Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agrigento

The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Agrigento, in Sicily, was elevated to archiepiscopal status in 2000.[1] The historic diocese of Agrigento was also known as the diocese of Grigenti, and diocese of Agrigentum. It used to be a suffragan of the archdiocese of Monreale.

History

Girgenti (the Greek Acragas, Roman Agrigentum) venerates Saint Libertinus as its earliest apostle; he is said to have been sent by Saint Peter. The earliest bishop of certain date is Saint Potamius, a contemporary of Pope Agapetus I (535-36).

Saint Gregory I, Bishop of Agrigentum, said to have been martyred in 262, is probably only a double of the homonymous bishop who was a contemporary of Gregory the Great. The list of bishops, interrupted by the Saracen invasion, began again in 1093 with Saint Gerlando.

Other bishops are:

Notes

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