Archdiocese of Rossano-Cariati Archidioecesis Rossanensis-Cariatensis Arcidiocesi di Rossano-Cariati | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cosenza-Bisignano |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,415 km2 (546 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 137,500 135,000 (98.2%) |
| Parishes | 53 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 597 |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Maria SS. Achiropita (Rossano) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Michele Arcangelo (Cariati) |
| Patron saints | Maria Achiropita Nilo da Rossano Leonardo Abate Cataldo Vescovo[1] |
| Secular priests | 67[2] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Maurizio Aloise |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
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TheArchdiocese of Rossano–Cariati (Latin:Archidioecesis Rossanensis-Cariatensis) is aLatin diocese of theCatholic Church inCalabria that has existed since 597, beginning as the Diocese of Rossano. It is asuffragan of theArchdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano.[2][1]
In 597, the Diocese of Rossano was established from the formerDiocese of Thurio. The first known bishop of this see is Valerianus, Bishop of the "Ecclesia Rosana" in the Roman Council of 680.[3]
TheOratory of San Marco inRossano was built in the 10th century bySt. Nilus the Younger as a place of retirement for nearbyeremite monks and is one of the most important testimonies toByzantine art in Italy.[4] In 982Emperor Otto II capturedRossano temporarily from the Byzantines, who had made it the capital of their possessions in Southern Italy. It preserved its Greek character long after its conquest by theNormans after which its Greek bishop acknowledged papal jurisdiction at thesynod of Melfi in 1089.[3][5]
TheCattedrale di Maria Santissima Achiropita is the seat of the Archbishop of Rossano-Cariati. Built in the 11th century, it houses an ancient image of theMadonna Acheropita, an image of theMadonna and Child dated to somewhere between about 580 and the first half of the 8th century.
In 1460, the Diocese was elevated to an Archdiocese.[1]
On Juni 27, 1818, with thebullDe utiliori ofPope Pius VII, thedioceses ofCerenzia,Strongoli andUmbriatico were incorporated in the Diocese of Cariati.[6]
The famousCodex Rossanensis was discovered in 1879 in the Rossano cathedral sacristy.[3]
On February 13, 1919, the Diocese had territory transferred to create theEparchy of Lungro for theItalo-Albanian Catholic Church.[1] On April 4, 1979, the Archdiocese was merged with theDiocese of Cariati to become the Archdiocese of Rossano e Cariati. On September 9, 1986, the Archdiocese was renamed to Archdiocese of Rossano–Cariati[2] The Co-Cathedral of the Archangel Michael in located inCariati. On January 30, 2001, the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano was elevated to a Metropolitan See with Rossano-Cariati as a suffragan diocese.[7]
Inspired byPope Francis' encyclicalLaudato si', the nuns of the Convent of Saint Augustine in Rossano developed in conjunction with ten sponsoring organizations, the Rossano Garden Park project. They arrived in Rossano in 2009 fromEremo di Lecceto in Siena; St. Augustine's is the first convent of Augustinian nuns in Calabria. Experts assisted with the planting of a wide variety of trees, carefully selected and compatible with the altitude, climate, and native flora.[8]
In the tenth century, or perhaps earlier, theGreek Rite was introduced at Rossano, and continued until the sixteenth century, although two attempts were made to introduce theLatin Rite – once in 1092, and again by Bishop Matteo de' Saraceni in 1460. Priests of the Latin Rite, however, were often appointed bishops.[3][better source needed] The Greek Rite was maintained especially by the seven Basilian monasteries in the diocese, the most famous of which wasSanta Maria in Patiro. In 1571 the Greek Rite was abandoned in the cathedral, and half a century afterwards throughout the city.[3]
Among the prominent archbishops were:
Latin Name: Rossanensis
Erected: 7th Century
Latin Name: Rossanensis
Elevated: 1460
Latin Name: Rossanensis et Cariatensis
United: April 4, 1979
The archdiocese includes the ancientDiocese of Turio (Thurii), a city which arose after the destruction of Sybaris; five of its bishops are known, the first being Giovanni (501) and the last Guglielmo (1170).[3]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Rossano".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cosenza-Bisignano | |
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