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Diocese of Novara
Dioecesis Novariensis
Novara Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceVercelli
Statistics
Area4,283 km (1,654 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2019)
564,900 (est.)
528,000 (est.)
Parishes346
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4th century
CathedralCattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Secular priests277 (diocesan)
178 (Religious Orders)
20 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFranco Giulio Brambilla
Map
Website
www.diocesinovara.it

The Diocese of Novara (Latin: Dioecesis Novariensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vercelli.

History

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According to the hagiographical "Life of Gaudentius", written c. 700, he was born in Ivrea, and came to Novara, where a priest named Laurentius was preaching and baptizing. When Laurentius was killed, he took up the task of catechizing, with the blessing of Bishop Eusebius of Vercelli, in whose territory Novara was situated. There he was noticed as a future episcopal candidate by Bishop Ambrose of Milan during a visit to Novara. Gaudentius was consecrated a bishop by Ambrose's successor, Bishop Simplicianus (397–401). He served in Novara for twenty years.

In 972, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I granted the dominium of the town of Novara and twenty-four miles surrounding the town to Bishop Aupaldo and his successors, the Bishops of Novara. The bishops therefore enjoyed the title of Count as well as the same rights as a Count of the Empire.

In 1059, Pope Nicholas II summoned the archbishop of Milan and his suffragans to attend his synod, which met in Rome in April. Among the suffragan bishops who attended was Bishop Oddo of Novara.

In 1352, Bishop Guilelmo Amidano (1342–1355) had all of the regulations concerning the Chapter of Novara collected and arranged in a single volume.

In 1394 and 1395, Bishop Pietro Filargi successfully negotiated with King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, the King of Rome, the recognition of Gian Galeazzo Visconti as Imperial Vicar and the first Duke of Milan. King Wenceslaus also granted Bishop Pietro of Novara the title of Princeps Sacri Imperii.

Novara lost part of its territory on 16 March 1530, when Pope Clement VII established the Diocese of Vigevano.

Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni, Cardinal of S. Giorgio in velabro, Bishop of Novara, did not attend the First Provincial Council of Milan on 14 October 1565, under the presidency of Cardinal Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan. Bishop Romolo Archinto (1574–1576) attended the Fourth Provincial Synod of Milan in 1576, and signed the decrees. Bishop Pomponio Cotta (1577–1579) attended and subscribed the decrees of the Fifth Provincial Synod of Milan in March 1579. Bishop Francesco Bossi (1579–1583) was unable to attend the Sixth Provincial Synod of Milan in May 1582, but sent his Vicar General, Giovanni Paolo Albergono, as his procurator. Bishop Carlo Bescapè (1593–1615) was present at the Seventh Provincial Synod of Milan in May 1609 and subscribed the decrees.

Synods

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See.

Bishop Oldrado (1356–ca. 1388) presided over a diocesan synod in the cathedral of Novara on 3 January 1365.

On 9 May 1568, Cardinal Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni (1560–1574) held a diocesan synod. Bishop Cesare Speciano (1584–1591) presided over a diocesan synod in 1590.

A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Giulio Maria Odescalchi (1656–1666) in 1660. A synod was held in 1674 by Bishop Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia (1667–1684), and another in 1675.

Bishop Giovanni Battista Visconti (1688–1713) presided over a diocesan synod on 6–8 July 1707. Bishop Marco Aurelio Balbis Bertone (1757–1789) held a diocesan synod on 1–3 July 1778.

Cardinal Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca (1817–1842) presided over a diocesan synod in Novara on 11–13 July 1826. In August 1856, Synodical Statutes of the diocese of Novara were issued under the auspices of Bishop Giacomo Filippo Gentile (1843–1875). Bishop Edoardo Pulciano (1892 –1901) held a diocesan synod on 4–6 September 1900. A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Giuseppe Castelli (1924–1943) on 9–11 September 1936. On 20–22 October 1955, Bishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni (1951–1963) held a diocesan synod.

French occupation

On 17 March 1805, the Emperor Napoleon established the Kingdom of Italy, and had himself crowned its king, on 23 May, in the cathedral of Milan by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Caprara, the papal legate. Novara became part of the kingdom, and was made the capital of a "department" called Agogna. When Napoleon abdicated in 1814, the kingdom came to an end, and Milanese territory was occupied by the Austrians. The Kingdom of Sardinia was restored by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It included Novara.

