Roman Catholic Diocese of Gubbio
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Diocese of Gubbio Dioecesis Eugubina |
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Gubbio Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Perugia-Città della Pieve |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 900 km2 (350 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 55,754 52,181 (93.6%) |
| Parishes | 39 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5th century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di Ss. Mariano e Giacomo Martiri |
| Secular priests | 35 (diocesan) 18 (religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mario Ceccobelli |
| Emeritus Bishops | Pietro Bottaccioli |
| Website | |
| www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Gubbio (Latin: Dioecesis Eugubina) is in the province of Perugia, in Umbria, central Italy.
In the eighth century Gubbio became part of the Patrimony of St. Peter, together with the duchy of Spoleto. It was often at war with Perugia, and its victory in 1151 over Perugia and ten other towns is famous. St. Ubald, bishop of the city, directed the campaign. Gubbio favoured the Ghibelline party; however, in 1260 the Guelphs surprised the town, and drove out the Ghibellines; who returned again in 1300 under the leadership of Uguccione della Faggiola, and Federico I da Montefeltro, whereupon Pope Boniface VIII sent his nephew Napoleone Orsini who drove them out once more.
Giovanni Gabrielli, lord of Gubbio, was expelled by Cardinal Albornoz (1354) and the town handed over to a pontifical vicar. In 1381, however, the bishop, Gabriele Gabrielli, succeeded in being appointed pontifical vicar and again, lord of Gubbio.
The earliest known Bishop of Gubbio is Decentius, to whom Innocent I addressed (416) a letter concerning liturgy and church discipline.Gregory the Great (590-604) entrusted to Bishop Gaudiosus of Gubbio the spiritual care of Tadinum, about a mile from the modern Gualdo, which had been long without a bishop of its own.
Arsenius of Gubbio (855) together with Nicholas of Anagni, opposed the election of Pope Benedict III. Other bishops of Gubbio were
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