Former Italo-Albanese Territorial Abbacy of

Santissimo Salvatore

Italy Italy

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Italo-Albanese (Byzantine)

Type: Territorial Abbacy Territorial Abbacy

Name: Santissimo Salvatore (Italiano) / Sanctissimi Salvatoris Messanรฆ (Latin)

United to: Messinaโ€“Lipariโ€“Santa Lucia del Mela

Notes: United รฆque principaliter with Messina 1883.08.31โ€“1986.09.30

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History

Past Ordinaries

Abbot Ordinaries of Santissimo Salvatore (Italo-Albanese Rite)

Archbishop Ignazio Cannavรฒ
(1977.06.03 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Born:1921.12.12 (Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1944.11.05
Consecrated Bishop:1970.12.13
Died:2015.10.19 (โ€  93)

Auxiliary Bishop of Acireale (Italy) (1970.10.31 โ€“ 1976.02.21)

Titular Bishop of Octava (1970.10.31 โ€“ 1977.06.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1976.02.21 โ€“ 1977.06.03)

Bishop-Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) (1976.12.20 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1977.06.03 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1977.06.03 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Bishop of Lipari (Italy) (1977.12.10 โ€“ 1986.09.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messinaโ€“Lipariโ€“Santa Lucia del Mela (Italy) (1986.09.30 โ€“ 1997.05.17)

Archbishop Francesco Fasola
(1963.06.25 โ€“ 1977.06.03)

Duc in altum

Born:1898.02.23 (Maggiora, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1921.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:1954.05.02
Died:1988.07.01 (Novara, Italy โ€  90)

Titular Bishop of Vartana (1954.03.08 โ€“ 1960.11.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) (1954.03.08 โ€“ 1960.11.11)

Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy) (1960.11.11 โ€“ 1963.06.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1963.06.25 โ€“ 1977.06.03)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1963.06.25 โ€“ 1977.06.03)

Archbishop Angelo Paino
(1923.02.23 โ€“ 1963.03.07)

In fortitudine pax

Born:1870.06.21 (Santa Marina Salina, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1894.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:1909.07.25
Died:1967.07.29 (โ€  97)

Bishop of Lipari (Italy) (1909.07.12 โ€“ 1921.01.10)

Titular Archbishop of Antinล“ (1921.01.10 โ€“ 1923.02.23)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1921.01.10 โ€“ 1923.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1923.02.23 โ€“ 1963.03.07)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1923.02.23 โ€“ 1963.03.07)

Titular Archbishop of Serrรฆ (1963.03.07 โ€“ 1967.07.29)

Archbishop Letterio Dโ€™Arrigo Ramondini
(1898.03.24 โ€“ 1922.12.18)

Born:1849.11.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1872.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1898.03.25
Died:1922.12.18 (โ€  73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1898.03.24 โ€“ 1922.12.18)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1898.03.24 โ€“ 1922.12.18)

Cardinal Giuseppe Guarino
(1883.08.31 โ€“ 1897.09.22)

Born:1827.03.06 (Montedoro, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1849.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1872.03.17
Created Cardinal:1893.01.16
Died:1897.09.22 (Messina, Italy โ€  70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy) (1872.02.23 โ€“ 1875.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1875.07.05 โ€“ 1897.09.22)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1883.08.31 โ€“ 1897.09.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Tommaso in Parione (1893.01.19 โ€“ 1897.09.22)

Abbots nullius of Santissimo Salvatore (Italo-Albanese Rite)

Cardinal Emmanuele De Gregorio
(1807 โ€“ 1839.11.07)

Born:1758.12.18 (on ship, Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1816.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:1829.05.31
Died:1839.11.07 (Roma, Italy โ€  80)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1780 โ€“ 1821?)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1807 โ€“ 1839.11.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1816.04.29 โ€“ 1829.05.18)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Council (1820.05.06 โ€“ 1834.12.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1829.05.18 โ€“ 1837.10.02)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio in commendum (1829.05.18 โ€“ 1839.11.07)

Major Penitentiary of Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary (1829.05.31 โ€“ 1839.11.07)

Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1837.10.02 โ€“ 1839.11.07)