Back in power, King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia requested Pope Pius VII, who had also returned to the restored Papal States, to restore the dioceses in the Piedmont. On 17 July 1817, the pope issued the bull "Beati Petri", which reconstituted de novo the ten dioceses which had been suppressed under the French. In addition, the pope created a new ecclesiastical province and elevated the diocese of Vercelli to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese, with the dioceses of Alessandria, Biella, and Casale as suffragans.

Upon further consideration and consultation with ecclesiastical authorities in Milan, Pius VII chose to make additional adjustments. In an apostolic letter to Cardinal Paolo Giuseppe Solaro, "Cum Per Nostras" (26 September 1817), he authorized the cardinal to remove two dioceses from the jurisdiction of the metropolitan archbishop of Milan, and transfer the diocese of Novara to the ecclesiastical province of Vercelli, in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Bishops

to 800

Laurentius
  • Pascentius
  • Simplici(an)us (subscribed in 451)
  • Victor
  • Pagatianus
  • Honoratus
  • Opilius
  • Ambrosius
  • Filacrius (537–553)
  • Agnellus
  • Spectabilis
  • Marcellus
  • Severus
  • Lupicinus
  • Probinus
  • Vigilius
  • Flavinus (Flavianus)
  • Panfronio
  • Gratianus (subscribed in 680)
  • Probus
  • Aureolus
  • Leo
  • Ambrosius
  • Gratiosus (died 729)
  • Benedictus
  • Petrus
  • Sicardus
  • Tito Levita

800 to 1030

  • Attone (attested in 829)
  • Adalgisius (attested in 835, 842 and 848)
  • Dodo (Dodone) (ca. 849–859)
  • Druttemiro (attested in 864 and 867)
  • Notingus (attested 878–879)
  • Lambertus (c. 880–881)
  • Ernustus (attested 882)
  • Chadultus (attested 882–890)
  • Liutherius (attested 892)
  • Garibaldus (attested 898–902)
  • Dagibertus (attested 919)
  • Rodulfus (attested 946–955)
  • Petrus (attested 963)
  • Aupaldus (attested 965–991)
  • Petrus (attested 996–1028)

1030 to 1300

  • Gualbertus (c. 1032–1039)
  • Riprandus (1039–1053)
  • Oddo (1054–1079)
  • Albertus (1079–1083)
  • Anselmus (1083–after 1098)
Sede Vacante (1100–1110)
  • Eppo (1110–1117)
  • Riccardus (1117–1122)
  • Litifredus (1122–1151)
Sede vacante (1151–1153)
  • Guilelmus Tornielli (1153–1161)
  • Guilelmus Faleto (1162–1170)
  • Bonifacius (1172–1191)
  • Ottone
  • Pietro (1197–1209)
  • Gerardo da Sesso, O. Cist. (1209 – 1211)
  • Odelbert Tornielli (1213–1235)
  • Odemar Busio (1235–1250)
  • Sigebaldus Caballazio (Cavallazzi) (1250-1270)
Sede Vacante (1270?–1287)
Intrusus
  • Englesius Caballazio (Cavallazzi), O.Min. (1287–1291)
  • Papinianus della Rovere (1296–1300)

14th-17th centuries

Cardinal Giulio della Rovere (1551 – 1552 Resigned) Administrator

17th-19th centuries

19th century and later

  • Cardinal Giuseppe Morozzo Della Rocca (1817 – 1842)
  • Giacomo Filippo Gentile (27 Jan 1843 – 23 Oct 1875 Died)
  • Stanislao Eula (28 Jan 1876 – 10 Apr 1886 Died)
  • Davide Riccardi (1886 – 1891)
  • Giuseppe Castelli (21 Oct 1924 – 12 Sep 1943 Died)
  • Leone Giacomo Ossola, O.F.M. Cap. (9 Sep 1945 – 11 Jun 1951 Resigned), appointed titular archbishop on retirement
  • Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. (29 Jun 1951 – 7 Jan 1963 Died), Archbishop (personal title) in 1958
  • Placido Maria Cambiaghi, B. (28 Feb 1963 – 30 Oct 1971 Resigned)
  • Aldo Del Monte (15 Jan 1972 – 19 Dec 1990 Retired)
  • Renato Corti (19 Dec 1990 – 24 Nov 2011 Retired) (elevated to Cardinal in 2016)
  • Franco Giulio Brambilla (24 Nov 2011 – )

Parishes

Of the 345 parishes, one is in the Lombard province of Pavia, while rest are divided between the Piedmontese provinces of Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Vercelli.

