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Statues of Saint Severinus and Saint Severus (right), a former Bishop of Naples, carried during a procession at San Severo

The Diocese of Naples was a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. A Christian community was founded there in the 1st century AD and the diocese was raised to the level of a Metropolitan Archdiocese in the 10th century, becoming the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Naples.[1]

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  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Napoli {Naples}". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. [self-published]

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