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Diocese of Nusco



(NUSCANA)

Diocese in the province of Avellino, Italy, suffragan of Salerno, dates from the eleventh century. Among its bishops were



  • Guido (1004);

  • St. Amatus (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 Montemartino was united to Nusco. St. John, a Benedictine (1084) was the first Bishop of Montemartino; forty of his successors are known. Nusco has 19 parishes, with 38,300 inhabitants, and 4 religious houses.

CAPPELLETTI, Le Chiese d'Italia, XX.

U. BENIGNI

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