Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Notes on the Diocese of Martirano (Martoranum) 1099

Martirano was probably erected as diocese in the XI century when the Normans defeated Saracens and reorganized Calabria with 6 new counties, one of which was Martirano. Some say it could be older (VIII - X century) but there are no documents to support that. In 1099 we find a bishop of Martirano at the 1st crusade. The diocese was suppressed on 27 June 1818 by the bull «De utiliori» of Pius VII, and incorporated in Nicastro.

Sources:
http://www.area.cs.cnr.it/biblio/lamezia/archivio.html (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche website, page no longer available)
http://www.calabriaecclesia2000.it/ita/storia/conv/angioini.html (Website discontinued)
www.diocesilamezia.it/Storia%20della%20Diocesi.htm (Website discontinued)
http://www.calabriaecclesia2000.it/ita/storia/conv/normann2.html (Website discontinued)
Krey 1921, pp. 262-64.

- Giulio Longo