregorio 761–767 Andrea 769–773 Contantinus 826 Leone 914–928 Teofilo 963 – before 988 Stefan 988cf. G. Cappelletti: Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni. Vol. 1, Venice 1844, pp. 599–601 Peter 996–1015

1001–1200 Johannes I 1036–1039Sources for the period 1036–1130: Hüls, pp. 108–117; Klewitz, pp. 33–35, 117 and 120 Johannes II 1044 Raniero 1058 (pseudocardinal, created by antipope *?) Bruno 1059–1060 Bernhard 1061–1065 Loperto 1066–1069 vacant 1069–1073 Uberto Belmonte 1073–1082 [Berardo (?) ca.1092 (?)]Hüls, p. 111 no. 8 says that Bernardo's existence is dubious because he appears only in one bull dated September 1092 which has been recognized as a forgery, though possibly based on original documents. Klewitz, p. 117 does not mention him among the occupants of this suburbicarian see. Ugone Candido 1089–1099 (pseudocardinal) Milone 1095/98–1104 vacant 1104–1107Some sources mention cardinal Corrado 1105–1106 but the only document attesting his existence (bull of Paschalis II in favour of the church of S. Salvatore dated 27 December 1105) has been recognized as falsehood and both Klewitz, p. 120 and Hüls, p. 112–113, eliminated him from the list of the bishops of Palestrina Cuno of Praeneste 1107–1122 Guillaume Praenestinus 1123–1137Source for the period 1130–1187: Brixius p. 135 Johannes 1130–1134 (pseudocardinal) Étienne de Châlons 1139–1144 Guarino Foscari 1144–1158 Giulio I 1158–1164 vacant 1164–1176Some sources mention cardinal Ugo or Ottone occupying that see ca. 1164 but Brixius, pp. 60–68 excludes him from the list of cardinals created by Alexander III because no papal bulls signed by him has been found. Probably he is confused with cardinal-bishop Odo of Tusculum 1170–1171 (cf. Brixius, p. 65 no. 21) Vibiano 1168–1173 (pseudocardinal) Manfredo de Lavagna 1176–1178 vacant 1178–1179 Benerede 1179–1180 Paolo Scolari 1180–1187 vacant 1188–1191Source for the period 1188–1228: Maleczek, p. 63 Giovanni III da Anagni 1190–1196Some sources indicate that abbot Mainard of Pontigny became bishop of Palestrina in 1188 and died few weeks after his promotion but Maleczek, p. 125 says that Mainard is attested as abbot of Pontigny until 1192. Therefore, he should be excluded from the list of the bishops of Palestrina vacant 1196–1200 Guy de Paré, O.Cist. 1200–1204Guy de Paré was born at Paray-le-Monial, diocese of Autun. In 1187 he became Abbot of Notre-Dame-du-Val, diocese of Paris. Cardinal Guy was sent as Legate to Germany in 1201 to deal with Otto IV. Eubel, I, p. 3 and note 4. Cardinal Guy was appointed Archbishop of Reims: Eubel, p. 419. He died on 30 July 1206.

1201–1400

Guido Papareschi 1206–1221 Guido II Pierleoni 1221–1228 Giacomo di Pecorari, O.Cist. 1231–1244Promoted by Pope Gregory IX in his third Consistory in September 1231. he was Vicar of the City of Rome for Gregory IX. Eubel, I, p. 6 with n. 5, 37. Stephen Báncsa 1251–1270 Vicedominus de Vicedominis 1273–1276 Erard de Lézinnes 1278–1279 Girolamo I Masci 1281–1288, later Pope Nicholas IV Bernardo V Berardi di Cagli 1288–1291 Simon I Beaulieu 1294–1297 Teodorico Raineri 1299–1306 Pierre III de la Chapelle Taillefer 1306–1312 Guillaume II de Mandagot 1312–1321 Pierre IV Despres 1322–1361 (Pierre des Prés, Peter de Pratis) Raymond de Canillac 1361–1373 Simon Langham 1373–1376 Jean du Cros 1377–1378 (in the obedience of Avignon until 1383) Francesco Moricotti PrignaniMaricotti was a nephew of Urban VI (Roman Obedience), and took his name. He was created a Cardinal Priest in the Consistory held on 18 September 1878. He was granted the titular church of San Eusebio. In July 1380 he was named Bishop of Palestrina. He died in Assisi on 6 February 1394. Eubel, I, p. 23. 1380–1394 (Roman Obedience) Gui de Malsec 1384–1412 (Avignon Obedience) Angelo Afflicti 1395–1401 (administrator) (Roman Obedience)

