Bishop of Sutri

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Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Nepi
Cathedral of the Assumption, Sutri
Currently part of Diocese of Civita Castellana.

The diocese of Nepi-Sutri was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy, created in 1435 by unifying the diocese of Nepi and the diocese of Sutri under a single bishop.[1] It existed until 1986, when it was united into the current diocese of Cività Castellana.[2][3]

History

The traditional tale of the Church of Nepi states that it was first Christianized by Ptolemaeus, who, it is claimed, was a disciple of the Apostles. This narrative was endorsed by Pope Paul III in a papal bull of 8 January 1542.[4] This town has an ancient Christian cemetery. In it was found the remains of Romanus of Caesarea, who is the patron of the city; the cathedral possesses a statue of him by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The names of the pair from Nepi are found in no martyrology; they are Roman martyrs.[5] Among the martyrs of Sutri is St. Felix (about 275). [1]

In 419, Eulalius,[6] a competitor of Pope Boniface I for the papacy, was made Bishop of Nepi. The first bishop of known date was Eusebius (465).

Bishop Paulus of Nepi was sent as Visitator to Naples by Pope Gregory I, from 591 to 593.[7]

Lombard, Carolingian, Ottonian

In the Gothic War, Nepi was one of the last strongholds of the Goths.[1] The town was sacked by the Lombards in 569.[8] In the eighth century, however, it became the seat of Toto (Theodore), who had been invested dux Nepsinae civitatis by the Lombard king Desiderius (756–774). In 767, he plotted the murder of Pope Paul I but was dissuaded. When Paul died on 28 June 767, though, Toto had his brother Constantine acclaimed as pope. A counter-revolution against the brothers on 30 July 768 resulted in the death of Tuto and the deposition, imprisonment, and mutilation of Constantine.[9]

In 817, in the Pactum Hludowicianum between the Emperor Louis the Pious and Pope Paschal I, the towns of Nepi and Sutri are specifically mentioned as being part of the old Duchy of Rome, and are acknowledged as being the property of the Church.[10] That privilegium, granted by Louis the Pious, was confirmed in exactly the same terms by the Emperor Otto I on 13 February 962.[11]

Bishop Stephanus of Nepi, Bishop Donatus of Ostia, and the deacon Marinus, in 868, were named papal legates and presidents of the Council of Constantinople, in the matter of the alleged heresy of Photios I of Constantinople. The first session of the Council took place on 5 October 869. The legation finally returned to Rome in 871.[12]

In 993, Bishop Joannes of Nepi was serving as bibliothecarius S.R.E. in the papal court of Pope John XV (985–996), and served as datary.[13]

Bishop Martinus of Nepi and Bishop Joannes of Sutri both attended the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179.[14]

Guelfs and Ghibbelines

In the struggle between the emperors and the popes, Nepi was imperialist during the reigns of Pope Alexander II, Pope Nicholas II, Pope Gregory VII, and Pope Innocent II. In the schism which began in 1130, Nepi supported Pope Anacletus II (1130–1138) against the imperially supported Innocent II, who had been driven out of Rome. An inscription of 1131 in the cathedral at Nepi confirms the determination of the citizens to go to war if necessary to defend their choice.[15] On the other hand, in 1160, it fought against the commune of Rome, and in 1244, was besieged by Emperor Frederick II.[1] A feudal possession, first of the prefects of Vico, and then of the Orsinis, of the Colonnas, and of Cesare Borgia, from 1537 to 1545, it was erected into a duchy in favour of Pier Luigi Farnese;[16] and when the latter was transferred to Parma, Nepi returned to immediate dependence on the Holy See.[1] In 1798 the French set fire to the cathedral and to the episcopal palace, and archives were lost.[1]

Sutri is placed on the Cassian Way.[17] The cathedral is of the thirteenth century, modernized by frequent alterations. Santa Maria della Grotta is an interesting church.[1] The history of Sutri in antiquity resembles that of Nepi. In 537, the imperial general Belisarius "...ordered Bessas to take over Narni, a very strong city in Tuscany.... Bessas took Narni not at all against the will of the inhabitants, and Konstantinos won over Spoleto and Perugia and some other towns without trouble.... But while Bessas was making his dispositions in Narni in a more leisurely manner, it so happened that, as the enemy {Goths] were passing that way, the plains in the outskirts of the city were filled with Goths. These were an advance guard preceding the rest of the army. Bessas engaged with them and unexpectedly routed those whom he encountered and killed many. But then, as he was pushed back by their superior numbers, he retired to Narni."[18] for Sutri also was taken by the Lombards in 569, but was retaken by the exarch Romanus; Liutprand likewise took the town in 726, but in the following year restored it to "St. Peter".[1] As the city is on the Cassian Way not far from Rome, it was, as a rule, the last halting-place of the German emperors on their way to the city, and sometimes they received there the papal legate.

