Bishop of Ravenna

This page is a list of Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1947 of the Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia, which in 1985 became styled the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The earlier bishops were frequently tied to the Exarchate of Ravenna.

Diocese of Ravenna (1st – 6th century)

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Mosaic of Saint Ursus (bishop 399–426) in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna

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Apse mosaic, Basilica of San Vitale: At far right of image, Ecclesius is portrayed presenting Christ with a model of the church

• St. Apollinaris, traditionally 1st century and legendarily appointed to the episcopate by Peter the Apostle himself, but dates are uncertain; may instead belong to the 2nd centuryTemplate:Sfn
• St. Adheritus,Template:Sfn 2nd centuryTemplate:Sfn
• St. Eleuchadius,Template:Sfn died c. Template:Trim, but chronology uncertainTemplate:Sfn
• St. Marcian, or MarcianusTemplate:Sfn — died c. 127; feast day May 22Template:Sfn
• St. CalocerusTemplate:Sfn
• St. ProculusTemplate:Sfn
• St. Probus I died 175Template:Sfn
• St. DathusTemplate:Sfn
• St. Liberius ITemplate:Sfn
• St. AgapitusTemplate:Sfn
• St. Marcellinus,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
• St. Severus (c. 308–c. 348)Template:Sfn
• St. Liberius IITemplate:Sfn
• St. Probus IITemplate:Sfn
• FlorentiusTemplate:Sfn
• Liberius III (c. 380–c. 399)Template:Sfn
• St. Ursus (c. 399–c. 426), who built the Basilica Ursiana, the original Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our LordTemplate:Sfn (the in the Byzantine period)
• John Angeloptes, "the Angel-seer" c. Template:Trim–433. Revered as a saint, feast day 27 November. In his (LPR; 'Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna'),Template:Sfn Andreas Agnellus (9th century), dates Angeloptes' episcopate to late in the 5th century, conflating details of his life with John II (477–494), whom he designates "John I".Template:Efn
• St. Peter Chrysologus (433– c. 449)Template:Sfn
• Neon, c. Template:Trim – c. 452Template:Rp (c. 450 – c. 473 according to AgnellusTemplate:Sfn)
• Exuperantius c. Template:Trim – c. 477Template:Rp (c. 473 – c. 477 according to AgnellusTemplate:Sfn)
• John II (erroneously ordered as "John I", "the angel-seer" by Agnellus;Template:Efn 477–494)Template:Sfn
• Peter II (494–519)Template:Sfn
• Aurelian (519–521)Template:Sfn
• Ecclesius, or (522–532) — started construction of the city's Basilica of San Vitale and is represented there in the apse mosaic
• St. Ursicinus (533–536) — ordered the construction of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe
• Victor (538–545) — features on monograms on the capitals in the Basilica of San Vitale

Archdiocese of Ravenna (6th century – 1947)

6th century

• Maximianus of Ravenna (546–556 or 557) — Ravenna's 28th bishopTemplate:Rp (or 27th, according to the LPRTemplate:Sfn), he was its first archbishop. The Throne of Maximian, a Justinian Byzantine-style , was made for him.
• Agnellus (556–569)Template:Sfn
• Peter III the Elder, or Pietro III (569–578)
• John III the Roman, or Giovanni III (578–595)Template:Efn
• Mariniano (595–606)

7th century

• John IV (607–625)Template:Efn
• John V (625– c. 631)Template:Efn
• Bonus (c. 631 – c. 644)
• Maurus (archbishop of Ravenna) (c. 644– c. 671)
• Reparatus (c. 671 – c. 677)
• Theodorus (c. 677 – c. 691)
• Damian (c. 692 – c. 709)

8th century

• St. Felix of Ravenna (c. 709–c. 725)
• John VI or Giovanni VI (c. 726 – c. 744)Template:Efn
• Sergius (c. 744 – c. 769)
• Leo I (c. 770 – c. 777)
• John VII or Giovanni VII (c. Template:Trim – c. 784)Template:Efn
• Gratiosus (c. 785 – c. 789)
• Valerius (c. 789 – c. 810)

9th century

• Martin (c. 810 – c. 818)
• Petronax (c. 818 – c. 837)
• George (c. 837 – c. 846)
• Deusdedit (c. 847 – c. 850)
• John VIII or Giovanni VIII (c. 850–878), excommunicated 861 by Pope Nicholas I, later reconciled
• Romano di Calcinaria (Romanus) (878–888)
• Deusdedit (889–898)

10th century

• John IX (898–904)
• John of Tossignano (; 905–914), later Pope John X
• Constantine (914–926)
• Peter IV (927–971)
• Onestus (971–983)
• Template:Ill, Giovanni da Besate, or John X (983–998)
• Gerbert of Aurillac (998–999), later Pope Sylvester II

