Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano

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The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano in Calabria has been a metropolitan see since 2001.

It was combined with the diocese of Bisignano in 1979. The historical archdiocese of Cosenza, immediately subject to the Holy See, was elevated from a diocese in 1170.^[1]

1 History
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[edit] History

In 902 Cosenza was pillaged by the Saracens, who were later expelled by the Normans but regained possession of the city in 1004. In 1130 Cosenza became the capital of Calabria Citeriore, and part of the Kingdom of Naples.

Its earliest known bishop is Palumbus, a correspondent (599) of Gregory the Great. Among the Archbishops of Cosenza have been:

Ruffo, who perished in the earthquake of 1184;
the Cistercian Martino (1285), a prolific but uncritical writer;
Pirro Caracciolo (1452), the friend of Francis of Paula;
Bartolommeo Fleury, who died at Rome (1495) in Castle Sant' Angelo, where he had been imprisoned for forgery of pontifical documents;
Taddeo Gaddi^[2] (1535), later a Cardinal;
Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice (1650), papal diplomat.