See also

References

  1. Official Diocesan Website
  2. "Diocese of Novara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Diocese of Novara" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. The "Life" is full of anachronisms. Savio, p. 243-246.
  5. Lanzoni, pp. 1034-1035.
  6. Savio, p. 240, quoting the diocesan diptychs.
  7. Savio, p. 261. Weber, p. 96. Th. Sickel, ed. (1879). Monumenta Germaniae historica: Die Urkunden Konrad I., Heinrich I und Otto I. Diplomata Regum et Imperatorum Germaniae (in German and Latin). Vol. Tomus I. Hannover: impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani. pp. 565–567, no. 414.
  8. Schwartz, p. 124. Kehr VI.1, p. 47 no. 94; VI. 2, p. 59 no. 2. Arnulf, "Gesta Archiepiscoporum Mediolanensium," (in Latin), in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptorum Tomus VIII (Hannover: Hahn 1848), p. 21.
  9. Bascapè (1612), p. 482: "Infrascripta sunt statuta Ecclesię Nouariensis reducta in unum volumen iuxta ordinationem R.D. Guillelmi Epi Nouar. auctoritate Ap. de anno 1352."
  10. Bascapè (1612), pp. 495-497; (1878), pp. 391-392.
  11. The bull "Pro Excellenti", quoted by F. Ughelli, Italia sacra IV, pp. 816-819.
  12. Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis Tomus secundus (in Latin), (Anissoniana et Joan. Posuel, 1683), pp. 1254-1255.
  13. Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis, (in Latin), Volume 1 (Milan: P. Pagnonio, 1843), p. 206.
  14. Acta ecclesiae Mediolanensis (Pavia: Typis seminarii J. Manfre, 1754), p. 251.
  15. Acta Ecclesiae Mediolanensis a S. Carolo Card: Archiep. Condita Volume 1 Pagnonius, 1843), p. 328.
  16. Acta ecclesiae Mediolanensis (Pavia: Typis seminarii J. Manfre, 1754), p. 358.
  17. Benedictus XIV (1842). "Lib. I. caput secundum. De Synodi Dioecesanae utilitate". Benedicti XIV ... De Synodo dioecesana libri tredecim (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Mechlin: Hanicq. pp. 42–49. George Phillips (1849). Die Diöcesansynode (in German). Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder. pp. 1–23.
  18. Vincenzo de Vit, Il Lago Maggiore, Stresa e le isole Borromee, (in Italian and Latin) Volume 2, parte 2 (Prato: Alberghetti, 1878), Documento XIII, pp. 307-315.
  19. Synodus Novarien., per illustriss. et reverendiss. d. d. Io. Antonium Serbellonum, tit. S. Mariae et Omnium Angelorum ad Thermas Diocletiani s.R.e. presbiterum cardinalem, Sancti Georgij nuncupatum, episcopum Novariensem et comitem Ripariae Ortae et pertinentiarum, &c., celebrata die ix maij M.D.LXVIII. (in Latin). Novariae: Apud Franciscum Sesallum, M.DLXXI.
  20. Synodus dioecesana sub R. D. D. Caesare Speciano episcopo novariensi et comite. (in Latin). Novariae: Fr. Sexalli 1591.
  21. Decreta synodalia ecclesiae Novariensis, in exotru pacis, ab illustriss. & reverendiss. d.d. Iulio Maria edita, episcopatus sui anno IV, Novariae: apud impressorem episcopalem, M.DC.LX.
  22. Synodus dioecesis Novariensis, a D. Josepho Maria Maraviglia Episcopo habita an. 1674, cum Appendice & Apologia, Novariae: Cacciae 1674. Decreta ab I. et R. D. D. Josepho Maria Maraviglia, etc., edita in synodali conventu. Novariae, 1675.
  23. Synodus dioecesana novariensis ab ill.mo et rev.mo DD . Joanne Baptista Vicecomite , Dei et apostolicae Sedis gratia episcopo novariensi et comite , SS.mi D.N. Papae praelaro domestico , et pontificii solii assistente , celebrata diebus VI.VII.VIII julii anni 1707. Novariae: typografia Francisci Siborni Cavalli 1708).
  24. Synodus dioecesana Novariensis ab excell.mo et rev.mo D. D. Marco Aurelio Balbis Bertone habita diebus I , II et III julii anno 1778. Novariae 1779.
  25. Synodus dioecesana Novariensis, ab emmo et rev" d. d. Josepho divina miseratione tituli s. Mariæ Angelorum s. R. e. presb. cardinali Morozzo archiepº-episcopo Novariensi, principe S. Julii, Hortæ et Vespolati, habita diebus 11, 12 et 13 iulii anno 1826. (in Latin). (Novariæ, ex typographia Josephi Rasarii ).
  26. Synodus Dioecesana Novariensis ab Illmo et Reviño D. D. Eduardo Pulciano Episcopo Novariensi habita in Cathedrali Ecclesia diebus IV - V - VI septembris Anno Domini MDCCCC. (in Latin). Novariae: ex typ. Episcopali, 1900.