Other bishops were Martinus, or Marinus, who was sent as ambassador to Otho I in 963; Benedictus, who, in 975, became Pope Benedict VII; Bishop Bonitho (Bonizo), historian of the Gregorian epoch, who was driven from his diocese by the anti-papal faction and later was made Bishop of Piacenza.[1]

The Synod of Sutri

The Synod of Sutri was held on 20 December 1046, by the Emperor Henry III. The major purpose of his journey through Sutri was to visit Rome, where he expected to be crowned emperor by the pope. His principal problem was that there were three claimants to the papal office, and charges of simony were rife. Benedict IX was the brother of the Count of Tusculum, and had certainly been made pope through simony;[19] he was driven out by the Romans in 1044, but never formally deposed. His replacement, John of Sabina, called Silvester III, was an adherent of the Theophylact party, and was at least accused of simony, and was excommunicated by Boniface IX.[20] Then, on 1 May 1045, Benedict wrote out a deed of abdication in favor of his godfather, John Gratian, who became Gregory VI in what may have been a simoniacal transaction; a form of election was later carried out in Rome. But at the synod in Sutri, Gregory admitted his culpability, and is even said to have deposed himself: "I, Gregory, bishop, servant of the servants of God, do hereby adjudge myself to be removed from the pontificate of the Holy Roman Church, because of the enormous error which by simoniacal impurity has crept into and vitiated my election." (quoted by Schaff)[21][22]

Another synod was held in Sutri in January 1059. Pope Nicholas II, who had just been elected pope in Siena, was on his way to Rome. In Sutri, he and numerous bishops from Lombardy and Tuscany deposed the current pope, Benedict X, on charges of perjury and schism.[23]

In August 1110, the German Emperor Henry V crossed the Alps with 30,000 troops, intending to reassert his authority over his Italian vassals who had drifted away; he then intended to settle matters with the pope and have himself crowned in Rome. The city of Novara in Piedmont resisted his demands for submission, and he destroyed it. Arezzo also resisted, and was sacked. Countess Matilda of Tuscany submitted and acknowledged his sovereignty. At Sutri, on 4 February 1111, he met the delegates of Pope Paschal II, led by Petrus Leoni. Leoni's brief was to persuade the emperor to renounce his rights to lay investiture of clerics. Henry was not going to Rome to surrender, but he was open to compromise. An agreement was reached and published by the pope on 12 February, after oaths had been sworn on both sides. The emperor agreed to abandon the practice of lay investiture, and the pope agreed to get the bishops to hand back the regalian lands to the emperor. The ceremony of Henry's coronation was aborted, however, when disorders arose from the bishops who were being dispossessed of a substantial part of their lands, income, and power.[24]

Union of dioceses

Due to the limited financial resources of both dioceses, the diocese of Sutri was united to Nepi by Pope Eugenius IV, aeque personaliter, under Bishop Luca de Tartaris, in the Bull "Romana Ecclesia" of 12 December 1435. One bishop wa to be the bishop of Nepi and of Sutri at the same time; their diocesan structure was unchanged. The bishop was to perform ordinations alternately in Nepi and in Sutri, he was to consecrate the holy oils alternately, and when a vacancy occurred, the two cathedral Chapters were to meet together alternately in Sutri and Nepi.[25]

Diocesan synods were held for Nepi e Sutri in 1671 (in Sutri),[26] in 1742 (in Nepi),[27] in 1762,[28] and in 1795.[29][30]

Under Pomponius Cesi (1519), who became a cardinal, the cemetery of S. Savinilla was discovered.[1][31] Antonio Michael Ghislieri, who was bishop for six months in 1556–1557, became Pope Pius V. Bishop Joseph Chianti (1701) founded the seminary.[32] Camillus Simeoni (1782) was exiled by the French, and after their defeat and expulsion from the Papal States, became a cardinal.[33]

As the army of the new French Republic were invading Italy to attack Naples, they passed through the diocese of Cività Castellana. The local militia of Sutri attempted to block the vanguard, but were defeated. In retaliation, the French sacked Sutri, and set fire to the cathedral, the episcopal palace, and the chancellery. Rebuilding did not begin until after the return of Pope Pius VII from French exile.[34]

Bishops

Diocese of Nepi

Erected: 1st Century
Latin Name: Nepesinus

to 1200

...
  • Projectitius (c. 465)[35]
  • Felix (494–495)[36]
  • Paulus (591, 595)[37]
  • Celsius[38]
  • Gratiosus (c. 649)[39]
  • Theodorus (c. 680)
  • Georgius ((c. 721)
  • Joannes (c. 743–c. 764)[40]
  • Fotone (c. 769)[41]
  • Innocentius
  • Gratiosus (II) (826)
  • Benedictus (855)
  • Andreas (861)[42]
  • Stephanus (c. 878–896)[43]
...
  • Sergius (c. 945– after 955)[44]
  • Joannes (963–993?)[45]
  • Crescentius (c. 1015)[46]
  • Rainerius (c. 1024–1027)[47]
  • Crescentius (c. 1042)[48]

