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DIOCESE OF MONTALTO (MONTIS ALTI)

Located in Ascoli Piceno. The situation of the little town of Montalto is very attractive. Originally (1074) under the jurisdiction of the abbots of Farfa it was annexed in 1571 by Pius V to the Diocese of Ripatransone. In 1586 Sixtus V, a native of Montalto, made it an episcopal see. The first bishop was Paolo Emilio Giovannini; other bishops were Orazio Giustiniani (1640), later a cardinal, and Francesco Saverio Castiglioni (1800), who became pope under the name of Pius VII. The diocese has 33 parishes with 29,000 inhabitants; 79 secular and 4 regular priests; 1 religious house of men, and 1 of sisters.

Sources

CAPPELLETTI, Chiese d'Italia, III (Venice, 1887).

Bibliography Information
Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Montalto'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/montalto.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
 
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