Bishopric of Sassina

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The Bishopric of Sassina is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, with see in Sassina. The diocese is suffragan of the archbishopric of Ravenna.

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The patron of the city, St. Vicinus, is believed to have been bishop about the year 300; another bishop was St. Rufinus (fifth century). We may also mention: Benno (770), who erected the cathedral; St. Apollinaris (1158), monk; Guido (1255), who defended the rights of his church and was killed for so doing; Francesco Calboli (1327), had to defend the city by force of arms against Francesco Ordelaffi; Benedetto Mateucci Accorselli (1385), the last prince bishop; Gianfilippo Negusanti (1398), renowned for his piety and erudition; Raffaele degli Alessi (1524), reformed the discipline and the morals of the people; Nicolo Branzi (1602) was imprisoned in the Castle of S. Angelo but liberated later.

In 1807 Napoleon suppressed the see, which, having been re-established in 1817, was in 1824 united to the bishopric of Bertinoro; but in 1853 was again re-established.

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