A Diocese de Palestrina (ou sede suburbicária de Palestrina) é uma sé da Igreja Católica Romana sufragânea da diocese de Roma. A diocese compreende o território da cidade de Palestrina e é dividida, para fins eclesiásticos em 49 paróquias.
História A diocese de Palestrina foi criada no século IV e a mais antiga notícia que se tem é referente ao martírio de Santo Agapito (santo ao qual é consagrada a catedral da diocese). O primeiro bispo de Palestrina de que se tem conhecimento foi Secundus, presente ao Concílio de Roma de 313. A partir do século VII seu bispo passa a ser considerado um dos bispos cardeais de Roma (um dos prelados hebdomadários que prestavam serviço na basílica de São João de Latrão). O bispo de Palestrina é considerado o quarto na ordem dos cardeais-bispos.
Bispos
1000 Maurus (558)Bishop Maurus received a letter from Pope Pelagius I: Kehr, p. 48, no. 1. Sergio (721)The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church – Creations of Cardinals of the XI Century Venanzio 732 Gregorio 761–767 Andrea 769–773 Contantinus 826 Leone 914–928 Teofilo 963 – before 988 Stefan 988cf. G. Cappelletti: Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni. Vol. 1, Venice 1844, pp. 599–601 Peter 996–1015
1001–1200
Johannes I 1036–1039Sources for the period 1036–1130: Hüls, pp. 108–117; Klewitz, pp. 33–35, 117 and 120 Johannes II 1044 Raniero 1058 (pseudocardeal, criado pelo antipapa *?) Bruno 1059–1060 Bernhard 1061–1065 Loperto 1066–1069 vacante 1069–1073 Uberto Belmonte 1073–1082 Berardo (?) ca.1092 (?)]Hüls, p. 111 no. 8 says that Bernardo's existence is dubious because he appears only in one bull dated setembro 1092 which has been recognized as a forgery, though possibly based on original documents. Klewitz, p. 117 does not mention him among the occupants of this suburbicarian see. Ugone Candido 1089–1099 (pseudocardeal) Milone 1095/98–1104 vacante 1104–1107Some sources mention cardinal Corrado 1105–1106 but the only document attesting his existence (bull of Paschalis II in favour of the church of S. Salvatore dated 27 december 1105) has been recognized as falsehood and both Klewitz, p. 120 and Hüls, p. 112–113, eliminated him from the list of the bishops of Palestrina Cuno de Praeneste 1107–1122 Guillaume Praenestinus 1123–1137Source for the period 1130–1187: Brixius p. 135 Johannes 1130–1134 (pseudocardeal) Étienne de Châlons 1139–1144 Guarino Foscari 1144–1158 Giulio I 1158–1164 vacante 1164–1176Some sources mention cardinal Ugo or Ottone occupying that see ca. 1164 but Brixius, pp. 60–68 excludes him from the list of cardinals created by Alexander III because no papal bulls signed by him has been found. Probably he is confused with cardinal-bishop Odo of Tusculum 1170–1171 (cf. Brixius, p. 65 no. 21) Vibiano 1168–1173 (pseudocardinal) Manfredo de Lavagna 1176–1178 vacant 1178–1179 Benerede 1179–1180 Paolo Scolari 1180–1187 Eleito Papa Clemente III vacante 1188–1191Source for the period 1188–1228: Maleczek, p. 63 Giovanni III da Anagni 1190–1196Some sources indicate that abbot Mainard of Pontigny became bishop of Palestrina in 1188 and died few weeks after his promotion but Maleczek, p. 125 says that Mainard is attested as abbot of Pontigny until 1192. Therefore, he should be excluded from the list of the bishops of Palestrina vacante 1196–1200 Guy de Paré, O.Cist. 1200–1204Guy de Paré was born at Paray-le-Monial, diocese of Autun. In 1187 he became Abbot of Notre-Dame-du-Val, diocese of Paris. Cardinal Guy was sent as Legate to Germany in 1201 to deal with Otto IV. Eubel, I, p. 3 and note 4. Cardinal Guy was appointed Archbishop of Reims: Eubel, p. 419. He died on 30 july 1206.