  27. Synodus dioecesana novariensis habita in Ecclesia cathedrali, diebus nona, decima, undecima, mensis septembris anni P. Chr. n. 1936 ab Ios. Castelli, episcopo. Novariae 1936.
  28. Synodus dioecesana novariensis XIX a Gilla Vincentio Gremigni episcopo diebus XX , XXI , XXII mensis octobris anno Domini MCMLV celebrata. Novara 1956.
  29. Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV, pp. 345-351 § 4-22.
  30. Bullarii Romani Continuatio XIV, pp. 351-352 § 16 and 18.
  31. The same action was authorized with respect to the diocese of Vigevano. Pius VII (1849). Andreas Barberi and Rinaldo Secreti (ed.). Bullarii Romani continuatio (in Latin). Vol. Tomus decimus quartus. Roma. pp. 387–388.
  32. Savio, pp. 244-248. Lanzoni, pp. 1034-1035.
  33. Savio, pp. 248-249. Lanzoni, p. 1035. Acta Sanctorum Septembris Tomus tertius (Antwerp 1750), pp. 501-502.
  34. He was a priest, commemorated in the diocesan Diptych as a martyr. Lanzoni, p. 1035.
  35. His funeral inscription was composed by Ennodius between 490 and 500. Victor is credited with having begun the construction of a church out of a pagan temple. Lanzoni, p. 1035.
  36. Bishop Honoratus dedicated Bishop Victor's church in honor of Ss. Peter and Paul. Lanzoni, p. 1035.
  37. Savio, p. 251-252, uses his funeral inscription to calculate the dates of 538 and 554. Lanzoni, p. 1036, states that Filacrius was consecrated in 538 and died on 15 December 1554, citing Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum Vol. V, part 2, no. 6633.
  38. Graziano was present and signed the decrees of the Roman council of 680 held by Pope Agatho: Savio, p. 252; J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio Tomus XI, p. 306.
  39. Savio, pp. 253-254.
  40. Savio, p. 254, indicates that Attone ruled for 29 years and 3 months.
  41. Savio, p. 255, quotes the Cathedral diptych as giving Adalgisius 19 years of rule.
  42. Savio, p. 255, quotes the Cathedral diptych as giving Dodo 10 years and 6 months of rule.
  43. Savio, p. 256, quotes the diptych of S. Gaudenzio as giving him 10 years and 9 months of rule.
  44. On 19 October 879, Pope John VIII ordered Bishop Noting to release property which he was holding that belonged to the Empress Angilberg; if he did not do so immediately, he was ordered to appear at the papal court within two months to explain himself. He is said, in the diptychs, to have reigned for ten years (and four months). Savio, p. 256. Kehr VI, 2, p. 59 no. 1.
  45. Lambertus ruled for one year and six months. Savio, pp. 241, 256.
  46. Ernustus sat for one year, six months and five days. Savio, pp. 241, 257. G.B. Morandi, "Le Pergamene del Museo civico," Bolletino storico per la provincia di Novara 6 (1911), pp. 76-77.
  47. Chadultus: Savio, pp. 241, 257-258.
  48. Liutherius is credited with a reign of 3 years and 10 months. Savio, pp. 241, 258-259.
  49. Garibaldus sat for 7 years and 3 months. Savio pp. 241, 259.
  50. Dagibertus was bishop for 38 years, 2 months, and 2 days. Savio, pp. 241. Morandi, p. 77.
  51. Bishop Rodulfus sat for 17 years and 1 month. Savio, p. 260. Schwartz, p. 123, estimates his dates as 938/940–955/957.
  52. Petrus (II) ruled for 7 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Savio, p. 260. Schwartz, p. 123, reckons his term as 955/957 to 963/965.
  53. Bishop Aupaldus sat for 28 years, 4 months, and 18 days. Savio, p. 260-262. Schwartz, p. 123, calculates that he governed from 963/965 to 991/993.
  54. Bishop Petrus (III) sat for 38 or 39 years, 9 months, and 4 days. Savio, p. 262. Schwartz, p. 123, assigns him dates of 991/993–1130/1133.
  55. Gaulbertus governed for 7 years. Savio, p. 263. Schwartz, p. 123.
  56. Riprandus sat for 14 years, 10 months, and 14 days. Savio, p. 263-264. Schwartz, pp. 123-124.
  57. Bishop Oddo (not Atto) was among the bishops of Liguria summoned to the Roman synod of 1059 by Pope Nicholas II. He died during a return trip from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, on 18 August in either 1078 or 1079. Savio, pp. 264-266. Kehr VI. 2, p. 59, nos. 2-3. Schwartz, p. 124.