  ○ [ Albertus (1098) ] Intrusus[49]

  • Offo (c. 1099}[50]
  • Benedictus (attested 1126)[51]
  • Raynaldus (c. 1141)
  • Humbertus (c. 1150)
  • Martinus (c. 1179)
  • Bernardus (c. 1186)

From 1200 to 1435

  • Gerardus (c. 1206–1210)[52]
  • Petrus
  • Ignotus
  • Amatus
  • Guilelmus
  • Laurentius
  • Thomas, O.Min. (1278–1285)
  • Lituardus
  • Angelus, O.Min.
  • Paulus , O.Min.
  • Joannes, O.Min. (1327–1321)
  • Gentilis, O.P. (1321–1337)[53]
  • Jacobus
  • Bonifacius, O.Min. (1358–1391)
  • Lucas de Contaguerra, O.P. (1379– ? ), Avignon Obedience
Petrus Scaglia, O.P. (1391–1393), Administrator[54]

Diocese of Sutri

Bishops of Sutri, to 1200

...
  • Eusebius (465)[57]
  • Constantius (c. 487 - after 495 ?)[58]
  • Mercurius (c. 495 ? - after 502)[59]
  • [ Agnellus (I) (c. 593) ][60]
  • Barbatus (c. 649)
  • Gratiosus (I) (c. 680)
  • Agnellus (II) (c. 721)
  • Gratiosus (II) (c. 743)
  • Agatho (c. 769)
  • Valerianus (c. 826)
  • Joannes (I) (853 - after 861)
  • Bonifacio dei conti di Tuscolo (c. 882)
  • Niccolò (c. 904)
  • Marinus (c. 963 - after 969)[61]
  • Benedict dei conti di Tuscolo (? - October 974[62]
  • Dominicus (I) (c. 1001 - after January 1015)[63]
  • Petrus (c. January 1017)
  • Dominicus (II) (c. 1027)[64]
  • Ignotus (c. April 1049)
  • Kilinus (or Azelino) (c. 1050)[65]
  • Rolandus (c. 1059)[66]
  • Joannes (II) (c. 1065 - after 1068)[67]
  • Mainardus (c. 1070)[68]
  • Bonizo (c. 1078 - 1082 ?)[69]
  • Gennaro ? (c. 1090)
  • Albericus (c. 1105 - after 1112)[70]
  • Otto (c. 1126 - circa 1138)[71]
  • Joannes (III) (1137 - ?)
  • G. (c. 1158)
  • Adalbertus (c. 1170)
  • Joannes (IV) (c. 1179)[72]
  • Radulfus (c. 1194 - after September 1198 deposed)

From 1200 to 1435

  • Petrus Ismaeli (1200 - after 1230)[73]
  • Ignotus (c. 1239)
  • Ignotus (c. 1251)
  • Moricus (or Menco or Moruccio) (c. 1253 - 1275)[74]
  • Franciscus (1275 - ?)[75]
  • Ildiprandino, O.P. (c. 5 January 1277)
  • Florasius, O.F.M. (1279 - 1282)[76]
  • Aldobrandus (1283 - 1290)[77]
  • Giacomo (1290 - 1325?)[78]
  • Tommaso, O.P. (7 June 1325 - 1333)[79]
[ Berengario di Saint-Affrique (1328-1333 ])[80]
  • Uguccione di Perugia, O.F.M. (19 March 1333 - circa 1340)
  • Giovanni (V) (20 March 1340 - ? )
  • Giovanni Vergoni, O.E.S.A. (19 July 1342 - 1348)
  • Ugolino da Pietralunga, O.P. (23 June 1348 - January 1353)
  • Nicola (13 February 1353 - ? )
  • Pietro Velli, O.F.M. (12 October 1360 - 1363)
  • Angelo da Vetralla (5 June 1364 - 1376? )
  • Domenico (III) (25 January 1377 - ? )
Pietro Cenci (1 May 1384 - ?) bishop-elect
  • Bernardo di Roma (? - 1406)
  • Andrea (1406 - 1410)[81]
  • Domenico d'Anglona, O.Cist. (1411 - 1429)[82]
[ Andrea Crisoberga, O.P. (28 febbraio 1429 - 1430) bishop-elect ][83]
  • Luca Rossi de' Tartarinis (13 novembre 1430 - 1435)[84]

Diocese of Nepi e Sutri

United: 12 December 1435 with Diocese of Sutri
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

From 1435 to 1603

From 1604 to 1986

Titular (arch-)bishops of Nepi

  • Felipe Bacarreza Rodriguez (1991–2006)[111]
  • Benedetto Tuzia (2006-2012)[112]
  • René Leigue Cesari (2012-2022)[113]
  • Walter Erbì, titular Archbishop (16 July 2022 – ...)[114]