1401–1600

Oddo Colonna 1401–1405 (administrator) Antonio I Gaetani 1405–1409, † 1412 (Bishop of Porto 1409–1412) Angelo de Sommariva, O.S.B.Cam. 1412–1428Sommariva, of Neapolitan ancestry, had been created by Urban VI on 17 December 1384 and assigned the Deaconry of Santa Lucia in Septasolio (Saepta Solis). In May 1396 he was promoted Cardinal Priest of San Pudenziana by Boniface IX (of the Roman Obedience), a fellow Neapolitan. He attended the Council of Pisa in 1409, which brought him excommunication by the Roman Obedience and the Obedience of Benedict XIII. On 23 September 1412 he was promoted Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina. He attended the Council of Constance, and helped elect Pope Martin V. He died on 21 July 1428. Eubel, I, pp. 25 and 37. vacant 1428–1431 Hugues de Lusignan 1431–1436, † 1442 (Bishop of Frascati 1436–1442) vacant 1436–1444 Giovanni IV TagliacotioGiovanni Berardi Tagliacozzo was a priest of the diocese of the Marsi. He had previously been Archbishop of Taranto, appointed by Pope Martin V on 20 October 1421. He was created a Cardinal Priest by Pope Eugene IV on 18 December 1439, and assigned the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo. He was promoted Bishop of Palestrina on 7 March 1444. He served as Major Penitentiary. He died on 21 January 1449. Eubel, I, p. 473; II, pp. 7, 60, and 64. 1444–1449 Giorgio de Flisco 1449–1455 vacant 1455–1460 Juan de Torquemada 1460–1463, † 1468 (Bishop of Albano c. 1464 and Bishop of Sabina 1463–1468) vacant 1463–1465 Alain de Cotivy 1465–1472, † 1474 (also Bishop of Sabina 1472–1474) Angelo Capranica 1472–1478 Marco Balbo 1478–1491 Jean Balue 1491 (Bishop of Albano 1483–1491) Giovanni VII Micheli 1491–1492, † 1503 (Bishop of Albano 1491, Bishop of Porto 1492–1503) Girolamo Basso della Rovere 1492–1503, † 1507 (Bishop of Sabina 1503–1507) Lorenzo Cybo de Mari 1503 (Bishop of Albano 1501–1503, Bishop of Frascati 1503) Antonio Pallavicini Gentili 1503–1507 (Bishop of Frascati 1503–1505) Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio 1507–1508, † 1509 (Bishop of Frascati 1505–1507, Bishop of Sabina 1508–1509) Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal 1508–1509 (Bishop of Frascati 1507–1509, of Sabina 1509–1521 and of Ostia and Velletri 1521–1523) Guillaume Briçonnet 1509–1511 (Bishop of Albano 1507–1508 and of Frascati 1509–1510) Marco Vigerio, O.Min.Vigerio, a Master in theology, had been Bishop of Senigallia (1478–1513) and Castellan of the Castel S. Angelo. He was created Cardinal Priest by Pope Julius II on 1 December 1505, and assigned the titular church of Santa Maria trans Tiberim. On 29 October 1511 he was promoted Bishop of Palestrina. He died on 18 July 1516. Eubel, II, p. 235; III, p. 10, 298. 