Diocese of Aosta
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The Italian Catholic diocese of Aosta has existed in its modern form since 1817[1]. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Turin.
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[edit] History
Although St. Ursus is sometimes said to have been the first bishop, this is controverted. The first certainly known bishop is St. Eustasius, whose name coupled with Aosta is signed to a letter sent to Pope Leo I by the second Synod of Milan (451).[2] From the ninth century the list of bishops is fairly complete.
Suppressed in 1802 it was re-established in 1817. In the cathedral treasury is a diptych of Anicius Probus, Roman consul in 406, which shows the Emperor Honorius conquering the hordes of Alaric. It was discovered in 1833. St. Anselm (1033-1109), Archbishop of Canterbury, was a native of Aosta. St. Bernard de Menthon (1008), Archdeacon of Aosta, founded the hospice on the Alps named after him, as a relief to pilgrims. [3]
[edit] Territory and parishes
The diocese, which covers an area of 3,262 km² and has a population of 124,352, is divided into 93 parishes[4]. All are in the (civil) region of Aosta Valley. A list of parishes by commune follows; locations (villages or neighbourhoods) within a commune are shown in brackets.[5]
[edit] Aosta Valley (Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta/Région Autonome Vallée-d'Aoste)
- Allein
- Santo Stefano
- Antey-Saint-André
- Sant’Andrea
- Aosta
- Maria SS. Immacolata
- Sant'Anselmo
- San Giovanni Battista (the cathedral)
- San Lorenzo
- Santo Stefano
- St-Martin-de-Corléans
- Madonna delle Nevi (Porossan)
- S. Nicola e S. Barbara (Excenex)
- San Bernardo di Mont-joux (Signayes)
- Arnad
- San Martino
- Arvier
- San Sulpizio
- Avise
- San Brizio
- Ayas
- San Martino (Antagnod)
- Sant’Anna (Champoluc)
- Aymavilles
- Cristo Re
- Bard
- Maria Assunta
- Bionaz
- Santa Margherita
- Brissogne
- Santa Caterina
- Brusson
- San Maurizio
- Challand-Saint-Anselme
- Sant’Anselmo
- Challand-Saint-Victor
- Saint Victor
- Chambave
- San Lorenzo
- Chamois
- San Pantaleone
- Champdepraz
- San Francesco de Sales
- Champorcher
- San Nicola
- Charvensod
- Santa Colomba
- Châtillon
- San Pietro
- Cogne
- Sant’Orso
- Courmayeur
- San Pantaleone
- Santa Margherita (Entreves)
- Donnas
- San Pietro in Vincoli
- Natività di Maria Vergine (Vert)
- Doues
- San Biagio
- Emarèse
- San Pantaleone
- Etroubles
- Santa Maria Assunta
- Fénis
- San Maurizio
- Fontainemore
- Sant’Antonio Abate
- Gaby
- San Michele
- Gignod
- Sant’Ilario
- Gressan
- Santo Stefano
- Gressoney-La-Trinité
- SS. Trinità
- Gressoney-Saint-Jean
- San Giovanni Battista
- Hône
- San Giorgio
- Introd
- La Conversione di S. Paolo
- Issime
- San Giacomo
- Issogne
- Santa Maria Assunta
- Jovençan
- Sant’Orso
- La Magdeleine
- Santa Maria Maddalena
- La Salle, Italy
- San Cassiano
- Sant’Orso (Derby (Derby)
- La Thuile
- San Nicola
- Lillianes
- San Rocco
- Montjovet
- Natività di Maria Vergine
- San Germano (Saint-Germain)
- Morgex
- Santa Maria Assunta
- Nus
- Sant'Ilario
- Saint-Barthélemy (Lignan)
- Ollomont
- Sant’Agostino
- Oyace
- San Michele
- Perloz
- SS. Salvatore
- Pollein
- San Giorgio
- Pontboset
- San Grato
- Pontey
- San Martino
- Pont-Saint-Martin
- San Lorenzo
- Pré-Saint-Didier
- San Lorenzo
- Quart
- Sant’Eusebio (Bas Villair)
- San Sebastiano (Ville Sur Nus)
- Rhêmes-Notre-Dame
- La Visitazione di Maria Vergine
- Rhêmes-Saint-Georges