Titular (arch-)bishops of Sutri

  • Christoph Schönborn, O.P. (1991–1995)[115]
  • Paolo Sardi (1996-2010), Archbishop[116]
  • Antonio Guido Filipazzi (2011 - )[117]

Notes and references

  1. "Nepi and Sutri - Encyclopedia Volume - Catholic Encyclopedia". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  2. "Diocese of Nepi e Sutri" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Titular Episcopal See of Nepi" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 9, 2016
  4. Cappelletti VI, p. 242.
  5. Lanzoni, pp. 531-532: "Una Passione, non di molto anteriore all' xi secolo, pone al 24 agosto un Tolomeo vescovo « Pentapolis et Tusciae » (?) e un Romano, vescovo di Nepi, suo discepolo, sotto Claudio.... Questi due santi nepesini però sono ignoti a tutte le antiche fonti martirologiche."
  6. J.N.D. Kelly & M.J. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, second edition (Oxford: OUP 2010), p. 36.
  7. "Philip Schaff: NPNF-212. Leo the Great, Gregory the Great - Christian Classics Ethereal Library". ccel.org. Retrieved 2026-04-07.. Lanzoni, p. 532.
  8. "Lombard Conquest of Italy | Military History and Science | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 2026-04-07.
  9. J.N.D. Kelly & M.J. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, pp. 91-92. Tomassetti, pp. pp. 594-595.
  10. August Theiner, Codex Diplomaticus Dominii Temporalis S. Sedis, (in Latin), Vol. 1 (Rome: Imprimerie du Vatican 1861), pp. 2-4. Thomas F.X. Noble, The Republic of Peter (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1984)), p. 160: "...the city of Rome together with its duchy and suburbs... suburbicarian, Tuscany... for example Bieda, Sutri, Nepi, Castrum Gallese, Orte, and Bomarzo...."
  11. THeiner, Codex diplomaticus, pp. 4-6.
  12. Vander Galien, Craig (2026-03-20). "Roman Letters: A Digital Corpus of Late Antique Correspondence". romanletters.org. Retrieved 2026-04-07. Cappelletti VI, p. 210. Charles Joseph Hefele, Histoire des conciles (tr. H. Leclercq) (in French), Vol. 4 part 1 (Paris: Letouzey 1911), pp. 486-489. Francis Dvornik, The Photian Schism: History and Legend (Cambridge: CUP 1948), pp. 219-220.
  13. Kehr II, p. 77, no. 8.
  14. J.D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, (in Latin), Vol. 22 (Venice: A. Zatta 1778), p. 459.
  15. Cappelletti, p. 214
  16. Cappelletti VI, p. 241.
  17. Tomassetti, pp. 590-592.
  18. Procopius, History of the wars, Book V, ch. 16-17 (tr. H.B. Dewing).
  19. Kelly & Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes (2010), p. 143.
  20. Kelly & Walsh, p. 144.
  21. Kelly & Walsh, p. 144-145.
  22. M.W.G.A. Schmidt, "And on this Rock I Will Build My Church" A new edition of Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church, (Hamburg: Disserta Verlag 2017), pp. 566-567. Horace K. Mann, The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, vol. 5 (London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner 1910 [1925]), pp. 258-262. Reginald Lane Poole, "Benedict IX and Gregory VI," in: Studies in Chronology and History (Oxford: Clarendon 1934), p. 185-222. Jacques van Wijnendaele, "Silences et mensonges autour d'un concile. Le concile de Sutri (1046) en son temps," (in French), in: Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire Vol. 83 (2005), pp. 315-353.
  23. Bonizo of Sutri, "Liber ad amicum" Book VI, in Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Libelli de lite. Vol. 1 (in Latin), p. 593: "Hic idem prefatum Guibertum Italici regni cancellarium ex 10 parte beati Pétri et per veram obedientiam invitavit ad synodum et cum eo magnificum virum Gotefridum et non solum Tusciae, sed et Longobardiae episcopos, ut venientes Sutrium de periuro et invasore tractarent consilium. Quos ubi Sutrium adventantes audivit prefatus Benedictus, conscientia accusante sedem, quam invaserat, deseruit et ad propriam domum se contulit...." P. Palazzini, Dizionario dei Concili, (in Italian), Vol. 4 (Rome: Città Nuova Editrice 1963), p. 225.
  24. C.J. Hefele, L' histoire des conciles (in French) (tr. Leclercq) Vol. 5 part 1 (Paris: Letouzey 1912), pp. 510-515. P. Palazzini, Dizionario dei Concili, (in Italian), Vol. 4 (Rome: Città Nuova Editrice 1963), p. 225. Uta-Renate Blumenthal, The Investiture Controversy (Philadelphia: U Penn Press 1988), pp. 168-170. Leidulf Melve, Inventing the Public Sphere: The public debate during the Investiture Contest (Leiden-Boston: E.J. Brill 2007), pp. 621-624.
  25. Cappelletti VI, pp. 236-239.
