Archdiocese of Foggia–Bovino
Catholic archdiocese in Italy
The Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino (Latin: Archidioecesis Fodiana-Bovinensis) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Apulia, southern Italy. It was created in 1979, by promoting the bishopric of Foggia to the status of metropolitan, with seven suffragan bishoprics. In 1986, one of the suffragans, the bishopric of Bovina, was suppressed and united with the metropolitan archdiocese of Foggia, which became the archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino.
History
Foggia, which had been a town at the confluence of highways from Ancona, Rome, and Naples, was promoted and developed by the work of the Emperor Frederick II. He began a castle there in 1223, followed by a royal palace, which became his favorite residence. As one of his inscriptions states, Frederick intended "that the city of Foggia might become the illustrious royal seat of the empire."
In March 1731, the territory of Foggia was the victim of a major earthquake. A third of the city was destroyed, and the ecclesiastical infrastructure suffered major damage. The major church (later the cathedral) was ruined, the monastery of the Annunziata and the monastery of Santa Chiara were partially destroyed, the convent of the Capuchins was heavily damaged, as was that of the Pentite. The palace of the bishop of Troia was damaged. The number of dead exceeded 500. It also suffered in the earthquakes of 1866 and 1882.
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