The Diocese of Poggio Mirteto, in central Italia region
Lazio's
Province of Rieti (formerly in the province of Perugia), was a Latin bishopric from 1841 until its merger in to the Diocese of Sabina in 1925.[1]Poggio Mirteto was previously under the jurisdiction of the
Territorial Abbey of Farfa, which later passed to the Diocese of Sabina.
The diocese of Poggio Mirteto was established on November 25, 1841 from territory split off from the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rieti, the
Diocese of Sabina and the suppressed Territorial Abbacy of San Salvatore Maggiore,[2] whose old
collegiate church became the cathedral, and a diocesan
seminary was established.
The diocese had in the early 20th century 38 parishes, with 32,600 inhabitants, 2 religious houses of men and 8 of sisters, under whose direction were the schools for girls in several communes.
Sabina–Poggio Mirteto
Since 1925 (1925.06.03), the cardinalitial suburbicarian see of Sabina has been united to that of
Poggio Mirteto, and has been officially named Sabina e
Poggio Mirteto, since 1986 Sabina–Poggio Mirteto. Some of territory of Poggio Mirteto was returned to the other mother-bishopric, the
Diocese of Rieti.
The first bishop was Nicolo Crispigni.[14] The last was Cardinal
Gaetano de Lai.
Bishops of Poggio Mirteto
Angelo Rossi (1874.12.21 – 1882.01.24), later Bishop of
Civitavecchia (Italy) (1882.01.24 – 1906.10.14), Bishop of
Tarquinia (Italy) (1882.01.24 – death 1906.10.14)
Luciano Saracani (1882.03.27 – 1888.06.01), emeritate as
Titular Bishop of
Epiphania (1888.06.01 – death 1892.08.23)
Paolo de Sanctis (1888.06.01 – 1896.06.22), emeritate as
Titular Archbishop of
Sardica (1896.06.22 – death 1907)
Domenico Ambrosi (1896.06.22 – 1899.12.19), later Bishop of
Terracina (Italy) (1899.12.19 – 1921.08.17), Bishop of
Priverno (Italy) (1899.12.19 – 1921.08.17), Bishop of
Sezze (Italy) (1899.12.19 – death 1921.08.17)
Giuseppe Gandolfi (1899.12.14 – 1906.09.26), later Bishop of
Jesi (Italy) (1906.09.26 – death 1927.09.14)
Archbishop-bishop Bartolomeo Mirra (1908.08.22 – death 1917.03.28), previously Titular Bishop of
Amathus in Palæstina (1898.02.11 – 1907.04.15), Titular Archbishop of Auxume (1907.04.15 – 1908.08.22)
Luigi Ferretti (1917.11.17 – 1924.03.24), later Bishop of
Macerata (Italy) (1924.03.24 – 1934.11.26), Bishop of
Tolentino (Italy) (1924.03.24 – 1934.11.26)
^Source for the period 1011-1130: Rudolf Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130, Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom 1977, p. 125-129
^Hüls, p. 3-4; Hans Walter Klewitz, Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg, Darmstadt 1957, p. 34-35.
^Sources for the period 1130-1200: Johannes M. Brixius, Die Mitglieder des Kardinalskollegiums von 1130-1181, Berlin 1912, p. 135; Barbara Zenker, Die Mitglieder des Kardinalskollegiums von 1130 bis 1159, Würzburg 1964, p. 46-51