  26. Constitutiones synodales ab eminentissimo et reverendissimo Domino Julio cardinali Spinola editae et promulgatae in cathedrali ecclesia civitatis Sutri die 20 et 21 septembris MDCLXXI. (in Latin), Boncilioni, typis Aegidii Tosellii, 1671.
  27. Synodus sutrina et nepesina ab filmo et rmo Dfio Dûo Francisco Vivani patritio auximate Dei, et apost. Sedis gratia episcopo sutrino et nepesino, celebrata in cathedrali nepesina die XVIII aprilis anni MDOCXLII et in cathedrali sutrina die XXII maii eiusdem anni sanctissimo Domino nostro Benedicto XIV Christianam rempublicam feliciter gubernante, (in Latin), Romae, typis Antonii De Rubeis, 1742.
  28. Acta et constitutiones synodi nepesinae habitae a Philippo Mornato episcopo nepesino et sutrino anno MDCCLXII diebus XXX. et XXXI mensis maii, (in Latin), Bomae: typis Ben. Francesi et Caietani Paperi, 1763.
  29. Acta et constitutiones synodi nepesinae habitae a Camillo de Simeonibus episcopo nepesino et sutrino anno MDCCXCY Romae: Joannes Zempel, 1796.
  30. Silvino da Nadro, Sinodi diocesani Italiani: Catalogo bibliografico degli atti a stampa, 1534-1878 (in Italian) (Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 1960), p. 490, s.v.
  31. Francocci, Stefano (2019). "La catacomba di Santa Savinilla a Nepi e il nuovo museo archeologico". Le Catacombe della Tuscia Viterbese (in Italian): 163–180. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
  32. "Sutrina collegii ecclesiastici", in: Thesaurus resolutionum Sacræ Congregationis Concilii, quæ consentaneè ad Tridentinorum PP. Decreta, aliasque Canonici Juris Sanctiones (in Latin), Vol. 83 (Rome: Vincenzo Poggioli 1824), pp. 239-244.Cappelletti VI, p. 252.
  33. Cappelletti VI, p. 255. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 307 with note 6.
  34. Cappelletti VI, p. 254.
  35. Lanzoni, p. 532, no. 1.
  36. Lanzoni, p. 532, no. 2.
  37. From 591 to 593, Bishop Paulus was visitator of the diocese of Naples; he was not its bishop or archbishop. Lanzoni, p. 532, no. 3.
  38. Celsius was the predecessor of Gratiosus: De Waal, pp. 62-64.
  39. Bishop Gratiosus attended the Roman synod of Pope Martin I in 649. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, (in Latin) Vol. 10 (Florence: A. Zatta 1764), p. 867. Cappelletti, p. 208, registers his presence at a synod in Salerno in 642, otherwise unattested.
  40. Giovanni: Cappelletti, p. 208.
  41. Fotone: Cappelletti, p. 208.
  42. Andreas attended the Roman council of Pope Nicholas I on 18 November 861. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, (in Latin) Vol. 15 (Venice: A. Zatta 1770), p. 603. Cappelletti, p. 208.
  43. Stefano: Cappelletti VI, p. 211. Schwartz, pp. 210-211.
  44. Sergius was the son of Marozia and brother of Prince Alberich of Spoleto. Ughelli Italia sacra I, p. 1026. Cappelletti VI, p. 211. Schwartz, p. 258.
  45. Joannes (II) attended the Roman synod of 965, in the matter of the deposition of Pope John XII. Cappelletti VI, p. 211. Schwartz, p. 258.
  46. Bishop Crescentius was present at the Roman synod of Pope Benedict VIII in 1015. Cappelletti VI, p. 212. Schwartz, p. 258.
  47. Rainerius was present at the Roman synod of Decvember 1024. Cappelletti VI, p. 213. Schwartz, p. 258.
  48. Crescentius (II): Schwartz, p. 258.
  49. Albert was appointed by Guibert (Wibert) of Ravenna, the anti-pope of the Emperor Henry IV. Cappelletti VI, p. 213. Schwartz, p. 279.
  50. Bishop Offo was present at the coronation of Pope Paschal II on 14 August 1099. Cappelletti VI, pp. 213-214. Schwartz, p. 279.
  51. Benedictus: Cappelletti VI, p. 214. Schwartz, p. 279.
  52. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 363.
  53. Gentilis: Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 363.
  54. Petrus was Bishop of Penne, and served as administrator of Nepi, by appointment of Boniface IX, from 1391 until his death in 1393. Eubel I, p. 363, 394 with note 9.
  55. Jacobus was appointed by Boniface IX on 5 July 1400. His successor was appointed on 20 October 1400)Eubel I, p. 363
  56. Franciscus: Eubel I, p. 363; II, p. 202.
  57. Cappelletti VI, p. 224. Lanzoni, p. 551.
  58. Constantius: Lanzoni, p. 551.
  59. Mercurius: Lanzoni, p. 551.
  60. Lanzoni, p. 551, points out that the name comes from a forged bull of Pope Gregory I.
  61. Marinus was papal envoy to King Otto I in 965. Schwartz, p. 263.
  62. Benedict was eleted Pope Benedict VII in October 974. He was the son of David, a relative of Alberic II Crescenzio. He was installed with the permission of Count Sicco, representative of the Emperor Otto II. J.N.D. Kelly & M.J. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes 2nd ed. (Oxford: OUP 2010), p. 131. Schwartz, p. 264.
