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DIOCESE OF OSIMO (AUXIMANA).
Diocese in the Province ofAscoli Piceno,Italy. Osimo was contained in the territory of the Donation of Pepin. In the conflicts between thepopes and the Swabian emperors, it wasGhibelline; but remained faithful when in 1375, at the instigation of the Florentines, nearly all the cities of thePontifical States rebelled against theHoly See. Among other rulers it had Pandolfo Malatesta (1416); Francesco Sforza (1435); and finally, Buccolino, who surrendered the city to theHoly See in 1494. Remnants of the Roman walls and baths still exist; thecathedral is of the eighth century, restored and enlarged by Bishop Gentilis (1205); thebaptistery of the church of St. John the Baptist is notable; the communal palace possesses a collection of inscriptions; the Collegio Campana had among its studentsLeo XII andPius VIII. Saints Florentius, Sisinnius, and Diocletius weremartyrs of Osimo; the city venerates as its firstbishop St. Leopardus, of unknown era; the firstbishop of certain date is Fortunatus (649). Among itsprelates were Vitalianus (743), and Gentilis (1177).Gregory IX transferred thesee to Ricanati in 1240 to punish Osimo for its felony, but Bishop Rinaldo persuadedUrban IV to restore thesee to Osimo, and the firstbishop thereafter was St. Benvenuto Scotivoli (d. 1283), who was succeeded by Berardo Berardi, afterwardscardinal; C. Giovanni Uguccione (1320), who died inprison, for which reason thesee was again suppressed, thebishops residing at Cingoli;Urban VI restored thediocese, and among its subsequentbishops were Antonino Ugolino Sinibaldi (1498); Cardinal Antonio M. Galli (1591); and theDominican Cardinal Galamini (1620). Under Bishop Agostino Pipia,Benedict XIII re-established the Diocese of Cingoli, uniting it to that of Osimo.
Cingoli, an ancient city of Piceno, is frequently named in connexion with thewar between Cæsar and Pompey; itscathedral ofSanta Maria is of the seventeenth century; theGothicchurch of Sant'Esuperanzio is a notable temple. The first knownbishop of this see was Theodosius (495) succeeded by Julianus, who accompaniedPope Vigilius to Constantinople in 544; between the dates of Theodosius and Julianus is placed the incumbency of St. Esuperantius, whose history is legendary. No otherbishops of Cingoli areknown. The Diocese of Osimo is subjectdirectly to theHoly See; it has 34parishes, with 49,200 inhabitants, 2religious houses of men, and 4 ofwomen, 2schools for boys and 2 for girls.
CAPPELLETTI, Le Chiese d'Italia, VII; MARTORELLI, Memorie storiche della città di Osimo (Venice, 1705); COMPAGNONI, Memorie della Chiesa e dei vescovi di Osimo (Rome, 1782).
APA citation.Benigni, U.(1911).Osimo. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11338a.htm
MLA citation.Benigni, Umberto."Osimo."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 11.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1911.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11338a.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by Richard Hemphill.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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