Archdiocese of Perugia–Città della Pieve

The Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It was historically the Diocese of Perugia. It became the Archdiocese of Perugia in 1882, but without suffragans. It acquired suffragan dioceses in 1972. It was united in 1986 with the Diocese of Città della Pieve. The Current Archbishop is Ivan Maffeis

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History

In the martyrologies are found the names of the martyrs Constantius, Florentius, and Felicissimus, who died at Perugia. Under the Emperor Decius one Decentius was bishop, according to the tradition; but the first bishop of whom there is any certain knowledge was St. Herculanus, killed by King Totila in 546; many admit there were two bishops and saints of this name, of whom the first is said to have died either in one of the great persecutions or under Julian the Apostate.
Notable successors of St. Herculanus:

Joannes, who consecrated Pope Pelagius I
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Laurentius
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St. Asclepiodorus, whose relics were later taken to Metz
Conon and Andreas, who had various controversies with the abbots of San Pietro
Joannes, who consecrated the monastery of Monte Corona
Vivianus, who was present at the council of 1179
Giovanni, who gave a convent to St. Francis
Salvio de' Salvi, a learned prelate, who restored Santo Stefano, the ancient cathedral
Francesco Poggi, O. Min., who built S. Domenico nuovo
Andrea Bontempi, a cardinal, and legate general of Umbria
Andrea Giovanni Baglione, who filled several convents with reformed religious
Dionisio Vannucci, who erected the altar of the chapel del Sacro Anello
Giovanni Lopez, a cardinal who enjoyed influence under Pope Alexander VI
Trilo Baglione, deposed by Alexander VI for having taken up arms against Cesare Borgia and restored to his see by Pope Julius II
Antonio Ferreri, who suspected by Julius II died in the Castle of S. Angelo in 1508
Cardinal Agostino Spinola, under whom the canons of the cathedral, who since the twelfth century had lived according to the Rule of St. Augustine, were relieved of that rule
Giacomo Simoneta, a cardinal
Fulvio Corneo, reformer of the diocese and founder of the seminary
Ippolito Corneo, who established a house of reform, and a monastery for poor young men
Giulio Oradini, who founded a college for clerks
Napoleone Comitoli, the founder of other charitable institutions
M. Ant. Ausidei, who embellished the cathedral
Alessandro M. Odoardi, a zealous prelate, who discovered the body of St. Costanzo
Camillo Campanelli, who took the oath of allegiance to Napoleon
Carlo Filesio Cittadini, against the Provisional Government of 1831, who saved the city from pillage at that time
Gioacchino Pecci, who became Pope Leo XIII, and who made Perugia an archdiocese without suffragans

Ordinaries

Diocese of Perugia

Erected in the 2nd century with the Latin name Dioecesis Perusina

Agostino da Lanzano
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Juan López (cardinal)
Troilo Baglioni
Francisco de Remolins
Antonio Ferrero
Matteo Baldeschi
Agostino Spínola
Carlo Spinola
Giacomo Simonetta
Francesco Bernardino Simonetta
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros.
Ippolito della Corgna
Giulio Oradini
Fulvio Giulio della Corgna, O.S.Io.Hieros.
Francesco Bossi
Vincenzo Ercolano, O.P.
Antonio Maria Gallo
Napoleone Comitoli
Cosimo de Torres
Benedetto Ubaldi, cardinal
Orazio Monaldi
Marcantonio Oddi
Lucalberto Patrizi
Antonio Felice Marsili
Vitale Giuseppe de' Buoi
Marco Antonio Ansidei
Francesco Riccardo Ferniani
Filippo Amadei
Alessandro Maria Odoardi
Camillo Campanelli
Carlo Filesio Cittadini
Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci, Archbishop, cardinal
Federico Pietro Foschi