Territorial Abbey of Montevergine
Territorial Abbey of Montevergine Abbatia Territorialis Montisvirginis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Benevento |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 48 km2 (19 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 16,000 15,800 (98.8%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 12th Century |
| Cathedral | Santuario di S. Maria di Montevergine |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Abbot | Riccardo Luca Guariglia, O.S.B. |
| Website | |
| www.santuariodimontevergine.com | |
The Territorial Abbey of Montevergine (
Latin: Territorialis Abbatia Montisvirginis) is a Latin Church territorial abbey located in the commune of Montevergine in the ecclesiastical province of Benevento
in Italy.
About 1120
Louis I of Naples, are buried in the abbey. The new basilica, built in 1961, is home to a 13th-century Byzantine icon of a black Madonna.[2]
In 1926 it was established as the Territorial Abbacy of Montevergine.
Leadership
- Territorial Abbots of Montevergine (Roman rite)
- Abbot O.S.B.
- Abbot O.S.B.(April 18, 2009 – April 18, 2014)
- Fr. O.S.B.(Apostolic Administrator November 15, 2006 – April 18, 2009)
- Abbot O.S.B.(June 24, 1998 – November 15, 2006)
- Abbot Francesco Pio Tamburrino (later Archbishop) (November 29, 1989 – February 14, 1998)
- Abbot Tommaso Agostino Gubitosa, O.S.B. (October 15, 1979 – 1989)
- Abbot Anselmo Ludovico Tranfaglia, O.S.B. (December 17, 1952 – 1968)
- Abbot Giuseppe Ramiro Marcone, O.S.B. (March 11, 1918 – 1952)
- Abbot Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. (later Archbishop) (September 1908 – April 7, 1915)
- Abbot Vittore Corvaia, O.S.B. (later Bishop) (January 18, 1884 – July 12, 1908)
- Abbot
References
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: "Monte Vergine"; the legend, told to an English traveler, was reported in Sketch Book of the South, (pub. Edward Churton) London, 1835.
- ^ Described in Sketch Book of the South, 1835.
40°55′07″N 14°44′59″E / 40.91861°N 14.74972°E
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