Roman Catholic Diocese of Foligno

Diocese of Foligno Dioecesis Fulginatensis
Foligno Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Perugia-Città della Pieve
Statistics
Area	350 km2 (140 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 67,950 65,450 (96.3%)
Parishes	39
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1st century (841 years ago)
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Feliciano V.M.
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gualtiero Sigismondi
Emeritus Bishops	Giovanni Benedetti
Website
www.diocesidifoligno.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Foligno (Latin: Dioecesis Fulginatensis) is in Umbria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve.

As of 2008^[update], the bishop is Gualtiero Sigismondi.

There is reason to believe that Christianity was introduced at Foligno in the first half of the second century. Saint Felicianus, the patron of the city, though certainly not the first bishop, was consecrated by Pope Victor I and martyred under Decius (24 January); the exact dates of his history are uncertain.

Until 471 no other bishop is known. Saint Vincent of Laodicea in Syria was made bishop by Pope Hormisdas in 523.

Subsequent important bishops were:

Foligno Cathedral, of very early date, and possessing a beautiful crypt, was rebuilt in 1133; in 1201 a wing, with a façade, was added, famous for its sculptures by Binello and Rodolfo (statues of Frederick Barbarossa and of Bishop Anselm), restored in 1903. Other churches are: Santa Maria infra Portas, of the Lombard period, with Byzantine frescoes; San Claudio (1232); San Domenico (1251); San Giovanni Profiamma (1231), whose name recalls the ancient city of Forum Flaminii.

The Monastery of Sassovivo (1229), with a remarkable cloister of 120 columns, and the Palazzo Communale are also noteworthy.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

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