11th century

• Leo II (999–1001)
• Frederick (1002–1004)
• Ethelbert (1004–1014)
• Arnold of Saxony (1014–1019)
• Heribert (1019–1027)
• Gebeardo Tedesco, Gebeardo da Eichstätt (1027–1044) formerly the canon of the cathedral of Eichstätt in his homeland, Bavaria
• Witgero (1044–1046)
• Hunfredus (1046–1051)
• John Henry (1051–1072)
• Template:Ill (1072–1100), later the Antipope Clement III

12th century

• Ottone Boccatortia (1100–1110)
• Geremia (1110–1117)
• Filippo (1118)
• Gualtiero (1119–1144)
• Mose da Vercelli (1144–1154)
• Anselm of Havelberg (1155–1158)
• Template:Ill (1159–1169)
• Gerard (1169–1190)Template:Sfn
• Template:Ill (William of Cabriano; 1190–1201), jurist and author of

13th century

• Alberto Oselletti (1201–1207)Template:Sfn
• Egidio de Garzoni (1207–1208)
• Ubaldo (1208–1216)Template:Sfn
• Piccinino (1216)
• Simeone (1217–1228)
• Teoderico (1228–1249)
• Filippo da Pistoia (1251–1270)
• ('vacant see') 1270–1274
• Bonifacio Fieschi di Lavagna (1274–1294)
• Obizzo Sanvitale (1295–1303)

14th century

• St. Rinaldo da Concorezzo (1303–1321)
• Rinaldo da Polenta (1321–1322)
• Aimerico di Chastellux (1322–1332)
• Guido de Roberti (1332–1333)
• Francesco Michiel (1333–1342)
• Nicola Canal (1342–1347)
• Fortanerius Vassalli (1347–1351)
• Petrocino Casalesco (1362–1369)
• Pietro Pileo di Prata (1370–1387)
• Cosimo de' Migliorati (1387–1400), later Pope Innocent VII

15th century

• Giovanni Nicolai de' Migliorati (1400–1405)
• Tommaso Perendoli (1411–1445)
• Bartolomeo Roverella (1445–1475)
• Filiasio Roverella (1475–1516)

16th century

• Niccolò Fieschi (1516–1517)
• Urbano Fieschi (1517–1521)
• Pietro de Accolti de Aretio – appointed 25 June 1524, resigned December 1524
• Benedetto de Accolti the Younger – appointed 17 August 1524, died in office 21 September 1549
• Ranuccio Farnese (11 October 1549 – 28 April 1564)
• Giulio della Rovere – appointed 1566, died in office 3 September 1578
• Cristoforo Boncampagni (1578–1603)

17th century

• Pietro Aldobrandini – appointed 1604, died in office 10 February 1621
• Luigi Capponi – appointed 3 March 1621, resigned 18 September 1645
• Luca Torreggiani – Template:Reign
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni – appointed 19 May 1670, resigned 19 February 1674
• Fabio Guinigi (1674–1691)
• Raimondo Ferretti (1692–1719)

18th century

• Girolamo Crispi (1720–1727)
• Maffeo Nicola Farsetti (1727–1741)
• ('vacant see') 1741–1745
• Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli (1745–1763)
• Nicola Oddi (1764–1767)
• Antonio Cantoni (1767–1781)
• 1781–1785
• Antonio Codronchi (1785–1826)

19th century

• Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini – appointed 3 July 1826, died in office 2 April 1859
• Enrico Orfei – appointed 23 March 1860, died in office 22 December 1870
• Vincenzo Moretti – appointed 27 October 1871, resigned 22 September 1879
• Giacomo Cattani – appointed 22 September 1879, died in office 14 February 1887
• Sebastiano Galeati – appointed 23 May 1887, died in office 25 January 1901

20th century

• Agostino Gaetano Riboldi – appointed 15 April 1901, died in office 25 April 1902
• St. Guido Maria Conforti – appointed 9 June 1902, resigned 12 October 1904. Conforti was canonised in 2011
• Pasquale Morganti – appointed 14 November 1904, died in office 18 December 1921
• Antonio Lega – succeeded 18 December 1921, died in office 16 November 1946

Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia (1947–1986)

• Giacomo Lercaro – in office from 31 January 1947 to 19 April 1952, when appointed Archbishop of Bologna
• Egidio Negrin – in office from May 1952 until appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso in April 1956
• Salvatore Baldassarri – appointed 3 May 1956, resigned November 1975

Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (1986–present)

• Ersilio Tonini – appointed November 1975, retired October 1990 (see diocese's name change in 1986; became Cardinal after retirement)
• Luigi Amaducci – appointed October 1990, retired March 2000
• Giuseppe Verucchi – appointed March 2000

See also

• Timeline of Ravenna
• – Collection of ancient Latin inscriptions, which includes the inscription on John II's (477–494) tomb (CIL 11, 304)Template:Sndand that of the other episcopal tombs of this era

Sources

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