  58. Albertus (Adalbertus), "nobilis episcopus", said to be Count of Biandrate, sat for 3 years, 5 months, and 4 days. Savio, p. 266. Schwartz, p. 125.
  59. Anselmus was an imperial supporter, and called "Invasor" by one of the diptychs. He was excommunicated, c. 1098, by Pope Urban II: Kehr VI. 2, p. 59, no. 4. Savio, pp. 266-267. Schwartz, p. 125.
  60. Eppo was also an imperial supporter. He sat for 8 years. Savio, p. 267. Schwartz, p. 125.
  61. Riccardus, a papal supporter, ruled 6 years, 10 months, and 24 days. He took part in a provincial synod in Milan on 3 November 1119. He died on 25 July 1122. Giorgio Giulini, Memorie Spettanti Alla Storia, Al Governo, Ed Alla Descrizione Della Città, e della Campagna di Milano Ne' Secoli Bassi, Parte 5 (Milano: Apresso Giambattista Bianchi Regio Sampatore, 1760), p. 120. Savio, pp. 267-268. Schwartz, p. 126.
  62. Litifredus first appears in documents on 10 April 1122, and his last appearance occurs in August 1148. He ruled the Church of Novara for 27 years, 9 months, and two days. He died on 18 May 1151. Schwartz, p. 126. Savio, pp. 269-270, suggesting that an emendation in the diptychs is necessary. Simone Caldano, "Litifredo e la cattedrale di Novara. Un vescovo ‘costruttore’ e un cantiere di respiro internazionale," (in Italian) in: Luca Di Palma & Elena Rame (edd.), Dal medievo al seicento: scritti di storia dell'arte a Novara (Novara: Booksystem di Francesca Giordano, Novara 2021), pp. 15-89, esp. pp. 15-17.
  63. The diptychs state that the episcopal throne was vacant for 2 years, 5 months, and 15 days. Savio, pp. 241, 270.
  64. Guilelmus Tornielli was bishop from 2 November 1153. He sat for 7 years, 6 months, and 25 days, dying on 27 May 1161. Savio, pp. 242, 270-271.
  65. Bishop Bonifacius attended the Third Lateran Council of Pope Alexander III in March 1179, as a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Milan. J.D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus 22 (Venice: A.Zatta 1778), p. 216. Bonifazio Vescovo Di Novara Vicario Imperiale In Toscana (in Italian). 1770.
  66. Savio, p. 272.
  67. Savio, pp. 272-273.
  68. On 4 May 1211, Bishop Gerardo was appointed Archbishop of Milan. Savio, pp. 273-275.
  69. Morbio, p. 49. Eubel, I, p. 371. Gams, p. 820. Savio, pp. 275-276.
  70. Eubel, I, p. 371. Gams, p. 820 (died 10 April) Savio, pp. 276-277.
  71. The episcopal diptych gives Sigebaldus a reign of 20 years and 5 days. His earliest documentary evidence comes from 1250, suggesting that he could not have been in office later than 1270. Eubel, I, p. 371. Gams, p. 820. Savio, p. 277.
  72. A lengthy vacancy is indicated. Bascapè, Novaria (1612), p. 410, and La Novara Sacra (1878), p. 353, cites several documents showing that there was already a vacancy in 1271. Ughelli IV, p. 712. Giovanni Giacinto Sbaraglia, Bullarium franciscanum romanorum pontificum, constitutiones, epistolas, ac diplomata continens, Volume 3 (Rome: typis SC de propaganda fide 1765), pp. 594-595.
  73. Bascapè (1878), pp. 353-354. Ughelli IV, p. 712. He is not admitted by Eubel I, p. 371. It is claimed, Bascapè (1878), p. 353, note 350, that Guido was elected by the Chapter and that the election was confirmed by Pope Gregory X on 20 January 1271; Pope Gregory was not elected until 1 September 1271, and he did not return from crusade in the Holy Land to accept his election until January 1272; he was crowned on 27 March 1272. The confirmation is a fraud. The cathedral Chapter conducted an election of a new bishop, which resulted in two claimants, and appeals were lodged with Pope Gregory X (who died in January 1276), according to Pope Honorius IV: Giovanni Giacinto Sbaraglia, Bullarium franciscanum romanorum pontificum, constitutiones, epistolas, ac diplomata continens, Volume 3 (Rome: typis SC de propaganda fide 1765), pp. 594-595.
  74. Cavalazzi was appointed by Pope Honorius IV on 14 February 1287. Ughelli IV, p. 712. Savio, pp. 277-279.
