Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro has existed since 1986. In that year the historic diocese of Arezzo was combined with the diocese of Cortona and the diocese of Sansepolcro, the enlarged diocese being suffragan of the archdiocese of Florence.^[1]

[edit] History

Arezzo was the see of a diocese of Tuscany, directly dependent on the Holy See. Tradition says it was converted by St. Romulus, afterwards Bishop of Fiesole, a disciple of St. Paul.

It became a bishopric about 304, under St. Satyrus. St. Donatus, his successor, is patron of the cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle. The first eight bishops were saints. Pope Clement XII, while his nephew Cardinal Guadagni was Bishop of Arezzo, conceded to it in perpetuo archiepiscopal insignia, the pallium and double cross.

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1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page

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This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.