1201–1400
Guido Papareschi 1206–1221 Guido Pierleone 1221–1228 Giacomo di Pecorari, O.Cist. 1231–1244Promoted by Pope Gregory IX in his third Consistory in september 1231. he was Vicar of the City of Rome for Gregory IX. Eubel, I, p. 6 with n. 5, 37. István Báncsa 1251–1270 Vicedomino de Vicedominis 1273–1276 Erhard II de Lézinnes 1278–1279 Papa Nicolau IV 1281–1288 Bernardo V Berardi di Cagli 1288–1291 Simon I Beaulieu 1294–1297 Teodorico Raineri 1299–1306 Pierre III de la Chapelle Taillefer 1306–1312 Guillaume II de Mandagot 1312–1321 Pierre IV Despres 1322–1361 (Pierre des Prés, Peter de Pratis) Raymond de Canillac 1361–1373 Simon Langham 1373–1376 Jean du Cros 1377–1378 (na obediência de Avignon até 1383) Francesco Moricotti PrignaniMaricotti was a nephew of Urban VI (Roman Obedience), and took his name. He was created a Cardinal Priest in the Consistory held on 18 september 1878. He was granted the titular church of San Eusebio. In july 1380 he was named Bishop of Palestrina. He died in Assisi on 6 february 1394. Eubel, I, p. 23. 1380–1394 (obediência Romana) Gui de Maillesec 1384–1412 (obediência de Avignon) Angelo Afflicti 1395–1401 (Administrador) (obediência Romana)
1401–1600
Oddo Colonna 1401–1405 (Administrador) Antonio I Gaetani 1405–1409, † 1412 Angelo d'Anna de Sommariva, O.S.B.Cam. 1412–1428Sommariva, of Neapolitan ancestry, had been created by Urban VI on 17 decembre 1384 and assigned the Deaconry of Santa Lucia in Septasolio (Saepta Solis). In may 1396 he was promoted Cardinal Priest of San Pudenziana by Boniface IX (of the Roman Obedience), a fellow Neapolitan. He attended the Council of Pisa in 1409, which brought him excommunication by the Roman Obedience and the Obedience of Benedict XIII. On 23 september 1412 he was promoted Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina. He attended the Council of Constance, and helped elect Pope Martin V. He died on 21 july 1428. Eubel, I, pp. 25 and 37. vacante 1428–1431 Hugues de Lusignan 1431–1436, † 1442 vacante 1436–1444 Giovanni BerardiGiovanni Berardi Tagliacozzo was a priest of the diocese of the Marsi. He had previously been Archbishop of Taranto, appointed by Pope Martin V on 20 october 1421. He was created a Cardinal Priest by Pope Eugene IV on 18 december 1439, and assigned the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo. He was promoted Bishop of Palestrina on 7 march 1444. He served as Major Penitentiary. He died on 21 january 1449. Eubel, I, p. 473; II, pp. 7, 60, and 64. 1444–1449 Giorgio de Flisco 1449–1455 vacante 1455–1460 Juan de Torquemada 1460–1463, † 1468 vacante 1463–1465 Alain de Cotivy 1465–1472, † 1474 Angelo Capranica 1472–1478 Marco Balbo 1478–1491 Jean Balue 1491 Giovanni VII Micheli 1491–1492, † 1503 Girolamo Basso della Rovere 1492–1503, † 1507 Lorenzo Cybo de Mari 1503 Antonio Pallavicino 1503–1507 Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio 1507–1508, † 1509 Bernardino Lopez de Carvajal 1508–1509 Guillaume Briçonnet 1509–1511 Marco Vigerio della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv.Vigerio, a Master in theology, had been Bishop of Senigallia (1478–1513) and Castellan of the Castel S. Angelo. He was created Cardinal Priest by Pope Julius II on 1 december 1505, and assigned the titular church of Santa Maria trans Tiberim. On 29 october 1511 he was promoted Bishop of Palestrina. He died on 18 july 1516. Eubel, II, p. 235; III, p. 10, 298. 1511–1516. Francesco II Soderini 1516–1523 Alessandro Farnese 1523, Eleito Papa Paulo III em 1534 Antonio Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1523–1524 Pietro Accolti 1524, † 1532 Marco Cornaro 1524 Lorenzo Pucci 1524–1531 Giovanni Piccolomini 1531–1533, † 1537 Andrea della Valle 1533–1534 Bonifacio Ferreri 1534–1535, † 1543A native of Nice, Ferreri was Bishop of Vercelli (1509–1511) in succession to his brother, Cardinal Giuseppe Ferreri; and Bishop of Ivrea (1511–1518). He was created a Cardinal Priest by Pope Leo X on 1 july 1517, and assigned the titular church of Santi Nereo e Achilleo. Ferreri was Bishop of Albano 1533–1534. On 5 september 1534 he was promoted to the diocese of