  75. Papinianus was a native of Turin, and a canon of S. Andrea in Vercelli. He was an Auditor of the Sacred Palace and chaplain of Pope Boniface VIII, who appointed him bishop of Novara on 4 February 1296; but he was Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, and working in Rome. He was transferred to the diocese of Parma on 3 June 1300. He died on 14 August 1316. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII fasc. 2 (Paris: Fontemoing 1907), p. 609, no. 4946. Ughelli IV, p. 713. Savio, pp. 279-280. Eubel I, pp. 372, 392.
  76. Bartolomeo had been a canon and then Bishop of Castello (1275–1303). He was named bishop of Novara on 8 January 1303, by Pope Boniface VIII. On 10 January 1304, Bishop Querini was appointed Bishop of Trento by Pope Benedict XI. He died on 23 April 1307. Eubel I, pp. 171, 372, 498.
  77. Uguccione was a native of Vercelli, and canon of Lodi. He was named bishop of Novara on 19 February 1304, and was count of Novara. Ughelli IV, pp. 713-714. Eubel I, p. 372 with note 5.
  78. Giovanni was the son of Matteo Visconti, second Lord of Milan, and brother of Galeazzo I Visconti and Lucchino Visconti. On 17 July 1342, Visconti was appointed Archbishop of Milan by Pope Clement VI. Eubel I, p. 372 with note 6. Alberto Cadili, «Le magnificenze di Giovanni Visconti vescovo di Novara,» (in Italian), in: Nuova Rivista Storica, 99 (2015), pp. 23-75, esp. pp. 30-36.
  79. Eubel, I, p. 372. Gams, p. 820. On 25 June 1356, a document indicates that the seat was still vacant: Bascapè (1878), p. 386, note 380.
  80. Oldrado was a native of Milan, a canon of Novara, a papal chaplain, and Auditor Causarum Sacri Palatii. He was appointed bishop of Novara by Pope Innocent VI on 12 October 1356. He held a synod on 3 January 1365. Bascapè (1878), pp. 386-389. Eubel, I, p. 372 with note 8. Gams, p. 820.
  81. Filargis was professor of theology at the University of Pavia. He was appointed bishop of Piacenza on 5 October 1386, and then Bishop of Vicenza on 23 January 1388. He was transferred to the diocese of Novara on 18 September 1309. On 17 May 1402, Filargis was appointed Archbishop of Milan by Urban VI. He was elected Pope Alexander V on 26 June 1409. Eubel I, p. 372 with notes 9 and 10; 401 with note 12; 526.
  82. Eubel, II, p. 205. Crivelli had been Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of S. Maria Rippalta in the diocese of Tortona.
  83. Eubel, II, pp. 139 and 205. Bernardus had been Bishop of Cremona (1458–1466) when appointed to Novara.
  84. Arcimboldi had been a protonotary apostolic. He was appointed bishop of Novara by Pope Paul II on 20 November 1468. Pope Sixtus IV named him a cardinal priest on 7 May 1473. On 25 October 1484, Arcimboldi was appointed Archbishop of Milan. He died on 2 October 1488. Eubel II, pp. 17 no. 9; 188, 205 with note 4. Nicola Raponi, "Arcimboldi, Giovanni," (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 3 (1961). Francesco Somaini, Un prelato lombardo del XV secolo. Il card. Giovanni Arcimboldi, vescovo di Novara, arcivescovo di Milano, 3 vols. (Roma: Herder 2003).
  85. Eubel, II, p. 205. Cardinal Ascanio was only a cardinal deacon; there is no evidence he was ever consecrated a bishop. He was only the Administrator of the temporalities of the diocese.
  86. Sanseverino was a son of Count Roberto di Sanseverino d'Aragona Visconti. He was one of four cardinals who issued the letter convoking the schismatic 'Council of Pisa' in 1511. He was deposed on 30 January 1512, and deprived of all of his benefices, including Novara. Cf. Eubel, III, p. 260. David Chambers (2006). Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe. London-New York: I.B.Tauris. pp. 95–106. ISBN 978-0-85771-581-4. Setton, Kenneth M. (1984). The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume III: The Sixteenth Century to the Reign of Julius III. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. pp. 95–98, 143–150. ISBN 0-87169-161-2.
