The paper reviews the bishops of the most important Tuscan towns from the time of pope Paschal II until about 1180. After 1113-1115 the bishops of northern Tuscany took a lot of castles and seigneurial rights previously belonged to Count Ugo III, last remnant of the Cadolingi family. In the same years Count Geoffrey, son of Albert II of the Alberti, became bishop of Florence and made the interests of the bishopric coincide with those of his family. Pope Innocent II (1130-1143) appointed a good number of Tuscan bishops. We can recall both Pisan archbishops Hubert (1133-1137) and Baldwin (1138-1145) and Atto, bishop of Pistoia between 1133 and 1153. In 1144 he introduced in Pistoia the cult of Saint James (still very celebrated in the city). After the papal schism of 1159 four Tuscan bishoprics joined the popes supported by Frederick I in opposition to Alexander III. Normality returned only shortly before 1180.
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Titolo del capitolo
Vescovi e diocesi nella Toscana del secolo XII: uno sguardo d’insieme
Autori
Mauro Ronzani
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0335-7.04
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Anno di pubblicazione
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Atto abate vallombrosano e vescovo di Pistoia
Sottotitolo del libro
Bilancio storiografico e prospettive di ricerca sulla vita e l’opera di un protagonista del XII secolo
Curatori
Francesco Salvestrini
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
378
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0335-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0334-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0335-7
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0336-4
Collana
Fragmentaria. Studi di storia culturale e antropologia religiosa
ISSN della collana
2975-1217
e-ISSN della collana
2975-1225