Roman Catholic Diocese of Tolentino

The Diocese of Tolentino was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy in the fifth century and early sixth century. The name of the diocese was revived, and its territory added to the Diocese of Macerata-Tolentino in 1586 by Pope Sixtus V.

Bishops

Only two names are known:

Probianus. The name occurs only on an inscription on the sarcophagus of Flavius Julius Catervius and his wife Septimia Severina, now in the co-cathedral of S. Catervo in Tolentino, which is variously said to belong to a date from the first to the fifth century. The inscription records that Probianus had baptised the deceased: quos Dei sacerdos Probianus lavit et unxit. Though he is only called a priest (sacerdos), it has been pointed out that the word can also refer to a bishop in the 4th and 5th century. The inscription does not name a diocese, assuming that Probianus was a bishop.
Basilius, who is attested as a participant in the Roman synods of 487, 495, 499, and 502.

"Diocese of Tolentino". Catholic-Hierarchy.
Lanzoni, pp. 390-392.
Cappelletti, III, pp. 690-691. J.-D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus VII (Florence: A. Zatta 1762), p. 1171 (Third synod of Pope Felix III); Tomus VIII, p. 177 (Second synod of Pope Gelasius I, p. 233 (First synod of Pope Symmachus).

Lanzoni, Francesco (1927). Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604). Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 390–392. (in Italian)
Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1845). Le chiese d'Italia (in Italian). Vol. terzo. Venice: G. Antonelli. pp. 687–697, 698–705.

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