Roman Catholic Diocese of Suelli
Latin Catholic diocese in Italy
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The Diocese of Suelli (Latin: Dioecesis Suellitana) was a Roman Catholic diocese, whose episcopal seat was located in the town of Suelli in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia. Established in the 12th century, it was a suffragan (subordinate) of the metropolitan of Cagliari). In 1420, Pope Martin V made the archbishops of Cagliari bishops of Suelli as well.
History
Suelli (or Barbaria) is mentioned as a suffragan of Cagliari in the Liber Censuum of the late 12th century.[1]
The cathedral in Suelli was dedicated to Saint Peter, and later had the dedication to S. Georgius added.[2] It was served and administered by a Chapter,[3] composed of an Archpriest and seven canons.[4]
The Bishop of Suelli attended the funeral of the widow of the Infante Ramon Berenguer, Conte de Ampurias, in Barcelona on 9 February 1374.[5] King Peter IV had been present, and on 27 November 1375, he wrote to Bishop Peter of Suelli, acknowledging that, due to the rebellion of the Sardinians against the Crown of Aragon, the bishop had been forced to flee his diocese, and since the beginning of the rebellion had been unable to collect the money due him from his diocese.[6] He authorized the bishop to take up residence in the royal Castro Callari (Torre de Cagliari), and to receive a stipend during the duration of the war on the same terms as the bishop of Terralba.[7] The area of the Torre de Cagliari also included the cathedral of S. Maria Assunta and the archbishop's palace. Both edifices were used from time to time for important functions of the Chapter of Suelli.[8]
Western schism
Following the disruptive papal conclaves of 1378, the first of which was beset with fear and violence, governments had to choose which of the claimants to the papal throne they would support. King Peter IV of Aragon and Sardinia (1336–1387) chose to support neither claimant, stating that he was "indifferent."[9] His uncertainty provided a legal pretext for sequestering the ecclesiastical funds due the papacy in the territories of the kingdom of Aragon, which were then used to finance royal projects, notably the rebellion in Sardinia.[10] His successors, John I (1387–1396) and Martin I (1396–1410), however, under the influence of the Cardinal of Aragon, Pedro de Luna, openly supported the Avignon Papacy; and when Pedro de Luna became Benedict XIII in 1394, he enjoyed the full support of the kings in governing the Church in Sardinia.[11]
On 12 February 1420, Pope Martin V united the diocese of Suelli with the archdiocese of Cagliari, aeque personaliter.[12]
Bishops of Suelli
- (11th cent.) : Georgius[13]
- (c. 1111/12) : Iohannes[14]
- (c. 1114/1130) : Pietro Pintori[15]
- (c. 1150/1163) : Pietro Macis[16]
- (c. 1200/1212) : Paulus[17]
- (c. 1215–1217) : Torchitorius[18]
- (c. 1225–1237) : Cherchi, Cerchis)[19]
- (c. 1240) :Alberto ?[20]
- (1263) : Ignotus
- (1304) : Ignotus[21]
- ( ? – ? ) : Cuxo
- (1344) : Michele di Fraga, O.P.[22]
- ( ? -1349) : Pietro
- (1349–1353) : Guglielmo Kos (Ros), O.P.
- (1353–1363) : Guglielmo Domenico, O.P.[23]
- (1363) : Pietro[24]
- (c. 1368) : Giacomo
- (1374–c. 1380) : Pietro[25]
- (1384–1399) : Jacopo Ayas, O.P., Avignon Obedience[26]
- (1380–1386) : Jacopo di Malzia, O.F.M. Roman Obedience[27]
- ( ? – ? ) : Benedetto di Ascoli, Roman Obedience[28]
- (1386–1389) : Jacopo Scutiferi, O.E.S.A., Roman Obedience
- (1389) : Domenico Roman Obedience[29]
- [ (1397) : Simon Margens of Orvieto, Roman Obedience ][30]
- (1399–1409) : Pietro Gilbert, O.P., Avignon Obedience[31]
- [ (c. 1408–1412) : Elia, O.F.M. ], Avignon Obedience[32]
- (1409–1420) : Geraldo Vermell, Avignon Obedience[33]