  87. Hermes Stampa had been Provost of the collegiate church of S. Stefano Olgiati in Olona (diocese of Milan). Ughelli IV, p. 723, states that he was appointed on 20 January 1526, but died in the same year. Gams, p. 820, places the accession of his successor on 2 March. Eubel III, p. 260 with note 5.
  88. Arcimboldi was appointed bishop of Novara on 2 March 1526. On 19 March 1550, Arcimboldi was appointed Archbishop of Milan. Eubel III, pp. 240, 260. Giuseppe Alberigo, "Arcimboldi, Giovanni Angelo," (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 3 (1961).
  89. So far as is known, Cardinal d'Este was never consecrated a bishop. It was not until 1564 that he became a cardinal-priest. Eubel, III, pp. 26 with n. 4, and 260.
  90. Della Rovere was named a cardinal by Pope Paul III on 27 July 1547. He was appointed Administrator of the diocese of Novara on 18 November 1551, at the age of 18, and resigned on 12 September 1552, in favor of Cardinal Giovanni Morone. He was not in episcopal orders until 1566. He was appointed suburbicarian Bishop of Albano on 12 April 1570. Eubel III, pp. 30 no. 66; 260. Matteo Sanfilippo (1989), "Della Rovere, Giulio Feltrio." (in Italian). In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 37 (1989).
  91. In 1555, Morone was sent as papal legate to the Diet of Augsburg: J. Grisar, "Die Sendung des Kardinals Morone als Legat zum Reichstag von Augsburg 1555," (in German), in: Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins fur Schwaben, LXI (1955), pp. 341-387. From 31 May 1557 to 21 August 1559, Cardinal Morone was a prisoner of Pope Paul IV in the Castel S. Angelo. He was only released by the pope's death and the vote of the cardinals to allow him to attend the conclave. The new pope, Pius IV was elected on 26 December 1559, and crowned on 9 January 1560. Massimo Firpe, "Morone, Giovanni," (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 77 (2012).
  92. Serbelloni was a cousin of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo de’ Medici, who became Pope Pius IV on 25 December 1559. He was named a cardinal on 31 January 1560. On 13 March 1560, he was appointed bishop of Novara. He resigned the diocese on 26 April 1574. He died in Rome on 18 March 1591. Eubel III, pp. 37 no. 1; 260-261. Massimo Carlo Giannini, "Serbelloni, Giovanni Antonio," (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (2018).
  93. On 28 November 1584, Visconti was appointed, Archbishop of Milan. Eubel III, p. 261 with note 14. Andrea Terreni, "Visconti, Gaspare," (in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 99 (2020).
  94. Bascapè ("basilica Petri" in Latin): Cappelletti XIV, pp. 520-521. Eubel III, p. 261Innocenzo Chiesa (1993). Vita di Carlo Bascapè: barnabita e vescovo di Novara (1550-1615) (in Italian). Rome: L.S. Olschki. ISBN 978-88-222-4101-6.
  95. Taverna was the son of Count Cesare Taverna, count of Landriano. His uncle Lodovico Taverna, was Bishop of Lodi and Governor of Rome. Ferdinando Taverna had been Governor of Rome when made a cardinal by Pope Clement VIII in 1604. He died in Novara on 29 August 1619. Gauchat, pp. 8 and 262.
  96. Volpi was the nephew of Bishop Giovanni Antonio Volpi of Como (1559–1588). He was a Referendary of the Two Signatures (under Sixtus V, 1585–1590). Pope Paul V appointed him bishop of Chieti (1609–1615), and sent him on embassies to Florence and then to Spain. He was appointed bishop of Novara on 13 November 1619. He was appointed Secretary of Briefs and papal Datary by Pope Gregory XV (1621-1623), but he fell into disgrace, was dismissed, and ordered to return to his diocese, on 6 August 1623. He was rehabilitated by Paul V, and appointed Prefect of the Apostolic Palace and Secretary of Briefs, which posts he held for six years. He died in Rome, in the papal palace, on 10 March 1629. Ughelli IV, pp. 728-729. Eubel III, pp. 182-183. Gauchat, p. 262 with note 4; 332 with note 5.
  97. Volpi had previously been a Canon of the Cathedral of Como. He was coadjutor of his uncle, who had duties in the Roman Curia.
  98. Tornielli: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 262 with note 6.