1511–1516. Francesco II Soderini 1516–1523 (Bishop of Albano 1516–1517, of Porto 1523 and of Ostia and Velletri 1523–1524) Alessandro Farnese 1523 Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1523–1524 (Bishop of Albano 1521–1523 and of Sabina 1524) Pietro Accolti 1524, † 1532 (Bishop of Albano 1623–1524 and of Sabina 1524–1532) Marco Cornaro 1524 Lorenzo Pucci 1524–1531 (Bishop of Albano 1524) Giovanni Piccolomini 1531–1533, † 1537 (Bishop of Albano 1524–1531, of Porto 1533–1535 and of Ostia and Velletri 1535–1537) Andrea della Valle 1533–1534 (Bishop of Albano 1533) Bonifacio Ferreri 1534–1535, † 1543A native of Nice, Ferreri was Bishop of Vercelli (1509–1511) in succession to his brother, Cardinal Giuseppe Ferreri; and Bishop of Ivrea (1511–1518). He was created a Cardinal Priest by Pope Leo X on 1 July 1517, and assigned the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo. Ferreri was Bishop of Albano 1533–1534. On 5 September 1534 he was promoted to the diocese of Palestrina; from Palestrina he was promoted to the diocese of Sabina 1535–1537; and finally he became Bishop of Porto 1537–1543. Eubel, III, pp. 15, 55, 57, 58, 214. Lorenzo Campeggio 1535–1537, † 1539 (Bishop of Albano 1534–1535 and of Sabina 1537–1539) Antonio Sanseverino 1537–1539, † 1543 (Bishop of Sabina 1539–1543 and of Porto 1543) Giovanni Vincenzo Caraffa 1539–1541 Alessandro Cesarini 1541–1542Eubel, III, pp. 17, 57. Francesco III Cornaro 1542–1543 Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1543–1550 François Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme 1550–1557 Federigo Cesi 1557–1562, † 1564 Giovanni Morone 1562–1564, † 1580 (Bishop of Albano 1560–1561, of Sabina 1561–1562, of Frascati 1562, 1564–1565, of Porto 1565–1570 and of Ostia and Velletri 1570–1580) Cristoforo Madruzzo 1564–1570, † 1578 (Bishop of Albano 1561–1562, of Sabina 1562–1564 and of Porto 1570–1578) Otto Truchsess von Waldburg 1570–1573 (Bishop of Albano 1562–1570 and Sabina 1570) Giulio della Rovere 1573–1578 (Bishop of Albano 1570 and of Sabina 1570–1573) Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni 1578–1583, † 1591 (Bishop of Frascati 1583–1587, of Sabina 1578, of Porto 1587–1589 and of Ostia and Velletri 1589–1591) Giovanni Francesco Gambara 1583–1587 (Bishop of Albano 1580–1583) Marco Antonio Colonna 1587–1597 Giulio Antonio Santori 1597–1602

1601–1800

Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici 1602–1605 (Bishop of Albano 1600–1602) Agostino Valeri 1605–1606 Ascanio Colonna 1606–1608 Antonio Maria Galli 1608–1611, 20 (Bishop of Frascati 1605–1608, of Porto 1611–1615 and of Ostia and Velletri 1615–1620) Gregorio Petrocchini 1611–1612 Benedetto Giustiniani 1612–1615, (Bishop of Sabina 1615–1620 and of Porto 1620–1621) Francesco Maria Del Monte 1615–1621, (Bishop of Porto 1621–1623 and of Ostia and Velletri 1623–1625) Ottavio Bandini 1621–1624, (Bishop of Porto 1624–1626 and of Ostia and Velletri 1626–1629) Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto 1624–1626, (Bishop of Albano 1626–1627 and of Frascati 1627–1629) Domenico Ginnasi 1626–1629, (Bishop of Porto 1629–1630 and of Ostia 1630–1639) Marcello Lante della Rovere 1629, (Bishop of Frascati 1629–1639, of Porto 1639–1641 and of Ostia 1641–1652) Pier Paolo Crescenzi 1629–1641, † 1645 (Bishop of Porto 1641–1645) Guido Bentivoglio 1641–1644