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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Foggia (FG)

Elevation
  
450 m (1,480 ft)

Area
  
106.3 km²

Province
  
Province of Foggia

Postal code
  
71032

Region
  
Apulia

Frazioni
  
Tertiveri, Berardinone

Demonym(s)
  
Biccaresi

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:15 AM

Patron saint
  
Donatus of Arezzo

Dialling code
  
0881

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind N at 39 km/h, 75% Humidity

Biccari is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.

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Map of 71032 Biccari Province of Foggia, Italy

As Tortiboli (Latin Tortibulum), it was a bishopric, and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

Ecclesiastical history

In 1015 a Diocese of Tortiboli (Tortibulum) was established.

In 1425 it was suppressed, its territory being reassigned to the Diocese of Lucera.

Suffragan Bishops of Tortiboli

(all Roman Rite; incomplete : first centuries unavailable)

  • Antonio, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1383.03.11 – ?)
  • Bartolomeo de Sperella, O.F.M. (1409.06.20 – 1425.08.31), previously Bishop of lesina (1408 – 1409.06.20); later Bishop of Bovino (Italy) (1425.08.31 – death 1427)

    • Titular see

    In 1968 the diocese was nominally restored as titular bishopric.

    It has had the following incumbents, all of fitting episcopal (lowest) rank :

  • Abraham Than (1968.12.19 – 1972.09.19)
  • Sergio Adolfo Govi, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (1975.06.05 – 1978.04.22)
  • Agostino Vallini (1989.03.23 – 1999.11.13) (later Cardinal*)
  • Joseph Vũ Duy Thống (2001.07.04 – 2009.07.25)
  • Gennaro Acampa ( (2014.06.28 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli (Naples) (Italy)

    • Points of interest

  • Historic Centre
  • Byzantine tower of Biccari
  • Tower Tertiveri
  • Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
  • Convent of St. Anthony (1477
  • Church of the Annunciation
  • Romanesque and Gothic church of San Quirico
  • Cross roads of Port Wells (1473)
  • Portal medieval Gallo Palace (Piazza Don Luigi Sturzo)
  • Wooden altar carved and decorated in gold St. Michael (18th century)
  • 800 Godfrey Palace with its majestic facades
  • Fortified farms of Santa Maria and Imporchia
  • Palazzo Pignatelli di Tertiveri
  • Pescara Lake

    • Notable locals

  • Donato Menichella (Biccari 1896 – Rome, 1984), general manager of the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale from 1934 to 1944 and governor of the Banca d'Italia from 1947 to 1960
  • Ralph DePalma (Biccari, 1882 – South Pasadena, 1956), American race car driver
  • Filippo Gentile (Biccari, 1692 – Samnite Cerreto, 1771), bishop

    • References

    Biccari Wikipedia
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