Roman Catholic Diocese of Larino

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Larino, in the province of Campobasso, Southern Italy, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the diocese of Termoli-Larino. It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.

History

Larino is a mile from the site of the ancient Larinum, destroyed by war and epidemic, and is first mentioned as an episcopal see in 668.

Among the bishops were

Saint Pardus, traditionally named as the first bishop and said to have died in 650;

Giovanni Leone (1440), canonist and theologian;

Fra Giacomo de' Petruzzi, a philosopher;

Belisario Baldovino (1555), present at the Council of Trent, founder of the seminary and episcopal palace;

the Oratorian Gian Tommaso Eustachi (1612);

Carlo M. Pianetti (1706), who restored the cathedral, with its marble façade;

Gian Andrea Tri (1726), historian of Larino.

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Larino Wikipedia

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