Benedictus XIV (1842). "Lib. I. caput secundum. De Synodi Dioecesanae utilitate". Benedicti XIV ... De Synodo dioecesana libri tredecim (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Mechlin: Hanicq. pp. 42–49. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis (March 19, 1997): Acta Apostolicae Sedis 89 (1997), pp. 706-727. Andrea Tilatti, "Sinodi diocesane e concili provinciali in italia nord-orientale fra Due e Trecento. Qualche riflessione," Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, Temps modernes T. 112, N°1. 2000, pp. 273-304.
Bellisomi was a native of Pavia, born in 1736. He served as Nuncio in Cologne and in Portugal. He was named a cardinal on 21 February 1794, and was transferred to the diocese of Cesena from the titular diocese of Tyana (Turkey) on 22 September 1795. Bellisomi was the leading candidate in the papal election of 1799–1800, with 19 votes (of 35), but he was opposed by the Austrian faction, which had sufficient votes to exclude him from the required ⅔ majority. He died in Cesena on 9 August 1808. Notizie per l'anno ... 1802 (in Italian). Roma: Cracas. 1802. p. 13. Notizie: per l'anno .... 1823 (in Italian). Roma: Cracas. 1823. p. 51. Ritzler and Sefrin VI, p. 138 with note 3.
Castiglione was appointed Bishop of Montalto on 11 August 1800. He was named a cardinal by Pope Pius VII on 8 March 1816, and on the same day transferred to the diocese of Cesena. On 4 August 1821, Castiglioni was appointed Grand Penitentiary, and on 13 August appointed suburbicarian Bishop of Frascati. He was elected Pope Pius VIII on 31 March 1829, and died on 30 November 1830. Artaud de Montor, Alexis François (1911). The Lives and Times of the Popes. Vol. IX. New York: Catholic publication society of America. J.N.D. Kelly and Michael Walsh, The Oxford Dictionary of Popes 2nd edition (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 310-311.
Spiriti was a native of Viterbo, and a nephew of Cardinal Santori. He was appointed Bishop of Cesena on 8 April 1510. He took part in the Fifth Lateran Council in 1514, under Pope Leo X, and in the Council of Trent in 1547, under Pope Paul III. He was given a coadjutor, his nephew, on 27 November 1545, and was named titular Patriarch of Jerusalem and papal Referendary on 28 February 1550. He worked in Rome, and died in the Roman Curia on 5 November 1556. Corriere Cesenate: "Una lettera di Michelangelo Buonarroti al vescovo di Cesena"; retrieved: 12 July 2012. Eubel III, p. 144 with note 4. Coleti, Series episcoporum, p. 69. Eubel III, p. 144 with note 4 (wrongly indicating that he was "senesc."); 210 with note 7.
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J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXXVIbis (Paris: Hubert Welter 1913), p. 353.
Bishop Maurus attended the Lateran council of Pope Martin I on 5 October 649, as representative of Bishop Maurus of Ravenna. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus X (Florence: Zatta 1764), p. 866. Lanzoni, pp. 718-719. Ughelli II, p. 446.
Florus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Agatho in 679. He subscribed the synodal letter which was sent to the Council of Constantinople of 680. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XI (Florence: Zatta 1766), p. 315. Lanzoni, pp. 718-719.
Bishop Romanus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Eugenius II on 15 November 826. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XIV (Venice: A. Zatta 1759), p. 999. The subscription reads Romano episc. Cerense, which is an easy scribal error for Cesense. Ughelli II, p. 446.
Bishop Florus was present at the Roman synod of Pope Nicholas I on 18 November 861. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XV (Venice: A. Zatta 1770), p. 603. Coleti, Series episcoporum, p. 23. Cappelletti II, p. 532.
Bishop Petrus was present at the synod held in Ravenna by Pope John VIII in August 877, after his meeting with the Emperor Charles the Bald, to deal with proper hierarchical subordination and plundering of church property. Ughelli II, p. 446. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XVII (Venice: A. Zatta 1772), p. 342.
Bishop Goffredo was present at the synod of Ravenna. J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XVIII (Venice: A. Zatta 1773), p. 440. Schwartz, p. 167.
On 8 July 1286, Archbishop Bonifacio Fieschi de' Conti di Lavagna of Ravenna presided over a provincial council, held in Forlì. It was attended by the bishops of Imola, Faenza, Forlimpopoli, Aimericus of Cesena, Sarsina, Adria, and Forlì, as well as procurators of the bishops of Bologna, Cervia, Modena, and Parma.J. D. Mansi (ed.), Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, editio novissima, Tomus XXIV (Venice: Zatta 1780), p. 614. Coleti, pp 40-42.
Benedictus XIV (1842). "Lib. I. caput secundum. De Synodi Dioecesanae utilitate". Benedicti XIV ... De Synodo dioecesana libri tredecim (in Latin). Vol. Tomus primus. Mechlin: Hanicq. pp. 42–49. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis (March 19, 1997): Acta Apostolicae Sedis 89 (1997), pp. 706-727. Andrea Tilatti, "Sinodi diocesane e concili provinciali in italia nord-orientale fra Due e Trecento. Qualche riflessione," Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, Temps modernes T. 112, N°1. 2000, pp. 273-304.
In its decree Christus Dominus, section 22, it stated: "Concerning diocesan boundaries, therefore, this sacred synod decrees that, to the extent required by the good of souls, a fitting revision of diocesan boundaries be undertaken prudently and as soon as possible. This can be done by dividing dismembering or uniting them, or by changing their boundaries, or by determining a better place for the episcopal see or, finally, especially in the case of dioceses having larger cities, by providing them with a new internal organization.... At the same time the natural population units of people, together with the civil jurisdictions and social institutions that compose their organic structure, should be preserved as far as possible as units. For this reason, obviously, the territory of each diocese should be continuous."
