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From: John Howe [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 05 February 2001 16:30
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Subject: Re: monastic cathedrals
The medieval diocese of Valva and Sulmona, on the border between
Lazio and the Abruzzi, had two cathedrals--a consequence of the melting
away of the original cathedral city.
On another matter under discussion, it might be noted that in
medieval Europe not only were there mitered abbots who had the right to
wear this episcopal regalia but also, in Germany and in Italy, some mitered
abbesses. These were superior mother superiors in whose presence even the
more rowdy magnates were presumably well behaved.
--John Howe, Texas Tech
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Still is a double diocese, and even though for over a millennium Valva (the
ecclesiastical name for Corfinio, which until this century was also known as
Pentima) has been much, much smaller and less important than Sulmona. In the
1980s, the name of the diocese was finally changed to 'Sulmona and Valva',
to reflect the relative importance of the towns.
There's also (sorry if I missed this earlier) the double diocese of Piombino
and Massa Marittima in SW Tuscany.
George
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