Siponto
Siponto
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Siponto (
History
According to legend, Sipontum was founded by Diomedes, product of the union of the Homeric hero of the same name with the daughter of the king of the Daunians. Siponto was probably founded by the Daunians.
Sipontum was a flourishing Greek colony, its Greek name being Sipious (Σιπιούς); having fallen into the hands of the
In the ninth century, Sipontum was for a time in the power of the Saracens; in 1042 the Normans made it the seat of one of their twelve counties. The latter won a decisive victory there over the Byzantine general
Before the second half of the 12th century, the
Some of the Knight Templar's masserie survived until the 21st century.[3] Lastly, Siponto produced one of the greatest
In 1223, a major earthquake centered on Monte Gargano destroyed nearly every building in Siponto. The tremors continued for another two years, until, by 1225, everything was in ruins.[6]
Ecclesiastical history
Ancient bishopric
According to legend, the Gospel was preached at Sipontum by
A bishopric of Sipontum (or Siponto) was established around 400 AD (or already in the third century according to others). The first bishop whose date may be fixed, was Felix, who was at Rome in 465.[7]
Another legend reports that, in the time of bishop
A bishop Felix is attested in 591 and 593, and a bishop Vitalianus in 597 and 599.[10]
By about 688, Siponto was almost abandoned. The diocese was suppressed, and
New (arch)bishopric
The see was re-established in 1034 as Diocese of Siponto, recovering its territory from the meanwhile Metropolitan
In April 1050, Pope Leo IX held a synod at Siponto, at which he deposed two archbishops, who were charged with simony.[13]
In August 1059, at the Synod of Melfi, Pope Nicholas II deposed the archbishop of Trani and bishop of Siponto. Archbishop Johannes of Trani, in his tomb inscription claimed to be "Archiepiscopus Tranensis, Sipontinensis, Garganensis Ecclesiae, atque Imperialis Synkellus."[14]
Bishop Guisard is attested in 1062.[15]
Under bishop Gerardus Gerard (1066–74), Siponto became the non-Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siponto in 1074.[11] Non-Metropolitan Archbishops of Siponto included Omobono (1087? – 1097?)[16]
In 1090, the diocese of Siponto lost territory to establish the
In 1099 Siponto was promoted to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siponto
Cathedral
The ancient cathedral remained still at Sipontum but, with the building of
See also
- list of Catholic dioceses in Italy
- Manfredonia Cathedral
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo
Notes and references
- ^ Rački, Odlomci iz državnoga práva hrvatskoga za narodne dynastie:, p. 15
- ^ Omrčanin, Military history of Croatia:, p. 24
- ^ a b "Sacrum Ordinis Militum Templi (Onlus)". Italian Knight Templar Oder (in Italian). Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- OCLC 6825757181. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- JSTOR 1450908.
- Fratelli Bocca. pp. 31–32.
- ^ Lanzoni, p. 278: "Una Vita interpolata di s. Lorenzo, suo successore in Siponto, pone la morte di lui nell'anno 490.... La Vita originale del medesimo s. Lorenzo lo pone al tempo di Zenone, mentre Odoacre e Teodorico si combattevano tra loro (489-93)."
- ^ Lanzoni, pp. 279-283. Kehr IX, p. 244.
- ^ Kehr IX, p. 244.
- ^ Lanzoni, p. 284.
- ^ a b Benigni, U. (1910). "Archdiocese of Manfredonia". The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York City: Robert Appleton. Online version, New Advent.
- ^ Gams, p. 924, column 1.
- ^ Wibert of Tulle, "Vita Leonis IX" II. 6, in: J. M. Watterich, Pontificum Romanorum Vitae Vol. I (Leipzig: G. Engelmann 1862), p. 158.
- ^ Ughelli VII, p. 823. Kehr IX, p. 235, no. 11.
- ^ Pope Alexander II wrote to "Sipontino ep. G.". Kehr IX, p. 235, no. 12.
- ^ Ughelli VII, p. 824.
Bibliography
- Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1870). Le chiese d'Italia: dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. vigesimo (20). Venezia: G. Antonelli. pp. 577–594.
- Kamp, Norbert (1975). Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien: I. Prosopographische Grundlegung, Bistumer und Bistümer und Bischöfe des Konigreichs 1194–1266: 2. Apulien und Calabrien München: Wilhelm Fink 1975.
- Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1962). Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum. Vol. IX: Samnia – Apulia – Lucania Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Berlin: Weidmann. (in Latin). pp. 230-267.
- Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). (in Italian). Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 277-284; 291-294; 300-303; 165-168.
- Omrčanin, Ivo (1984). Military history of Croatia. Dorrance. ISBN 9780805928938.
- Rački, Franjo (1861). Odlomci iz državnoga práva hrvatskoga za narodne dynastie (in Croatian). F. Klemma.
- Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, NIccolo (1721). Italia sacra sive De episcopis Italiæ, et insularum adjacentium (in Latin). Vol. Tomus septimus (7). Venice: apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 810–865.
Sources and external links
- Media related to Siponto at Wikimedia Commons
- History of Siponto Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine