Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli
diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy
The Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli (Latin: Dioecesis Neritonensis-Gallipolitana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy. The diocese of Nardò was established in 1413. It is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lecce.
History
Western Schism and new diocese
In 1378, a contested papal election produced a schism in the Church. All of the cardinals and much of the Church supported Cardinal Robert of Geneva, who took the name Clement VII, and who soon returned with the papal Curia to Avignon. The rest supported the Neapolitan Bartolomeo Prignano, who took the name Urban VI. Initially the Kingdom of Naples supported Pope Clement, who chose to create a new diocese at Nardò. On 15 November 1379, the new bishop, the Sicilian Matteo de Castiello, arrived in Nardò to a decidedly mixed reception. His instructions were to make the monastery of S. Maria his cathedral and residence, and he therefore removed Abbot Guglielmo from governance over the territory of Nardò. Bishop Matteo was expelled in 1401 and the diocese of the Avignon Obedience suppressed, following a change in allegiance of the Kingdom of Naples after the death of Urban VI. A new abbot was elected in the person of Antonio de Perugia, who had been Archpriest of the cathedral. Abbot Antonio died in 1406, and was succeeded by Abbot Desiderius.
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