Archbishopric Of Nazareth
The Archbishop of Nazareth was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the crusades.
The ancient diocese was located at Scythopolis, known as Bethsan to the crusaders. It was the metropolis of Palaestina Secunda. After Nazareth was captured following the First Crusade, the Greek Orthodox diocese was moved there. and a Roman Catholic archdiocese was established. Among its suffragans were the bishop of Tiberias and the abbot of Mount Tabor.
Following the Muslim conquest in the Holy Land, Archbishop of Nazareth took refuge in Barletta (Italy), and moved permanently there in 1327. It began, well, the long line of archbishops of Nazareth residents in Barletta.
On June 27, 1818, with the bull De ulteriori of Pope Pius VII, the Archdiocese of Nazareth was suppressed.
On 22 October 1828, with the Bull Multis quidem of Pope Leo XII the title of Archbishop of Nazareth was granted to the Archbishops of Trani. Subsequently, the title passed to the archbishops of Barletta and Trani (1860) and then to the Archbishops of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie (1986).
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