The early beginnings of the Diocese of Amalfi are obscure; it is not known when it was founded, or when Christianity reached it. That it was early is a reasonable conjecture, considering the facilities for communication with the East which the South of Italy possessed.
The first indication that Amalfi was a Christian community is supplied by Pope
Gregory the Great, who wrote in January 596 to the
Subdeacon Antemius, his
legate and administrator in
Campania, ordering him to constrain within a
monastery Primenus, Bishop of Amalfi, because he did not remain in his diocese, but
roamed about.[3] The regular list of bishops began in 829.
In the early 20th century, archdiocese had about 36,000 inhabitants, 54 parishes and 279 diocesan priests.
On 30 September 1986 the diocese was renamed the "Archdiocese of Amalfi–Cava de’ Tirreni", having gained territory from and absorbing the title of the suppressed
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cava de’ Tirreni.
^Pimenius is mentioned in a letter of Pope Gregory I: Kehr, p. 388, no. 1. Ughelli, pp. 189-190. J.P, Migne (ed.) Patrologiae Latinae cursus completus Tomus 77 (Paris 1862), p. 813 (Epistolarum Liber VI, 23).
^Petrus and others were recipients of an order of
Pope John VIII: Kehr, p. 388, no. 2. Ughelli, p. 190.
^Bishop Petrus was one of the legates sent by
Pope Leo IX to the Emperor Constantine Monomachos: Kehr, pp. 389-390, no. 8.
^Bishop Mauro had previously been Bishop of
Minori (1092? – 1103). In 1112 he was sent as a legate to the Emperor Alexius: Kehr, p. 390-391, no. 10.
^Giovanni della Porta was a native of Salerno. Giovanni's election was recognized by Pope Anacletus II: Kehr, p. 391, no. 14. Ughelli, p. 202.
^A priest of Benevento, Giovanni was elected with the consent of King Roger of Sicily, and was consecrated in Rome by
Pope Innocent II. He consecrated the church of S. Nicholas in 1161. Ughelli, pp. 202-204.
^A native of Lombady, Roboald had been a chaplain of King Roger of Sicily and a Canon of Palermo. He was consecrated by
Pope Alexander III. Kehr, p. 392, no. 16.
^Dionisio had previously been Bishop of
Teramo (Italy) (1170 – 1174). He was consecrated and given the pallium by Pope Alexander III. He was present at the Lateran Council of 1179. J.D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXII (Venice 1778), p. 214. Kehr, p. 392, no. 19. Ughelli, p. 205.
^He had been Archdeacon of Chieti. Eubel, I, p. 84
^Pignatelli was later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Cosenza (Italy) (1254.11.04 – 1266.09.30), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Messina (Sicily, Italy) (1266.09.30 – death 1272)
^Gualtieri had previously been Bishop of
Larino (Italy) (? – 1254.11.10)
^Caracciolo had previously been Bishop of
Castellammare di Stabia (Italy) (1327.08.21 – 1331.09.20)
^Del Judice had previously been Bishop of
Teano (Italy) (1353.05.24 – 1361.04.16); later Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1373.05.18 – 1379), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Brindisi (Italy) (1379 – 1380.06.04),
Apostolic Administrator of Imola (Italy) (1380 – 1382), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Taranto (Italy) (1380.06.04 – 1386.01.11), Apostolic Administrator of Aversa (Italy) (1381.11.13 – 1386.01.11), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Pudenziana by Urban VI (1383 – death 1386.01.11), also
Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church of
Reverend Apostolic Camera (1383 – 1386.01.11),
Archpriest of
Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major (1383 – 1386.01.11). He was murdered at Genoa on orders of
Urban VI. Ughelli, pp. 233-235. Camera, pp. 257-261. Eubel, I, pp. 24, 84, 149, 170, 473, 480.
^Acquaviva had previously been Bishop of
Ascoli Piceno (Italy) (1369.10.22 – 1375.01.01); appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of
Salerno (Italy) (24 November 1378 – 1382) in the Avignon Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 430.
^Bishop Paolo had previously been Bishop of Minori (1390–1393), appointed by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 344.
^He was a Neapolitan, and held the degree of Master of theology. Ughelli, p. 241. Eubel, II, p. 86.
^Archbishop Miroballo was a Doctor in utroque iure (Doctor of Civil and Canon Law), and served as an ambassador of Ferdinand I of Naples. He restored the archiepiscopal palace. Ughelli, pp. 241-243.
^Lorenzo Pucci was Administrator of the diocese of Melfi (1513–1528), but he was also Papal Datary and lived in the Apostolic Palace in Rome. The diocese was only a benefice for him. He was named a Cardinal Priest by
Pope Leo X on 23 September 1513. In 1524 he became suburbicarian Bishop of Albano. From 1520 to 1529 he was Major Penitentiary. Eubel, III, pp. 13, 55, 105; 241 and n. 3.
^Filonardi had been a Canon of the Vatican Basilica, Referendary of the Two Signatures (1614), Nuncio in Naples (1616–1621). He died in Rome on 24 April 1624. Gauchat, IV, p. 80, with note 2.
^Scorza was Doctor in utroque iure (Doctor of Civil and Canon Law) (Sapienza 1704), and Vicar-General of the diocese of Recanati, of Fossombrone, and of Rimini. Scorza had previously been Bishop of Teramo (1724–1731); he was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini on 24 June 1724: Ritzler, V, p. 91, with note 6. Ritzler, VI, p. 78 with note 2.
^A native of Naples, Cioffi was Doctor in utroque iure (Doctor of Civil and Canon Law) (Naples 1714). He had been Bishop of Sora (1744–1748); he was consecrated in Naples on 1 May 1744 by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli, Archbishop of Naples. Ritzler, VI, p. 78 with note 3; p. 384 with note 3.
^Puoti was Doctor in utroque iure (Doctor of Civil and Canon Law) (Sapienza 1741). He served as Vicar-General in the diocese of Marsi (He was the nephew of the bishop), of Bitonto, and of Cava. He was elected Vicar Capitular of the Marsi on the death of his uncle. He was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Giuseppe Spinelli on 26 November 1758. Ritzler, VI, p. 78 with note 4.
^Master of theology. Superior of the Convento di S. Maria la Nova in Naples. Bishop of Scala-and-Ravello (1790–1804). He held a synod in Amalfi in 1816. Camera, pp. 450-452. Gams, p. 916.
^A native of Bisceglia, Ventura had previously been Bishop of Termoli (1846–1849). Gams, pp. 848 and 933.
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