Cardinal Vice-Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1837.10.02 โ€“ 1839.11.07)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1838 โ€“ 1839)

Archimandrite Emanuele Colonna Branciforte
(1793 โ€“ 1807)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1793 โ€“ 1807)

Cardinal Giovanni De Gregorio
(1757 โ€“ 1791.07.11)

Born:1729.01.20 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1785.02.14
Died:1791.07.11 (โ€  62)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1757 โ€“ 1791.07.11)

Cardinal-Priest of SS. Trinitร  al Monte Pincio (1785.04.11 โ€“ 1791.07.11)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1789.03.30 โ€“ 1790)

Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga
(1724 โ€“ 1756.08.28)

Born:1690.03.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1731.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:1731.07.22
Created Cardinal:1738.12.19
Died:1756.08.28 (โ€  66)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1724 โ€“ 1756.08.28)

Titular Archbishop of Nicรฆa (1731.06.18 โ€“ 1738.12.19)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Batavia (Netherlands) (1732.02.29 โ€“ 1736.01.28)

Apostolic Internuncio to Netherlands (1732.02.29 โ€“ 1736.01.28)

Apostolic Nuncio to Spain (1736.01.28 โ€“ 1738?)

Secretary of State of Apostolic Secretariat (1740.08 โ€“ 1747?)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1740.09.16 โ€“ 1747.05.15)

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church of Reverend Apostolic Camera (1747.02.25 โ€“ 1756.08.28)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1747.03.27 โ€“ 1756.08.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1747.05.15 โ€“ 1753.04.09)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1749.01.20 โ€“ 1750.01.19)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1753.04.09 โ€“ 1756.08.28)

Archbishop Ascanius Gonzaga
(1703.06.25 โ€“ 1724)

Born:1654.08.26
Ordained Priest:1712.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:1722.09.06
Died:1728.11.07 (โ€  74)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1703.06.25 โ€“ 1724)

Titular Archbishop of Colossรฆ (1722.07.06 โ€“ 1728.11.07)

Archimandrite Pietro Filippo de Belis
(1695.01.21 โ€“ 1703)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1695.01.21 โ€“ 1703)

Archimandrite Placido Di Giovanni
(1686 โ€“ 1695)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1686 โ€“ 1695)

Cardinal Paolo Savelli
(1682.06.28 โ€“ 1685.09.11)

Born:1622 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1664.01.14
Died:1685.09.11 (โ€  62)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria della Scala (1664.02.11 โ€“ 1669.01.14)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1669.01.14 โ€“ 1670.05.14)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere (1670.05.14 โ€“ 1678.05.23)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro (1678.05.23 โ€“ 1683.11.15)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1682.06.28 โ€“ 1685.09.11)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Cosmedin (1683.11.15 โ€“ 1685.09.11)

Archimandrite Carlo Reggio (later Bishop)
(1676 โ€“ 1681.04.28)

Born:1642?
Consecrated Bishop:1681.06.24
Died:1683.11.14 (โ€  40)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1676 โ€“ 1681.04.28)

Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1681.04.28 โ€“ 1683)

Cardinal Federico Sforza
(1650 โ€“ 1676.05.24)

Born:1603.01.20 (Italy)
Created Cardinal:1645.03.06
Ordained Priest:1646.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1646.12.30
Died:1676.05.24 (โ€  73)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia (1645.07.10 โ€“ 1656.06.26)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1650 โ€“ 1676.05.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1656.06.26 โ€“ 1659.04.21)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1659.01.13 โ€“ 1660.01.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Anastasia (1659.04.21 โ€“ 1661.11.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1661.11.21 โ€“ 1676.05.24)

Bishop of Tivoli (Italy) (1675.01.28 โ€“ 1676.05.24)

Archimandrite Francesco Gisulfo e Osorio (later Bishop)
(1647 โ€“ 1650.11.21)

Born:1602?
Consecrated Bishop:1650.11.30
Died:1664.12.17 (โ€  61)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1647 โ€“ 1650.11.21)

Bishop of Cefalรน (Italy) (1650.11.21 โ€“ 1658.09.30)

Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) (1658.09.30 โ€“ 1664.12.17)

