Following the death of Bishop Consilius Gatti, the cathedral Chapter had requested the pope to transfer Bishop Francis of Gaeta to Conza. Pope John XXII, who was resident at Avignon, rejected their plea. They then elected Leo, a canon of the cathedral Chapter of Conza, which the pope approved on 27 February 1327. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes Vol. VI (Paris: Fontemoing 1912), p. 465, no. 28012. Eubel I, p. 203.
Petrus was Archdeacon of the cathedral Chapter of Conza, and a professor of civil law. Following the death of Archbishop Leo, Petrus was elected archbishop by the Chapter, notwithstanding the fact that Pope John XXII had announced a reservation of the next appointment to the pope. Nonetheless, the pope approved of his election, on 30 October 1332. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes, Vol. XII (Paris: De Boccard 1932), p. 30, no. 58652. Eubel I, p. 203.
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Kehr IX, p. 507. J. von Pflugk-Harttung, Acta pontificum Romanorum inedita Vol. II (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1884), p. 139, no. 172: "Dominus et antecessor noster, beatae memoriae papa A(lexander), sicut vis xcire non ambigimus, constituit, ut Compsana ecclesia subdita sit Salernitanae ecclesiae. Cuius auctoritatem immo antecessorum illius, qui idem prius constituisse videntur, iuste et salubriter sequentes decernimus, ut ipsa in ea que matricibus debetur ecclesiis, obedientia et devltione praefatae Salernitanae ecclesiae subiaceat."
Aloysius Tomassetti (ed.), Bullarum diplomatum et privilegiorum sanctorum romanorum pontificum. Taurensis editio. Tomus II (Turin: Franco & Delmazzo 1859), p. 191: "Verum, et ipsae, qua nescimus ratione, et pallei dignitatem et privilegiorum auctoritatem praeteriiis temporibus a Sede Apostolica meruerunt. Verum, quia praedecessorum nostrorum statuta iuconvulsa et intemerata manere cupimus, eis quidem propriae dignitatis gratiam conservamus, ut archiepiscopali honore ac nomine potiantur; vestrae vero Ecclesiae suorum privilegiorum integritatem hoc ordine restituimus. Quidquid igitur reverentiae, quidquid subectionis primatibus persolvendum, sacrorum canonum decreta constituunt, tibi deinceps tuisque successoribus legitimis a Consano et Acberuntino archiepiscopo persolvatur."
Magister Nicolaus had been a canon of the cathedral of Naples. He was elected by the Chapter of Conza, and approved by Pope Innocent IV on 24 April 1254. He was still archbishop-elect on 30 September 1254. Élie Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV Vol. III (Paris ), p. 411, no. 7504; no. 8071. Kamp, pp. 747-748.
In 1545, Politi was named an official papal theologian of the Council of Trent by Pope Paul III. He wrote in condemnation both of Girolamo Savonarola and Giovanni Macchiavelli, and was instrumental in the idea of the Index of Prohibited Books. Under the patronage of Cardinal Marcello Cervini and Cardinal Giovanni Maria Del Monte, Politi was named Bishop of Minori on 27 August 1546. This was over the opposition of the powerful Dominican Master of the Sacred Palace, Bartolomeo Spina, who objected to Politi's theological departures from strict Thomism. On 3 June 1552, Politi was promoted to the archbishopric of Conza, a post he enjoyed for only seventeen months. He was about to be named a cardinal by Pope Julius III (Giovanni Maria del Monte) at the time of his death, on 8 November 1553. P. Preston, "Catharinus versus Luther," in: History 88 (2003), pp. 364-378. S. Dall’Aglio, "Catarino contro Savonarola: reazioni e polemiche," (in Italian), in: Archivio storico italiano 164 (2006), pp. 55-127. Giorgio Caravale (2015), "Politi, Lancillotto, in religione Ambrogio Catarino,"(in Italian), in: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 84 (2015). Eubel III, p. 175.
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Christus Dominus 40. Therefore, in order to accomplish these aims this sacred synod decrees as follows: 1) The boundaries of ecclesiastical provinces are to be submitted to an early review and the rights and privileges of metropolitans are to be defined by new and suitable norms. 2) As a general rule all dioceses and other territorial divisions that are by law equivalent to dioceses should be attached to an ecclesiastical province. Therefore dioceses which are now directly subject to the Apostolic See and which are not united to any other are either to be brought together to form a new ecclesiastical province, if that be possible, or else attached to that province which is nearer or more convenient. They are to be made subject to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the bishop, in keeping with the norms of the common law. 3) Wherever advantageous, ecclesiastical provinces should be grouped into ecclesiastical regions for the structure of which juridical provision is to be made.
