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Bishop of Ostia

 
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The Bishop of Ostia is the head of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia, one of the seven suburbicarian sees of Rome. The position is now attached to the post of Dean of the College of Cardinals, as it has been since 1150[1], with the actual governance of the diocese entrusted to the Vicar General of Rome.

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  1. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Guide to documents and events (76-2005)
  2. ^ Source for the period 996-1057: Otto Kares, Chronologie der Kardinalbischöfe im elften Jahrhundert, (in:) Festschrift zur Jahrhundertfeier des Gymnasiums am Burgplatz in Essen, Essen 1924, p. 20, 23-25
  3. ^ Sources for the period 1057-1130: Hans-Walter Klewitz, Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg, Darmstadt 1957; and Rudolf Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049-1130, Tübingen 1977. Both these sources indicate that the see of Velletri was united to Ostia in April 1060.
  4. ^ a b The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Papal elections and conclaves by century
  5. ^ Source for the period 1130-81: J.M.Brixius, Die Mitglieder des Kardinalkollegiums von 1130-1181, Berlin 1912, p. 134
  6. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 16, 1471
  7. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of May 31, 1503
  8. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of August 5, 1669
  9. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of November 29, 1669
  10. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of September 2, 1686
  11. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 12, 1695
  12. ^ The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of February 13, 1690

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