Archbishop Diego Requesรฉns
(1628.08.01 โ€“ 1647.10.07)

Consecrated Bishop:1637.10.25
Died:1650.03.21

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1628.08.01 โ€“ 1647.10.07)

Titular Archbishop of Carthage (1637.09.07 โ€“ 1647.10.07)

Archbishop-Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1647.10.07 โ€“ 1650.03.21)

Archimandrite Ludovico Agliaga
(1619.11.05 โ€“ 1627.03.08)

Died:1627.03.08

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1619.11.05 โ€“ 1627.03.08)

Archimandrite Felice Novello
(1598 โ€“ 1615.01.28)

Died:1615.01.28

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1598 โ€“ 1615.01.28)

Bishop Nicolรฒ Stizzรฌa
(1591 โ€“ 1595.02.17)

Born:1540 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1570?
Consecrated Bishop:1594.05.30
Died:1595.02.17 (โ€  54)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1591 โ€“ 1595.02.17)

Bishop of Cefalรน (Italy) (1594.05.23 โ€“ 1595.02.17)

Archimandrite Francesco del Pozzo (later Bishop)
(1585 โ€“ 1591.01.23)

Consecrated Bishop:1591.05.08
Died:1593.03.07

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1585 โ€“ 1591.01.23)

Bishop of Agrigento (Italy) (1591.01.23 โ€“ 1593.03.07)

Archimandrite Lorenzo Teodoli
(1561 โ€“ 1585)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1561 โ€“ 1585)

Cardinal Giovanni Andrea Mercurio
(1555 โ€“ 1561.02.02)

Born:1518 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1545.09.20
Created Cardinal:1551.11.20
Died:1561.02.02 (โ€  42)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manfredonia (Italy) (1545.02.20 โ€“ 1550.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Messina (Italy) (1550.05.30 โ€“ 1561.02.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Barbara (1551.12.04 โ€“ 1553.08.18)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Ciriaco alle Terme Diocleziane (1553.08.18 โ€“ 1560.01.19)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1555 โ€“ 1561.02.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (1560.01.19 โ€“ 1561.02.02)

Archimandrite Annibale Spadafora
(1532 โ€“ 1553)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1532 โ€“ 1553)

Cardinal Andrea Della Valle
(1519 โ€“ 1531)

Born:1463.11.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1517.07.01
Died:1534.08.03 (โ€  70)

Bishop of Crotone (Italy) (1496.12.02 โ€“ 1508.02.23)

Bishop of Mileto (Italy) (1508.02.23 โ€“ 1523.11.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Sulmona (Italy) (1512 โ€“ 1512)

Apostolic Administrator of Valva (Italy) (1512 โ€“ 1512)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agnese in Agone (1517.07.06 โ€“ 1525.03.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Caiazzo (Italy) (1517.12.02 โ€“ 1518.12.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Gallipoli (Italy) (1518.02.18 โ€“ 1524.10.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Nicastro (Italy) (1518.05.05 โ€“ 1518.05.17)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1519 โ€“ 1531)

Apostolic Administrator of Sulmona (Italy) (1519.10.26 โ€“ 1521)

Apostolic Administrator of Valva (Italy) (1519.10.26 โ€“ 1521)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1520 โ€“ ?)

Apostolic Administrator of Umbriatico (Italy) (1521.03.20 โ€“ 1522.09.10)

Bishop of Crotone (Italy) (1522.09.04 โ€“ 1524.11.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1525.03.27 โ€“ 1533.04.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Bologna (Italy) (1525.12.20 โ€“ 1526.03.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Nicastro (Italy) (1530.05.10 โ€“ 1530.05.24)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1533.04.21 โ€“ 1533.12.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca in commendum (1533.04.21 โ€“ 1534.08.03)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1533.12.12 โ€“ 1534.08.03)

Archimandrite Alfonso dโ€™Aragona (later Fr.)
(1503 โ€“ 1510)

Died:1510

Bishop of Chieti (Italy) (1488.02.28 โ€“ 1496.11.16 not possessed)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1503 โ€“ 1510)

Archimandrite Leonzio Crisafi
(1468 โ€“ 1502)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1468 โ€“ 1502)

