Comacchio (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Umberto Benigni · 1913
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Umberto Benigni's entry covers Comacchio, a diocese suffragan of Ravenna. The town lies in Ferrara province in the Romagna, on islands near the mouths of the Po. A canal built by Cardinal Palotta joins it to the sea. Its old name was Cymaclum. Pacatianus, present at a Roman synod in 503 under Pope Symmachus, stands as its first known bishop. Saint Gregory the Great counts the see among Ravenna's suffragans. In the fifteenth century Venice held the town, but Alfonso II of Ferrara retook it in 1509.
At Alfonso's death in 1597, Comacchio passed with Ferrara under the Holy See. Bishop Alfonso Pandolfo, in 1631, wrote polished verse and prose and founded the Accademia dei Fluttuanti. Nearby stands the shrine of Santa Maria in Aula Regia, reached by a portico of 142 arches from 1647. The diocese counted 40,630 people, with 114 parishes, 26 secular and 6 regular priests, and the famed Benedictine Abbey of Pomposa within its bounds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Umberto Benigni |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |