Roman Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza

Roman Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza, in Tuscany, has existed in the current form since 1986. In that year the diocese of Chiusi-Pienza was united into the historical diocese of Montepulciano. The diocese is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.[1]

History

Montepulciano belonged originally to the diocese of Arezzo, and had a collegiate church, whose archpriest became a mitred abbot in 1400; in 1480 it became a prælatura nullius, and in 1561 was made an episcopal see.

Its first bishop was Spinello Benci (1562); among the others were:

  • Talento de' Talenti (1640), a savant;
  • Antonio Cervini (1663);
  • Pietro Francesi (1737) opposed the novelties of the Council of Florence in 1787;
  • Pellegrino Maria Carletti (1802), author of several works and of eighteen letters on the National Council of Paris of 1810, which he attended.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 


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