Diocese of Caserta

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Caserta is in Campania. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Naples.

History

It is not known when Caserta became an episcopal see. The first-known bishop was Ranulfo whose election in 1113 was confirmed by Senne, Archbishop of Capua. Other were:

• Andrea (1234), who finished the beautiful belfry of the cathedral;
• Secondo (1285) and Azzone (1200), champions of ecclestiastical liberty;
• Antonio Bernardo della Mirandola (1552), a famous student of Aristotle;
• Benedetto Mandina (1594), a zealous promoter of an alliance of Christian princes against the Turks;
• the Franciscan, Bonaventura Caballo (1669), renowned for his piety and his preaching.

In 1818 Pope Pius VII united this see with the diocese of Caiazzo, but Pope Pius IX made them separate sees.

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