Archimandrite Pietro Vitali
(1465 โ€“ 1468)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1465 โ€“ 1468)

Cardinal Giovanni Bessarione
(1456 โ€“ 1465)

Born:1403.01.02 (Greece)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1437.11.11
Created Cardinal:1439.12.18
Died:1472.11.18 (โ€  69)

Titular Archbishop of Nicรฆa (1437 โ€“ 1440)

Titular Archbishop of Thebรฆ (1440 โ€“ 1449.04.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1440.01.08 โ€“ 1449.03.05)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1441 โ€“ 1442)

Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia (Italy) (1447.05.05 โ€“ 1449.04.07)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1449.03.05 โ€“ 1449.04.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli in commendum (1449.03.05 โ€“ 1472.11.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1449.03.28 โ€“ 1458.10.25)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1449.04.23 โ€“ 1468.10.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem (1449.10.21 โ€“ 1458.03.13)

Commendatory Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1456 โ€“ 1465)

Apostolic Administrator of Pamplona (Spain) (1458.07.26 โ€“ 1462.05.18)

Patriarch of Constantinople (1463.04 โ€“ 1472.11.18)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1467.01.07 โ€“ 1468.06.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1468.10.14 โ€“ 1472.11.18)

Archimandrite Onofrio del Bufalo
(1416 โ€“ 1421)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1416 โ€“ 1421)

Archimandrite Paolo
(1386 โ€“ 1416)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1386 โ€“ 1416)

Archimandrite Nettario
(1374 โ€“ 1378)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1374 โ€“ 1378)

Archimandrite Giacomo
(1363 โ€“ 1374)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1363 โ€“ 1374)

Archimandrite Teodoro
(1345 โ€“ 1363)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1345 โ€“ 1363)

Archimandrite Nifo
(1313 โ€“ 1345)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1313 โ€“ 1345)

Archimandrite Barnaba
(1291 โ€“ ?)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1291 โ€“ ?)

Archimandrite Giacomo
(1282 โ€“ 1290)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1282 โ€“ 1290)

Archimandrite Isacco
(1266 โ€“ 1282)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1266 โ€“ 1282)

Archimandrite Eutimio
(1261 โ€“ 1266)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1261 โ€“ 1266)

Archimandrite Teofimo
(1261 โ€“ 1261)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1261 โ€“ 1261)

Archimandrite Giacomo
(1256 โ€“ 1259)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1256 โ€“ 1259)

Archimandrite Pafnuzio
(1250 โ€“ 1255)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1250 โ€“ 1255)

Archimandrite Paolo
(1248 โ€“ 1249)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1248 โ€“ 1249)

Archimandrite Paolo
(1244 โ€“ 1248)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1244 โ€“ 1248)

Archimandrite Nifo
(1233 โ€“ 1239)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1233 โ€“ 1239)

Archimandrite Macario
(1224 โ€“ 1233)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1224 โ€“ 1233)

Archimandrite Nifo
(1219 โ€“ 1223)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1219 โ€“ 1223)

Archimandrite Luca
(1202 โ€“ 1218)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1202 โ€“ 1218)

Archimandrite Leonzio
(1191 โ€“ 1200)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1191 โ€“ 1200)

Archimandrite Nifo
(1184 โ€“ 1188)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1184 โ€“ 1188)

Archimandrite Onofrio
(1168 โ€“ 1183)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1168 โ€“ 1183)

Archimandrite Niceforo
(1166 โ€“ 1168)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1166 โ€“ 1168)

Archimandrite Onofrio
(1158 โ€“ 1165)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1158 โ€“ 1165)

Archimandrite Luca
(1149 โ€“ 1158)

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1149 โ€“ 1158)

Saint Archimandrite Luca di Messina
(1131 โ€“ 1149)

Born: (Rossano, Italy)
Died:1149.02.27 (Messina, Italy)
Feast:02.27

Archimandrite of Santissimo Salvatore of the Italo-Albanese (Italy) (1131 โ€“ 1149)

Priest. Founder of the Basilian monastery of Santissimo Salvatore (Italo-Albanese Rite).

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