Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acerenza (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The archdiocese of Acerenza is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in southern Italy, included in the provinces of Lecce and Potenza. It has existed as a diocese since the fourth or fifth centuries. In the 11th century it was elevated to an archdiocese. In 1203 it was united with the diocese of Matera to form the archdiocese of Acerenza and Matera. This was separated again in 1954, recreating the archdiocese of Acerenza, which briefly became the diocese of Acerenza in 1976 before reverting to an archdiocese in 1977. Its metropolitan is the archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo. Acerenza was certainly an episcopal see in the course of the fifth century, for in 499 we meet with the name of its first known bishop, Justus, in the Acts of the Roman Synod of that year. The town was known in antiquity as the "high nest of Acherontia."