Bishop Flavianus decorated the apse of the original basilica. His funeral inscription has survived. An alternate date of death is 25 November 556. Savio, pp. 433-435. Lanzoni, p. 1041. Marco Aimone, "Il sarcofago del vescovo Flaviano e le sue iscrizioni. Ricerche epigrafiche su Vercelli tra Antichità e Medioevo," (in Italian), in: Bullettino dell’Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo, 109/1 (Roma 2007), pp. 1-95.
J.P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae Latinae Collectio, Tomus CXXXIV (Paris: J.P. Migne 1853), p. 34, chapters 27-28: quod singulis annis, et saltem semel in anno Synodus celebretur; Qualiter maiores presbyteri ad Synodum veniant." Orsenigo, p. 414.
Pius VII (1849). Andreas Barberi and Rinaldo Secreti (ed.). Bullarii Romani continuatio (in Latin). Vol. Tomus decimus quartus. Roma. pp. 387–388.
Northaudus restored common life among the canons. He attended the coronation in Rome of Louis, son of Lothair I by Pope Sergius II, on 15 June 844. Cesare Baronio, Annales ecclesiastici: A. D. 1-1571 denuo excusi et ad nostra usque tempora perducti ab Augustino Theiner, Volume 14 (Bar-le-duc: L. Guerin, 1868), pp. 289-290. Ughelli IV, p. 765, no. 36.
Leo was perhaps another German prelate, though the claim is contested, who became chancellor of Holy Roman Emperors Otto III and Henry II. Savio, pp. 463-465. Schwartz, pp. 136–137: "Als Bischof ist er zuerst 7. Mai 999, zuletzt 1. August 1022 bezeugt (DO. HI, 323; Gonst. I, 34). Er starb 1026 in den Ostertagen (10. April, Wipo c. 12 ed. Breßlau p. 25)." H. Bloch, "Beiträge zur Geschichte des Bischofs Leo von Vercelli", (in German), in: Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde Vol. 22 (1897), pp. 16-136. H. Dormeier, "Un vescovo in Italia alle soglie del Mille: Leone di Vercelli «episcopus imperii, servus sancti Eusebii»," in: Bollettino storico vercellese 28/2 (1999), pp. 37-74.
H. Bresslau, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Libelli de lite imperatorum et pontificum, Tomus 1 (Hannover: Hahn 1891), p. 628: "De tempore, quo Wenricus ad episcopatum Vercellensem accessit, certi nihil statui potest, cum iam a. 1080. in actis synodi Brixinensis (Jaffé, Biblioth. V, p. 136) nomen Regengeri inveniatur: Regengerus Vercellensis episcopus subscripsit. Unde, Bresslavio monente, dubitari potest, num rêvera Wenricus episcopatum illum
umquam adeptus sit." Schwartz, p. 139.
Bishop Regengerus (Rainerius, Reinherus) was a supporter of the Emperor Henry IV. He first appears as a signatory of the acts of the synod of Brixen, which deposed Pope Gregory VII. Philippus Jaffé, Bibliotheca rerum Germanicarum Tomus 5: Monumenta Bambergensia (Berlin: Weidmann 1869), p. 136. Schwartz, p. 139.
Following the death of Bishop Jacobus, the Chapter of the cathedral elected "W", the Archdeacon of Vercelli, but his candidacy was rejected by the papal legate, Gregorius de Montelongo; an appeal to the pope was impossible, since the papal throne was vacant from August 1241 until 25 June 1243. The Chapter than proceeded to elect Martinus de Advocatis, Provost of the cathedral of S. Eusebio in Vercelli, despite the fact that he was excommunicated and "minus idoneus", not least because his family were repeatedly hostile and violent toward the Church of Vercelli. On 9 June 1244, Pope Innocent IV instituted an investigation into Martin's election as being uncanonical. Bishop Martinus died in July 1268. Élie Berger, Les registres d'Innocent IV Tome 1 (Paris: Thorin 1884), p. 125, no. 736. Ughelli IV, p. 798. Marchetti-Longi (1913), pp. 645-650 and 653-657. Savio, pp. 492-493. Eubel I, p. 521 with note 3.
Bonifacio was the brother of Cardinal Giovanni Stefano. He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 5 November 1509. He was named Bishop of Ivrea on 17 September 1511. He was named a cardinal by Pope Leo X on 1 July 1517. He resigned the diocese of Ivrea on 17 May 1518, in favor of his nephew, Philibertus Ferrero. He died on 2 January 1543 as Bishop of Porto. Carlo Tenivelli, Biografia Piemontese, (in Italian), Volume 4, part 2 (Torino: Briolo, 1792), pp. 45-116. Cappelletti XIV, p. 417. Eubel III, pp. 15 no. 15; 214; 330.
Albert Avogadro was a Canon Regular at Mortara, then elected bishop of Bobbio, but translated to Vercelli; made Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (Reichsfürst) in 1191; founder of the cathedral chair of theology, elected Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1204–1214); approved the Rule of the Carmelite Order. Laura Minghetti, "Alberto vescovo di Vercelli (1185–1205): Contributo per una biografia," in: Aevum 59, Fasc. 2 (maggio-agosto 1985), pp. 267-304.
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Ferrero was a nephew of Cardinal Marco Antonio Bobba, and was a Referendary of the Tribunal of the Two Signatures. He was appointed bishop of Vercelli on 29 March 1599 by Pope Clement VIII. He held a diocesan synod in 1600. From 1605 to 1607 he was papal nuncio in Prague. He died in Biella in 1611 (Ughelli, Cappelletti, Eubel). Ughelli IV, pp. 814-815. Cappelletti XIV, p. 419. Eubel III, p. 330. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 362 with note 2. Almut Bues, "Ferrero, Giovanni Stefano,", (in Italian), Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 47 (1997), states that Ferrero died on 21 September 1610.
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