Suburbicarian Diocese of Porto–Santa Rufina
suburbicarian diocese
The Diocese of Porto–Santa Rufina is a Latin suburbicarian diocese of the Diocese of Rome and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It was formed from the union of two dioceses. The diocese of Santa Rufina was also formerly known as Silva Candida.
From 1967, the diocese has had both a titular cardinal bishop, and a resident bishop who handles the diocesan business.
History
Early Christian history of Porto
Porto was in ancient times Portus, the chief harbour of Rome. It owes its origin to the port built by Claudius on the right of the Tiber, opposite Ostia. Trajan enlarged the basin, and in a short time there grew around it a city which eventually became independent of Ostia. Porto became a separate city in the 4th century. Between 337 and 341, a statue was erected by the ordo et populus civitatis Flaviae Constantinianae Portuensis.
It was near Porto that Julius Nepos compelled Emperor Glycerius to abdicate (474).
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