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Byzantine Bilateral PB Seal in the name of Rodes, bishop of Canusium. Before 9th century AD. ⧾ RO DЄRIS ЄPISCO PI in four lines; all within wreath / ⧾ AЄC CLЄSIAЄ CANVSI NAЄ in four lines; all within wreath. Translation: (Seal of) Rodes, bishop of Canusium. 22.40g, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From a private European collection.
Canusium flourished into the early medieval period, when it became known as the "city of bishops". Some of its bishops are known from the 4th century. Bishop Stercorius took part in the 343 Council of Sardica, and Bishop Probus intervened decisively against a Spanish bishop who wanted to name his own successor in a council convoked at Rome by Pope Hilarius in 465. The diocese reached its apogee under St Sabinus (514–566) who subsequently was honoured as the town's patron saint.
The area suffered severely at the hands of the Lombards during the invasion which established the Duchy of Benevento and the subsequent Muslim invasions. In the early 9th century, Muslims entirely destroyed the town and in 844, Bishop Angelarius translated the relics of SS Rufinus, Memorus, and Sabinus to Bari. Soon after, Pope Sergius II confirmed him as the bishop of Bari and Canosa, a united title borne by Bari's archbishops until 1986.
Condition as seen.
From a private European collection.
Canusium flourished into the early medieval period, when it became known as the "city of bishops". Some of its bishops are known from the 4th century. Bishop Stercorius took part in the 343 Council of Sardica, and Bishop Probus intervened decisively against a Spanish bishop who wanted to name his own successor in a council convoked at Rome by Pope Hilarius in 465. The diocese reached its apogee under St Sabinus (514–566) who subsequently was honoured as the town's patron saint.
The area suffered severely at the hands of the Lombards during the invasion which established the Duchy of Benevento and the subsequent Muslim invasions. In the early 9th century, Muslims entirely destroyed the town and in 844, Bishop Angelarius translated the relics of SS Rufinus, Memorus, and Sabinus to Bari. Soon after, Pope Sergius II confirmed him as the bishop of Bari and Canosa, a united title borne by Bari's archbishops until 1986.