  63. Dominicus: Cappelletti VI, p. 227. Schwartz, p. 264.
  64. Bishop Dominicus attended the Roman synod of Pope John XIX on 6 April 1027. Schwartz, p. 264.
  65. Cappelletti VI, pp. 227-228.
  66. Bishop Rolandus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Nicholas II on 13 April 1059. Schwartz, p. 264.
  67. Bishop Joannes was present at the Roman synods of Pope Alexander II in 1065 and 1068. Schwartz, p. 264.
  68. Bishop Mainardus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Alexander II in 1070. Schwartz, p. 264.
  69. Bishop Bonizo of Sutri was made a captive by King Henry IV during his siege of Rome in 1082. Sutri became a center of operations of Henry's antipope, Wibert of Ravenna, and Bonizo was unable to return to his diocese. He was present in Mantua at the funeral of Anselm of Lucca in March 1086. Between then and the summer of 1088, he was elected bishop of Piacenza. A native of Piacenza, Bishop Bonizo is attested in 1088 and 1089. Walter Berschin, Bonizo von Sutri. Leben Und Werk, (in German), (Berlin: De Gruyter 1972), pp. 8-10. Ian Robinson, The Papal Reform of the Eleventh Century (Manchester: MUP 2004), pp. 36–50.
  70. Albericus: Schwartz, p. 265.
  71. Bishop Otto was an active supporter of Pope Anacletus II (1130–1138) during the schism of 1130–1139. After his death, Bishop Otto was deposed by Innocent II. Cappelletti VI, pp. 228-229. Schwartz, p. 265.
  72. Bishop Joannes attended the Third Lateran Council in March 1079.
  73. Petrus: Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, p. 469.
  74. Menco: Eubel I, p. 469.
  75. Francesco: Eubel I, p. 469.
  76. The cathedral Chapter elected Joannes of Amelia, O.Min., but he was unable to obtain the necessary permission from his Order to accept. Florasius was therefor appointed by Pope Nicholas III on 22 September 1279. Eubel I, p. 470. Jules Gay, Les Registres de Nicolas III vol. 3 (Paris: Fontemoing 1916), p. 244, no. 573.
  77. On the death of Bishop Florasius, the Chapter obtained permission of Pope Martin IV to conduct an election. Aldebrando, a canon of Balnoregio, was elected, and he was therefore provided by Pope Martin IV on 12 January 1283. Cappelletti VI, p. 232. Eubel I, p. 470. Les Registres de Martin IV (in Latin) fasc. 1 (Paris: Fontemoing 1901), p. 77, no. 212.
  78. Giacomo, a canon of Sutri was elected, and provided on 16 May 1290 by Pope Nicholas IV. Eubel I, p. 470.
  79. Bishop Tommaso chose to join the schism of the antipope Nicholas V, ca. 1328, and managed to maintain his seat until 1333. Cappelletti, p. 233.
  80. Berengarius was a canon of S. Maria Transtiberim in Rome. He was appointed bishop of Sutri on 16 November 1328 by Pope John XXII, who had reserved to the papacy the right to provide (appoint) bishops to all the vacancies in lands subject to the Roman Church. Berengarius resigned while still only bishop-elect. Cappelletti, p. 233. Eubel I, p. 470 with note 5. G. Mollat, Jean XXII: Lettres communes (in Latin), vol. 8 (Paris: E. de Boccard 1924), p. 65, no. 43316: "Berengarius de Sanclo Affricano, can. eccl. S. M. in Trans Tiberim de Urbe, proeficitur in ep.um eccl. Sutrin. apud S. A. per obitum Thomoe in illis partibus, praevia generali reservatione ecclesiarum calhedralium in terris R. E. subjeclis consistentium per PP. facla vac."
  81. Andrea was a native of Siena. He was appointed by Pope Innocent VII (Roman Obedience) on 16 June 1406. Cappelletti, p. 235, states that Andrea died in 1410. Eubel I, p. 470.
  82. Domenico had been abbot of San Sebastiano alle catacombe outside Rome. He was appointed bishop of Sutri on 19 October 1411, by Antipope John XXIII Pope John XXIII, who had been elected at Bologna in 1410. On 28 February 1429, Anglona was named bishop of Montefiascone. He died in 1432. Cappelletti VI, p. 232. Eubel I, pp. 348, 470.
  83. Born in Constantinople, Andrea had been Master of the Sacred Palace of Pope Martin V. He was appointed bishop of Sutri on 28 February 1429, but he died in 1430. Cappelletti VI, p. 232.
  84. Luca Rossi (Rubeus, in Latin): On 12 December 1435, Bishop Luca was appointed the first bishop of Nepi e Sutri.
  85. Lucas had already been Bishop of Sutri since 13 November 1430, when the two dioceses were combined with oen bishop aeque personaliter. Cappelletti VI, p. 236. Eubel I, p. 470 with note 9; II, p. 244 with note 1.
  86. Cordoni: Eubel II, p. 244 with notes 1 and 2.
  87. Alberici, a native of Orvieto, and a friend of Pope Pius III, was appointed by him on 11 October 1503. He died in 1506, before February 6. Cappelletti VI, p. 240. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 306, note 2.
