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Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century, the cathedral ( titulus ) of Santa Aurea being located on the burial site of St. Monica, mother of Augustine ; she died in an inn in the town.
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Ostia and became
Her son from the affair eventually became Bishop of Ostia, and ordered her entombement in his cathedral when she died.
Born at Ostia, he became Cardinal Bishop of Portus in 864.
During the Punic Wars of the 3rd century BC, the harbour at Ostia became a key naval base.
After completing his studies in the Jesuit college of Cesena and receiving his doctorate of law ( 1734 ), Braschi continued his studies at the University of Ferrara, where he became the private secretary of Tommaso Ruffo, papal legate, in whose bishopric of Ostia and Velletri he held the post of auditor until 1753.
" Under Pope Clement VII ( 1523 – 34 ) he became Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and dean of the College of Cardinals, and on the death of Clement VII in 1534, was elected as Pope Paul III.
Around 830, it became a lordship ruled by hereditary hypati, or consuls: the first of these was Constantine ( 839 – 866 ), who in 847 aided Pope Leo IV in the naval fight at Ostia.
Hyppolyte became Bishop of Ostia, near Rome, but was anti-Papal and was martyred in the year 236 AD.
On becoming the senior Cardinal-Bishop in 1948, Marchetti-Selvaggiani became Dean of the Sacred College and Bishop of Ostia in addition to his first bishopric see.
He became Bishop of Massa in 1538, Archbishop of Tours in 1553, and Bishop of Cahors ; Archbishop of Benevento, and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri and Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1580.
He became Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina in 1454, then Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia ( 1461 ) and Dean of the College of Cardinals ( November 1472 ).
Ostia and see
The Dean of the College of Cardinals in addition to such a titular church also receives the titular bishopric of Ostia, the primary suburbicarian see.
They were also routinely used in house construction as in Ostia Antica ( see picture ).
* the Diocese of Ostia ( since 1150 the see of the Dean of the College of Cardinals )
The see of Ostia is conferred on the Dean of the College of Cardinals in addition to the see he already had.
( Until 1914, the Dean received the see of Ostia and Velletri in place of the see he had earlier.
This has been the case since 1914, by decree of Pope Pius X — previous deans had given up their prior suburbicarian see for the joint title of Ostia and Velletri.
* 27: Dies natalis of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, or perhaps marking its rededication ( see also July 15 ); Ludi Castores celebrated at Ostia during the Imperial period
Accordingly the title of the suburbicarian see of Ostia, proper of the dean, was added to the title of the see of Albano.
He was appointed as Cardinal-Bishop of the suburbicarian diocese of Palestrina in 1986, and as Dean of the College of Cardinals had the additional title of Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia, as the dean traditionally does, from 1993 to 2002 when he retired to move home to Benin ( He relinquished the title of the Ostia see when he retired .).
The Cardinal Dean is by tradition Cardinal Bishop of Ostia, in addition to the suburbicarian see he previously held.
The University of Velletri from 1150 consisted of a theoretical institution under the Suburbicarian see of Ostia, together with the Diocese of Velletri.
The Vicar General of Rome also serves the same role for the suburbicarian diocese of Ostia, the traditional see of the Dean of the College of Cardinals, since it was merged with the diocese of Rome.
He further opted for the see of Porto e Santa Rufina on 17 March 1773 and Ostia e Velletri on 18 December 1775.
One can readily see how unsuitable the river was for sea-going traffic and how necessary the port of Ostia would have been to Rome.
Ostia and early
A detailed account of the abbey at this date exists in the Chronica monasterii Cassinensis by Leo of Ostia and Amatus of Monte Cassino gives us our best source on the early Normans in the south.
In early June 1434, disguised in the robes of a Benedictine monk, Eugene was rowed down the center of the Tiber, pelted by stones from either bank, to a Florentine vessel waiting to pick him up at Ostia.
In early March he narrowly averted one conspiracy by a group to replace him with the consul Quintus Sosius Falco while he was in Ostia inspecting the arrangements for grain shipments.
A very early ( perhaps the first ) example of a dual carriageway was the Via Portuśensis, built in the first century by the Roman emperor Claudius between Rome and its port Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber.
The construction of the coast road, the Via Severiana, from Ostia to Terracina, added to the importance of the place ; and the beauty of the promontory with its luxuriant flora and attractive view had caused it to be frequented by the Romans as early as 200 BCE.
An insula dating from the early 2nd century A. D. in the Roman port town of Ostia Antica
Ostia and 3rd
Ostia grew to 50, 000 inhabitants in the 2nd century, reaching a peak of some 75, 000 inhabitants in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Ostia and century
* Medieval Lands Project on Eudes de Châtillon, Bishop of Ostia, Pope Urban II, the son of Milon the seigneur of Châtillon in the 11th century
The heavy sedimentation of the river made it difficult to maintain Ostia, prompting the emperors Claudius and Trajan to establish a new port on the Fiumicino in the 1st century AD.
* Archelaus the deacon, a third century saint martyred with Quiriacus of Ostia in 235
An inscription says that Ostia was founded by Ancus Marcius, the semi-legendary fourth king of Rome, in the 7th century BC.
With the end of the Roman Empire, Ostia fell slowly into decay, and was finally abandoned in the 9th century due to the repeated invasions and sackings by Arab pirates, including the Battle of Ostia, a naval battle in 849 between Christian and Saracens ; the remaining inhabitants moved to Gregoriopolis.
As it was dedicated also to Saints Taurinus and Herculanus, martyrs of Ostia in the 5th century, it was called the basilica trium Dominorum (" basilica of Three Lords ").
Saint Monica was buried at Ostia, and at first seems to have been almost forgotten, though her body was removed during the 6th century to a hidden crypt in the church of Santa Aurea in Osta.
It houses a piece of human flesh, the so-called Ostia Incarnata which, according to tradition, has turned into flesh in the late 13th century.
Ostia and Santa
Honorius had asked for permission from the abbot to allow him and his entourage permission to stay in the church of Santa Maria in Pallara, which was a traditional privilege belonging to the bishops of Ostia.
He was consecrated as bishop by Bartolomeo Pacca, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, with Pier Francesco Galleffi, Cardinal Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina and sub-dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, and Tommasso Arezzo, Cardinal Bishop of Sabina, acting as co-consecrators.
His projects included: Santa Aurea in Ostia ; the Ponte Sisto in Rome ; the hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia ; the church Sant ' Agostino ; the facade of Santa Maria del Popolo ; San Pietro in Vincoli ; Santi Apostoli and design for the Sistine Chapel.
He was named Cardinal Bishop of Ostia in December 1261, but resigned a few months later and returned to his title of Santa Sabina.
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