Diocese of Nusco

Cathedral in Nusco

Diocese of Nusco was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Campania, southern Italy, existing until 1986. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, to form the Archdiocese of Conza-Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Nusco-Bisaccia.^[1] It was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Salerno.

History

Nusco is in the province of Avellino. The diocese dates from the eleventh century. Among its bishops were

• Guido (1004);
• St. Amatus of Nusco (1167), author of a history of the Normans in Apulia and Calabria;
• Roger (1198), who restored the cathedral;
• Cardinal Pietro Paolo Parisio (1538), who presided at the Council of Trent;
• Francesco Arcudio (1639), a Theatine;
• Fulgenzio Arminio Monforte (1669), an Augustinian.

In 1820 the diocese of Montemartino was united to Nusco. St. John, a Benedictine (1084) was the first Bishop of Montemartino; forty of his successors are known.^[2]

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Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nusco". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.  The entry cites:
• Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia, XX.