  88. "Bishop Egidio Valenti, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  89. "Bishop Donato Stampa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  90. Sarti had been a priest of the diocese of Bologna, and was Provost of the Holy Crib at Santa Maggiore in Rome. He was appointed bishop of Nepi e Sutri by Pope Clement VIII on 31 May 1604. He resigned the office in 1616, and died in Rome on 24 November 1617, at the age of 76. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 257 with note 3. Cappelletti, pp. 245-247.
  91. Martini was appointed by Pope Paul V on 18 May 1616. He died in September 1627. Gauchat IV, p. 257 with note 4.
  92. Cappelletti, p. 248-249. Gauchat IV, p. 257 with note 5.
  93. Vannini: Gauchat IV, p. 257 with note 6.
  94. Anania held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure, held a benefice in the Lateran, and then a canonicate at San Lorenzo in Damaso, and then at Santa Maria Maggiore. He was a secret chamberlain of Pope Innocent X, who named him bishop of Nepi e Sutri on 1 June 1654, and Vicegerent of Rome. This required that his presence in his diocese would be sporadic. He died on 25 April 1670. Cappelletti, p. 245-247. Gauchat IV, p. 257 with note 7.
  95. Born in Genoa, Spinola, who had been papal nuncio to the Emperor, was named a cardinal by Pope Alexander VII on 15 February 1666. On 8 Nov 1677 Cardinal Spinola was appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Lucca by Pope Innocent XI. He died in Rome in March 1691. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 35, no. 32. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 285 with note 3.
  96. Giusti, who held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure JUD), had been papal nuncio in Naples and in Portugal. He was named bishop of Nepi e Sutri by Pope Innocent XI on 9 April 1685. On 23 November 1693, he was appointed Bishop of Camerino. He died on 6 April 1702. Cappelletti VI, p. 252. Ritzler & Sefrin V, pp. 139 with note 2; 286 with note 6.
  97. Cardinal Millini was transferred from the diocese of Orvieto on 17 May 1694. He died on 10 February 1701. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 286 with note 7.
  98. Vivani, a native of Osimo, had been canon and archdeacon of the cathedral Chapter of Osimo, and pro-Vicar-general of the diocese. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XIV on 11 November 1740. He was transferred on 18 April 1746 to the Dicoese of Camerino. He died in Camerino on 30 December 1767. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 143 with note 4; 307 with note 2.
  99. Silvestri: 2 May 1746 – On 22 July 1754, Silvestri was appointed Bishop of Orvieto. He died on 12 April 1762. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 307 with note 2; 426 with note 3.
  100. Mornati: 16 September 1754 – He died on 8 June 1778. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 307 with note 4.
  101. Crivelli: 28 Sep 1778 – He died on 27 November 1780. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 307 with note 5.
  102. Simeoni was named bishop on 16 December 1782. He was appointed a cardinal by Pope Pius VII on 8 March 1816. He died in Sutri on 2 January 1818. Cappelletti VI, p. 254. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 307 with note 6.
  103. Basilici had been titular Bishop of Lydda and Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina by Pope Pius VII on 19 December 1814, serving in place of Simeoni who was exiled by Napoleon. He was named bishop of Nepi e Sutri on 25 May 1818. He died on 5 September 1840. Cappelletti VI, pp. 254-255. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, pp. 247, 281.
  104. Spalletti, a native of Monte Bufo (Norcia), was appointed by Gregory XVI on 14 December 1840. He died on 12 January 1850. Cappelletti VI, p. 255. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 281.
  105. Petocchi was appointed bisho by Pope Gregory XVI on 20 May 1850. He died on 7 August 1855. Ritzler & Sefrin VIII, p. 409.
  106. )Born in Rome, Lenti had been coadjutor of the parish priest of San Lorenzo in Damaso. Lenti was named bishop of Nepi e Sutri on 22 February 1867, by Pope Pius IX. He was appointed Vicegerent of Rome on 14 January 1876, and on 28 January 1876, Bishop Lenti was named titular Archbishop of Side (Pamphylia, Turkey). He also became a canon of the Vatican Basilica. He was promoted titular Patriarch of Constantinople on 6 September 1887. He was named an Auditor di Camera. He died in 1895. Ritzler & Sefrin VIII, pp. 224, 409, 517. The Vicegerent is not a simple auxiliary bishop; he has judicial functions in the tribunal of the Vicar of Rome, and sometimes serves as pro-Vicar in the absence of the cardinal vicar. G. Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica 99 (Venezia: Tip Emiliana 1860), pp 163-182.