Palestrina; from Palestrina he was promoted to the diocese of Sabina 1535–1537; and finally he became Bishop of Porto 1537–1543. Eubel, III, pp. 15, 55, 57, 58, 214. Lorenzo Campeggio 1535–1537, † 1539 Antonio Sanseverino 1537–1539, † 1543 Giovanni Vincenzo Caraffa 1539–1541 Alessandro Cesarini 1541–1542Eubel, III, pp. 17, 57. Francesco Cornaro 1542–1543 Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte 1543–1550 Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme 1550–1557 Federigo Cesi 1557–1562, † 1564 Giovanni Morone 1562–1564, † 1580 Cristoforo Madruzzo 1564–1570, † 1578 Otto von Waldburg 1570–1573 Giulio della Rovere 1573–1578 Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni 1578–1583, † 1591 Giovanni Francesco Gambara 1583–1587 Marco Antonio Colonna 1587–1597 Giulio Antonio Santori 1597–1602
1601–1800
Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici 1602–1605 Eleito Papa Leão XI Agostino Valeri 1605–1606 Ascanio Colonna 1606–1608 Antonio Maria Galli 1608–1611 Gregorio Petrocchini 1611–1612 Benedetto Giustiniani 1612–1615 Francesco Maria Del Monte 1615–1621 Ottavio Bandini 1621–1624 Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto 1624–1626, Domenico Ginnasi 1626–1629, Marcello Lante della Rovere 1629 Pier Paolo Crescenzi 1629–1641, Guido Bentivoglio 1641–1644 Alfonso de la Cueva Albuquerque 1644–1655 Bernardino Spada 1655–1661 Antonio Barberini 1661–1671 Rinaldo d'Este 1671–1672 Cesare Facchinetti 1672–1679, † 1683 Alderano Cybo 1679–1680, † 1700 Lorenzo Raggi 1680–1687 Antonio Bichi 1687–1691 Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni 1691–1698 Luis Manuel Fernando Portocarrero 1698–1709 Fabrizio Spada 1710–1717 Francesco del GiudiceA native of Naples, Del Giudice, who had been a Cleric of the Apostolic Camera (the papal Treasury), was created a Cardinal Priest by Pope Alexander VIII on 13 february 1690, and assigned the titular church of. S. Maria del Popolo. He was transferred to Santa Sabina on 30 march 1700. He was promoted Bishop of Palestrina on 12 july 1717. He was made Bishop of Frascati (1721–1724) and then Bishop of Ostia and Velletri (1724–1725) Ritzler, V, p. 16, pp. 40–43, 48 and 51. 1717–1721 Francesco Barberini 1721–1726, Tommaso Ruffo 1726–1738, † 1753 Giorgio SpinolaSpinola was a native of Genoa. He was a Doctor in utroque iure (Doctor in Civil and Canon Law) (Siena 1691). He served as Vice-Legate of Ferrara, and then became Referendary of the Two Signatures and a Consultor at the Holy Office of the Inquisition. In 1703 he was named Inquisitor of Malta. On 1 june 1711 he was named Archbishop of Cesarea in Palestine; he was consecrated on 29 june 1711 by Cardinal Fabrizio Paolucci, and named Nuncio to Spain and then to the Emperor. Spinola was created a cardinal by on 29 november 1719, with the titular church of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura. He was then Cardinal Priest of S. Maria trans Tiberim from 15 december 1734, and then Cardinal Priest of Santa Prassede, from 16 december 1737. He was promoted to Palestrina on 3 sepember 1738. He died on 17 january 1739. Ritzler, V, pp. 31, no. 61; p. 43; p. 133, with n.6. Ritzler, VI, pp. 40, 46, 48. 1738–1739 Giovanni Battista Altieri (junior) 1739–1740 Vincenzo Petra 1740–1747A native Neapolitan, Petra held a doctorate in Civil and Canon Law (Naples 1682), and was at the time of his appointment as a cardinal the Archbishop of Damascus in Syria and Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. He was created a Cardinal Priest on 20 november 1724 by Pope Benedict XIII, and assigned the titular church of San Onuphrio. He was made Prefect of the Congregation de propaganda Fide (evangelization). In 1730 he became Protector of the Greek Nation. He transferred to S. Pietro in Vincoli in 1737, and was promoted Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina on 16 september 1740. He died in Rome on 21 march 1747 at the age of 84. Ritzler, V, pp. 35–36, with notes 7 and 8, 1 and 2, and p. 180 with note 7; VI, p. 40. Antonio Xaverio Gentilis 1747–1753 Giuseppe Spinelli 1753–1759, † 1763 Federico Marcello Lante 1759–1763, † 1773