  99. Odescalchi was named a cardinal by Pope Innocent X on 6 March 1645. He was elected pope on 21 September 1676, and took the name Innocent XI. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 28 no. 9 with note 9; 262 with note 7.
  100. Celestino Sfondrati of Milan, the grand-nephew of Pope Gregory XIV, was a Benedictine monk, who had taken his vows at the monastery of St. Gall in 1660. He was summoned to Rome by the new Pope Innocent XI in October 1686, who intended to appoint Celestino Bishop of Novara. But Celestine was elected Prince-abbot of St. Gall on 17 April 1687, and never took up the Bishopric of Novara. Lorenzo Cardella, Memorie storiche de' cardinali della Santa Romana Chiesa Tomo VIII (Rome: Pagliarini 1794), pp. 44–46.
  101. Born in 1685, Bernardo Ignazio was a native of Asti in Piedmont. In civilian life, before he became a Capuchin, he was known as Pietro Alessandro Francesco Rovèro di Cortanze. As a Capuchin, he taught philosophy and theology in houses of his Order, and rose to be Provincial of the province of Piedmont of his Order. On 2 October 1730, appointed archbishop of Sassari (Sardinia) by Pope Clement XII, upon the nomination of King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. He was named bishop of Novara by Pope Benedict XIV on 18 September 1741, and was allowed to retain the title of archbishop. He died on 26 October 1747 Cappelletti XIV, p. 523. Bescapè (1878), p. 437. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, pp. 314 with note 2; 422 with note 2.
  102. Baratta was born in 1692, of the Counts of Baratta, at Fossano in the diocese of Turin. He was Provost of the Congregation of the Oratory. Baratta was appointed bishop of Novara on 29 January 1748, by Pope Benedict XIV. He was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga on 18 February, and he conducted a consecration of a fellow Oratorian in Rome on 17 March. He departed for his diocese, but died en route at Macerata on 11 April 1748, before reaching Novara. Diario di Roma 1748 (Roma: Stamp. Cracas 1748), pp. 4, 18. Cappelletti XIV, p. 523. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 314 with note 3.
  103. Ignazio Rovero Sanseverino: Bescapè (1878), p. 438. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 314 with note 4.
  104. Bertone: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, p. 314 with note 5.
  105. Melano di Portula: Bescapè (1878), p. 439.
  106. On 29 March 1802, Della Rocca was named titular bishop of Thebes (Greece), and appointed papal nuncio to Florence. From 1807 to 1816, he was secretary of the SC of Bishops and Regulars in the papal curia. He was named a cardinal by Pope Pius VII on 8 March 1816. On 1 October 1817, he was appointed bishop of Novara, and was allowed the use of the personal title of archbishop. He died in Novara on 22 March 1842. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 287, 365. Avogadro, Gustavo (1842). Notizie biografiche di S. Eminenza ... il Cardinale Giuseppe Morozzo ... coll'aggiunta delle iscrizioni funerarie del Professore Vallauri (in Italian). Novara: P.A. Ibertis. Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Giuseppe Morozzo, retrieved: 2016-10-03.
  107. Sergio Monferrini, in: Vaccaro and Tuniz, pp. 317-327.
  108. Eula had been born in Mondovi in 1818. He was a Doctor of Theology, and Canon and then Archpriest of the Cathedral. Mario Perotti, in: Vaccaro and Tuniz, p. 5 H57, note 26.
  109. A native of Biella, Riccardi was previously Bishop of Ivrea (1878–1886). He was appointed bishop of Novara on 7 June 1886, by Pope Leo XIII. He was named archbishop of Turin on 14 December 1891. He died in Turin on 20 May 1897. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VIII, pp. 324, 420, 538.
  110. Silvio Beltrami (1944). Mons. Giuseppe Castelli vescovo di Novara (in Italian) (secondo ed.). Novara: S. Gaudenzio (tip.).
  111. Gaudenzio Barbè (2002). Mons. Leone Ossola: il vescovo che salvò Novara (in Italian). Crodo: Centro studi Piero Ginocchi. ISBN 978-88-86723-04-6.
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