  107. Paolucci was named bishop of Nepi e Sutri by Pope Pius IX on 28 January 1876. On 15 July 1878 he was named Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto and appointed Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Perugia. On27 February 1880 he was named archbishop of Viterbo e Tuscania. He died in 1892. Ritzler & Sefrin VIII, pp. 77, 409, 448, 593.
  108. Mattei, a native of Tivoli, held a doctorate in theology. He had been archdeacvon of the cathedral and Rector of the seminary. He was appointed bishop of Nepi e Sutri by Pope Leo XIII on 1 June 1891. He died on 9 January 1900. Ritzler & Sefrin VIII, p. 409.
  109. The Salesian priest Luigi Olivares had been a parish priest in Rome. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XV on 15 July 1916. He died on 19 May 1943. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 8 (1916), p. 270: "15 iulii. — Cathedralibus ecclesiis Nepesinae et Sutrinae R. D. Aloisium Olivares, Congregationis Salesianae, parochum S. Mariae Liberatricis in Urbe.
  110. Gori, a parish priest in Prati, was appointed by Pope Pius XII on 17 August 1943. He died on 2 July 1969. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 35 (1943), pp. 282-283: "Cathedralibus Ecclesiis, aeque principaliter unitis, Nepesinae et Sutrinae R. D. Iosephum Gori, Parochum S. Augustini in civitate Pratensi."
  111. A native of Santiago (Chile), Bacarreza Rodriguez was named titular bishop of Nepi on 16 July 1991, and named auxiliary bishop of Concepción (Chile). On 7 January 2006, he was appointed bishop of Los Angeles (Chile). He retired in 2024. Annuario Pontificio (in Italian) (Città del Vaticano 1998), p. 940.
  112. A parish priest in Rome, Tuzia was named titular bishop and auxiliary bishop of Rome by Pope Benedict XVI on 28 January 2006. He was appointed bishop of Orvieto-Todi on 31 May 2012, from which he retired on 7 May 2020. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 208: "Titulari episcopali Ecclesiae Nepesinae R.D. Benedictum Tuzia, e clero Romano, hactenus ibidem paroeciae Sancti Roberti Bellarmino curionem." AAS 104 (2012), p. 538.
  113. Leigue Césari was named titular bishop of Nepi and auxiliary bishop of Santa Crtuz de la Sierra (Bolivia) by Pope Benedict XVI on 31 October 2012. He was promoted archbishop of the same diocese on 22 April 2022. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 104 (2012), p. 986: "Titulari episcopali Ecclesiae Nepesinae, R. D. Renatum Leigue Cesari, e clero archidioecesis Sanctae Crucis de Sierra, quem constituit Auxiliarem eiusdem archidioecesis."
  114. Erbi has been papal nuncio to Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Gabriel Chow, GCatholic, "Apostolic Nunciature: Gambia;" retrieved: 8 June 2026.
  115. On 11 Jul 1991, Schonborn was appointed titular bishop of Sutri and auxiliary bishop of Vienna (Austria). On 13 Apr 1995 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}) Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 83 (1991), p. 782: "Titulari episcopali Ecclesiae Sutrinae R. P. Christophorum Schönborn, Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum sodalem, Professorem Theologiae apud Universitatem Friburgensem in Helvetia, quem deputavit Auxiliarem Em.mi P. D. Ioannis Hermanni S.R.E. Cardinalis Groër, Archiepiscopi Viennensis."
  116. On 10 December 1996, Sardi was named titular bishop of Sutri. He became Pope John Paul II's speech writer. On 20 November 2010, Sardi was appointed Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana by Pope Benedict XVI. He died on 13 July 2019. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 89 (1997), p. 74: "Titulari episcopali ecclesiae Sutrinae R.D. Paulum Sardi, e clero dioecesis Aquensis, quem Nuntium Apostolicum cum peculiaribus muneribus constituit atque archiepiscopali dignitate ornavit."
  117. Filipazzi has been papal nuncio to Indonesia, Nigeria, and Poland. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 103 (2011), p. 163: "8 gennaio 2011 - Il Rev.do Mons. Antonio Guido Filipazzi, Consigliere di Nunziatura, affidandogli allo stesso tempo l’ufficio di Nunzio Apostolico, Arcivescovo tit. di Sutri."

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nepi and Sutri". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.