- San Giorgio
- Roisan
- San Vittore
- Saint-Christophe
- San Cristofero
- Saint-Denis
- S. Dionigi
- Saint-Marcel
- San Marcello
- Saint-Nicolas
- San Nicola
- Saint-Oyen
- Sant’Eugendo
- Saint-Pierre
- San Pietro
- Saint-Rhémy-en-Bosses
- San Remigio
- San Leonardo
- Saint-Vincent
- San Vincenzo
- Sarre
- San Maurizio
- Sant’Eustachio (Chesallet)
- Torgnon
- San Martino
- Valgrisenche
- San Grato
- Valpelline
- San Pantaleone
- Valsavarenche
- Nostra Signora del Carmine
- Valtournenche
- Sant’Antonio Abate
- Maria Regina Vallis Augustanae (Breuil Cervinia)
- Verrayes
- San Martino
- San Martino (Dimoz)
- Verrès
- Sant’Egidio
- Villeneuve
- Santa Maria Assunta
[edit] Bishops of Aosta
There follows a partial list of the bishops of the diocese.[6]
- Saint Eustasius (fifth century)
- Saint Gratus of Aosta (Grat, Grato; second half of fifth century), patron saint of the diocese.
- Jucundus (Joconde, Giocondo; died 522)
- Agnellus (Agnello; died 528)
- Gal (Gallo; died 546), like Gratus and Agnellus he was buried in the church of San Lorenzo[7]
- Plocéan (late sixth century?), an Arian who, according to the legend of Saint Ursus of Aosta, was strangled in his bed by two devils. [8]
- Boniface of Valperga (1219–1243)
- Emerico di Quart (1302–1313)
- Paolo Giuseppe Solaro (1784–1803)
- Andrea Jourdain (appointed 1832)
- Giacomo Giuseppe Jans (appointed 1867)
- Augusto Giuseppe Duc (1872–1907)
- Giovanni Vincenzo Tasso (1908–1919)
- Claudio Angelo Giuseppe Calabrese (1920–1932)
- Francesco Imberti (1932–1945)
- Maturino Blanchet (1946–1968)
- Ovidio Lari (1968–1994)
- Giuseppe Anfossi since 30 December 1995
[edit] Notes
- ^ Cheney 2007.
- ^ A’Becket 1907 cites Savio 1899.
- ^ The ‘History’ section of the article quotes extensively fromA’Becket 1907, a text in the public domain.
- ^ CCI n.d.a.
- ^ The list of parishes was derived from CCI n.d.b and CCI n.d.c.
- ^ The source for Paolo Giuseppe Solaro and his successors is http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/aost0.htm
- ^ Agnello and Gallo, like Grato, the second bishop, are buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Aosta. Diocesi di Aosta: Parrocchie di San Lorenzo in Aosta
- ^ Sant' Orso di Aosta
[edit] References
- A’Becket, John Joseph (1907), “Aosta”, The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. I, New York: Robert Appleton Company, <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_%281913%29/Aosta>.
- Battandier, Albert (1906), Annuaire pontifical catholique, Paris: Maison de la Bonne Presse. (Cited by A’Becket 1907 as ‘BATTANDIER, Ann. Cath. Pont., 1906’.)
- CCI (n.d.a), Chiesa Cattolica Italiana - CCI - Diocesi di Aosta, <http://www.chiesacattolica.it/cci_new/diocesi/aosta.html>.
- CCI (n.d.b), Chiesa Cattolica Italiana - CCI - Parrochie, <http://www.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_new/bd_edit_info.ric_parr?cod_reg=&cod_dioc=503&dadiocesi=1>.
- CCI (n.d.c), “Parrocchie”, Diocesi di Aosta, Annuario Diocesano, <http://www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_dioc_new/bd_dioc_annuario.organismi_ricerca?id_dioc=19&tipo=PA00&id_pagina=1126&rifi=&rifp=>.
- Cheney, David M. (2007), “Diocese of Aosta”, Catholic-Hierarchy, <http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/daost.html>.
- Savio, Fedele (1899), Gli Antichi Vescovi d'Italia, vol. 2: Piemonte, Turin, pp. 69-108.
This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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