Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gaeta
The Archdiocese of Gaeta (Latin: Archidioecesis Caietana, Italian: Arcidiocesi di Gaeta ) is an Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy, based in Gaeta, Lazio, south of Rome. Patrons of the archdiocese are the Saint Erasmus of Antioch and Marcian of Syracuse, which are celebrated on June 2.
Territory
The territory of the archdiocese includes some municipalities in the province of Latina ( Campodimele, Castel Forte, Fondi, Formia, Gaeta, Itri, Lenola, Minturno, Monte San Biagio, Santi Cosma e Damiano, Sperlonga, Spigno Saturnia ), including the Pontine Islands ( Ponza and Ventotene ) and municipalities of the province of Frosinone ( Ausonia, Coreno Ausonio and Pastena ). The 57 parishes are divided into four deaneries: Fondi, Formia, Gaeta and Minturno.
History
The foundation of the diocese coincides with the transfer of the Diocese of Formia to Gaeta at the task of the city after a siege Formias by the Saracens about 859 In the tenth century the diocese of Gaeta the old diocese Minturno, the 590 was with the diocese Traetto ( was merged with the diocese of Formia and restored during the pontificate of Pope Leo III. ) united.
The Santi Erasmo e Marciano e di Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral was by Pope Paschal II and Bishop Alberto consecrated on 22 January 1106 probably ( but the year is uncertain and varies according to Ferdinando Ughelli Lodovico Antonio Muratori or Paul Fridolin Kehr or between 1099 and 1110). In 1818 it was united by a concordat between Pope Pius VII and King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand I with the dissolved Diocese of Fondi. On 31 December 1848, was raised to an archbishopric, which reported immediat the Holy See.