Diocese of Vigevano

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Vigevano lies almost entirely in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy. It has existed since 1530. The diocese is suffragan of the archdiocese of Milan, having in the past been suffragan of the archdiocese of Vercelli.[1]

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[edit] History

The earliest notices of Vigevano date from the tenth century, when it was favoured as a residence by King Arduin for hunting. In the next period it was a Ghibelline commune, and was accordingly besieged and taken by the Milanese in 1201 and again in 1275. In 1328 it surrendered to Azzone Visconti, and thereafter shared the political fortunes of Milan. In the last years of the Visconti domination it sustained a siege by Francesco Sforza.

With the Treaty of Worms (1743) it passed to the King of Sardinia. Blessed Matteo Carreiro, O.P., died at Vigevano. Until 1530 the town belonged to the Diocese of Novara and had a collegiate chapter. Francesco Sforza procured the erection of the see and provided its revenues.

The first bishop was Galeazzo Pietra, succeeded by his nephew [Maurizio Pietra]] (1552); both of these promoted the Tridentine reforms, and the work was continued by their successors. Marsilio Landriani (1594) distinguished himself in various nunciatures and founded a Barnabite college for the education of young men. Giorgio Odescalchi (1610) was a very zealous pastor; the process of his beatification has been commenced. Giovanni Caramuel Lobkowitz (1675) was an example of pastoral virtue and zeal and the author of many works, philosophical, theological, ascetical etc., though his Theologia fundamentalis was censured. Pier Marino Sonnani (1688), a Minorite, who enlarged the seminary, maintained a struggle against the spread of the doctrines of Miguel Molinos. Nicola Saverio Gamboni was appointed to the see by Napoleon in 1801.

Vigevano Cathedral was built in 1100, rebuilt in the sixteenth century, and in the seventeenth by Bishop Caramuel Lobkowitz, 1680, himself an architect, who also contributed to the expense. The Church of S. Pietro Martiere was built, with the adjacent Dominican convent, by Filippo M. Visconti in 1445; the convent is now used for government offices and courts. Among the civil edifices is the castle, once a fortress, built by Bramante in 1492, by order of Ludovico il Moro, which became a royal palace.

[edit] Parishes

Of the 87 parishes 86 fall, like Vigevano, within the Province of Pavia in Lombardy. The exception is S. Silvano Martire which is within the commune of Sozzago in the Piedmontese province of Novara.[2]

[edit] Lombardy

[edit] Province of Pavia

Alagna
S. Germano Vescovo
Albonese
S. Maria e S. Paolo Apostolo
Borgo San Siro
S. Siro Vescovo
Breme
Maria Assunta
Carbonara al Ticino
S. Giovanni Apostolo
Cassolnovo
S. Bartolomeo Apostolo
S. Martino Vescovo (Villanova)
Castello d’Agogna
Natività di Maria Vergine
Cava Manara
S. Agostino Vescovo
S. Lorenzo Martire (Mezzana Corti)
S. Pietro Apostolo (Torre de’ Torti)
Ceretto Lomellina
S. Pietro Apostolo
Cergnago
S. Elena
Cilavegna
Santi Pietro e Paolo Apostoli
Dorno
S. Maria Maggiore
Ferrera Erbognone
S. Giovanni Battista
Frascarolo
Beata V. Maria Assunta
Beata V. Assunta (Abbazia di Acqualunga)
Galliavola
S. Lorenzo Martire
Gambarana
Santi Pietro e Biagio
Gambolò
Santi Gaudenzio ed Eusebio
Natività di Maria Vergine (Garbana)
S. Margherita Vergine e Martire (Remondò)
Garlasco
Beata Vergine Assunta
S. Biagio (San Biagio)
Gropello Cairoli
S. Giorgio Martire
Lomello
S. Maria Maggiore
S. Michele Arcangelo
Mede
S. Marziano Vescovo e Martire
Mezzana Bigli
Epifania di Nostro Signore (Balossa Bigli)
Mortara
S. Croce
S. Lorenzo Martire
S. Pio X
Beata V. Rosario (Casoni di Sant’Albino)
Nicorvo
S. Terenziano Martire
Olevano di Lomellina
S. Michele Arcangelo
Ottobiano
S. Michele Arcangelo
Parona
S. Pietro Apostolo
Pieve Albignola
S. Pietro Apostolo
Pieve del Cairo
Beata V. della Consolazione
Ponte Nizza
Beata V. Addolorata Regina Mundi (Molino del Conte)
Rosasco
Maria SS. e S. Valentino
San Giorgio di Lomellina
S. Giorgio Martire
San Martino Siccomario
S. Martino Vescovo
Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi
Santi Nazzaro e Celso
Sant’Angelo Lomellina
S. Michele Arcangelo
Sartirana Lomellina
Beata V. Assunta
Scaldasole
S. Giuliano Martire
Semiana
Santi Ippolito e Cassiano
Sommo
Natività di Maria SS.
Suardi
S. Bartolomeo Apostolo
Torre Beretti e Castellaro
S. Giovanni Battista
Santi Maurizio e Martino (Castellaro de’ Giorgi)
Travacò Siccomario
Natività di Maria SS.
S. Martino Vescovo
Tromello
S. Martino Vescovo
Valeggio
Santi Pietro e Paolo Apostoli (Valeggio Lomellina)
Valle Lomellina
S. Michele Arcangelo
Valverde
S. Silvestro in Madonna della Bozzola (Bozzola)
Velezzo Lomellina
Natività della Beata V. Maria
Vigevano
Beata V. Addolorata
Beata V. Immacolata
Cuore Immacolato di Maria
Gesù Divino Lavoratore
S. Ambrogio
S. Carlo Borromeo
S. Cecilia
S. Cristoforo in S. Pietro Martire
S. Dionigi in S. Francesco
S. Giovanni Bosco
S. Giuseppe
S. Maria di Fatima
Santi Giovanni e Pio
Beata V. Immacolata (Buccella)
Natività della Beata V. Maria (Fogliano Inferiore)
S. Antonio Abate (Morsella)
S. Antonio Abate (Sforzesca)
Villa Biscossi
Santi Nazzaro e Celso
Villanova d’Ardenghi
S. Cristoforo Martire
Zeme
S. Alessandro Martire
Zerbolò
S. Bartolomeo Apostolo
S. Maria Avvocata
Zinasco
S. Carlo Borromeo (Bombardone)
Beata V. Assunta (Sairano)
S. Giovanni Evangelista (Zinasco Nuovo)
S. Antonio Abate (Zinasco Vecchio)

[edit] Piedmont

[edit] Province of Novara

Sozzago
S. Silvano Martire

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Source:chiesacattolica.it (retrieved:2008-03-13 10:53:53 +0000)

[edit] References

  • Cappelletti, Le chiese d'Italia, XIV
  • Biffignandi, Memorie storiche della citta e contado di Vigevano

[edit] External link

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

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