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This page is a list of Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ravenna and, from 1947 of the Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia, which in 1985 became styled the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia .[1] [2] The earlier bishops were frequently tied to the Exarchate of Ravenna .
Diocese of Ravenna (1st – 6th century) Mosaic of Saint Ursus (bishop 399–426) in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe , Ravenna Apse mosaic, Basilica of San Vitale: At far right of image, Ecclesius is portrayed presenting Christ with a model of the church[3] St. Apollinaris , traditionally 1st century and legendarily appointed to the episcopate by Peter the Apostle himself, but dates are uncertain; may instead belong to the 2nd century[5] St. Adheritus , 2nd century St. Eleuchadius , died c. 112 , but chronology uncertain St. Marcian, or Marcianus — died c. 127; feast day May 22 St. Calocerus St. Proculus St. Probus I died 175 St. Dathus St. Liberius I St. Agapitus St. Marcellinus, St. Severus (c. 308–c. 348) St. Liberius II St. Probus II Florentius Liberius III (c. 380–c. 399) St. Ursus (c. 399–c. 426), who built the Basilica Ursiana , the original Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord (the Anastasis in the Byzantine period) John Angeloptes, "the Angel-seer" c. 430 –433.[12] Revered as a saint, feast day 27 November. In his Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis (LPR ; 'Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna'), Andreas Agnellus (9th century), dates Angeloptes' episcopate to late in the 5th century, conflating details of his life with John II (477–494), whom he designates "John I".[a] [13] St. Peter Chrysologus (433– c. 449)[12] Neon, c. 449 – c. 452 [13] : 911 (c. 450 – c. 473 according to Agnellus) Exuperantius c. 452 – c. 477 [13] : 911 (c. 473 – c. 477 according to Agnellus) John II (erroneously ordered as "John I", "the angel-seer" by Agnellus[a] ; 477–494) Peter II (494–519) Aurelian (519–521) Ecclesius , or Ecclesio Celio di Ravenna [it ] (522–532) — started construction of the city's Basilica of San Vitale and is represented there in the apse mosaic[3] [14] [15] [16] St. Ursicinus (533–536) — ordered the construction of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe [14] Victor (538–545) — features on monograms on the capitals in the Basilica of San Vitale [14] Archdiocese of Ravenna (6th century – 1947) 6th century 7th century John IV (607–625)[c] John V (625– c. 631)[d] Bonus (c. 631 – c. 644) Maurus (archbishop of Ravenna) (c. 644– c. 671) Reparatus (c. 671 – c. 677) Theodorus (c. 677 – c. 691)Damian (c. 692 – c. 709) 8th century St. Felix of Ravenna (c. 709–c. 725) John VI or Giovanni VI (c. 726 – c. 744)[e] Sergius (c. 744 – c. 769) Leo I (c. 770 – c. 777)John VII or Giovanni VII (c. 777 – c. 784 )[f] Gratiosus (c. 785 – c. 789) Valerius (c. 789 – c. 810) 9th century Martin (c. 810 – c. 818) Petronax (c. 818 – c. 837) George (c. 837 – c. 846) Deusdedit (c. 847 – c. 850) John VIII or Giovanni VIII (c. 850–878), excommunicated 861 by Pope Nicholas I , later reconciled[19] [20] Romano di Calcinaria (Romanus) (878–888) Deusdedit (889–898) 10th century John IX (898–904) John of Tossignano (Giovanni da Tossignano ; 905–914), later Pope John X Constantine (914–926) Peter IV (927–971) Onestus (971–983) Giovanni Vincenzo [it ] , Giovanni da Besate, or John X (983–998) Gerbert of Aurillac (998–999), later Pope Sylvester II 11th century Leo II (999–1001) Frederick (1002–1004)Ethelbert (1004–1014) Arnold of Saxony (1014–1019) Heribert (1019–1027) Gebeardo Tedesco, Gebeardo da Eichstätt (1027–1044) formerly the canon of the cathedral of Eichstätt in his homeland, Bavaria[21] Witgero (1044–1046) Hunfredus (1046–1051) John Henry (1051–1072) Guiberto di Ravenna [it ] (1072–1100), later the Antipope Clement III [22] 12th century Ottone Boccatortia (1100–1110) Geremia (1110–1117)[23] Filippo (1118)Gualtiero (1119–1144)Mose da Vercelli (1144–1154) Anselm of Havelberg (1155–1158)Guido di Biandrate [it ] (1159–1169) Gerard (1169–1190) Guglielmo di Cabriano [it ] (William of Cabriano; 1190–1201), jurist and author of[24] 13th century Alberto Oselletti (1201–1207) Egidio de Garzoni (1207–1208) Ubaldo (1208–1216) Piccinino (1216) Simeone (1217–1228) Teoderico (1228–1249) Filippo da Pistoia (1251–1270)Sede vacante ('vacant see') 1270–1274Bonifacio Fieschi di Lavagna (1274–1294) Obizzo Sanvitale (1295–1303) 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century Girolamo Crispi (1720–1727)[26] Maffeo Nicola Farsetti (1727–1741)[26] Sede vacante ('vacant see') 1741–1745Ferdinando Romualdo Guiccioli (1745–1763) Nicola Oddi (1764–1767) Antonio Cantoni (1767–1781) Sede vacante 1781–1785Antonio Codronchi (1785–1826)19th century 20th century Agostino Gaetano Riboldi – appointed 15 April 1901, died in office 25 April 1902St. Guido Maria Conforti – appointed 9 June 1902, resigned 12 October 1904. Conforti was canonised in 2011 Pasquale Morganti – appointed 14 November 1904, died in office 18 December 1921 Antonio Lega – succeeded 18 December 1921, died in office 16 November 1946 Archdiocese of Ravenna and Cervia (1947–1986) Giacomo Lercaro – in office from 31 January 1947 to 19 April 1952, when appointed Archbishop of Bologna Egidio Negrin – in office from May 1952 until appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Treviso in April 1956 Salvatore Baldassarri – appointed 3 May 1956, resigned November 1975 Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia (1986–present) Ersilio Tonini – appointed November 1975, retired October 1990 (see diocese's name change in 1986; became Cardinal after retirement)Luigi Amaducci – appointed October 1990, retired March 2000Giuseppe Verucchi – appointed March 2000 See also Notes ^ Listepd as the second John in LPR ^ Listed as the third John in LPR , owing to Andreas Agnellus' conflating John I and John II, both, as John the Angel-seer ^ Listed as the fourth John in LPR ^ Listed as the fifth John in LPR ^ Listed as the sixth John in LPR