with inscriptions of a dialogue between Mary and Jesus. In 1417, on the death of Bishop Jacopo, who was a partisan of Pope John XXIII, the clergy wished to proceed to the election of a new bishop, but the people prevented them, proclaiming as bishop Nicolò Vivari, the nominee of Pope Gregory XII. Again in 1433 the clergy wished to revive their right of electing a bishop, but the intervention of Pope Eugenius IV prevented them. In 1691 the cathedral Chapter was composed of two dignities (the Archdeacon and the Prior) and twelve Canons. Synods In 1468, Cardinal Berardo Eroli (Bishop of Spoleto, 1448–1474) held a diocesan synod, attended by approximately 230 priests. Bishop Pietro Orsini (1581–1591) held a diocesan synod in Spoleto in 1583, and had the decisions published. A diocesan synod was held by Archbishop Giovanni de' Conti Sabbioni (1838–1852) on 10–12 May 1842. Bishops of Spoleto to 1200 ... Laurentius (end of 3rd cent. ?) ... Caecilianus (attested c. 353–354) ... Achilleus (attested 419) ... Spes (first half of 5th cent.) ... Amasius (476–489) [Meletius (c. 490)] Joannes (attested c. 492–496, 499, 501, 502) ... Laurentius (552?–563?) ... Paulinus (attested c. 558–560) ... Petrus (attested 574) ... Chrysanthus (attested 597–603) ... Adeodatus (attested 649) ... Deodatus (attested 777, 781) ... Sigualdus (early 9th cent.) ... Lupus (attested 967, 968, 1002) Adalbertus (attested 1015) ... Berardus (attested 1028) ... Henricus (attested 1049, 1050, 1059) ... Andreas (attested 1065–1069) [Unknown (1076)] Rodulfus (attested 1080) ... Salomon (attested 1106–1107) ... Henricus (attested c. 1114) ... Manvaldus (attested 1146) Lotharius (c. 1155) [Vitechirius (Viterichus) (1173–1178)] intrusus schismatic Rasisericus (Transaricus) (attested 1179) ... Matteo (1190–1198) from 1200 to 1600 Benedictus (1199–1228?) Nicolaus de Castro Arquato (1228–1236) Bartholomaeus Accorombani (1236–1271) Thomas de Angelis (1271–1278) Rolandus Taverna (1278–1285) Paperone de' Papareschi, O.P. (1285–1290) Gerardus Pigolotti, O.P. (1290–1295) Franciscus, O.Min. (1295–1299) Niccolò Alberti, O.P. (1299–1303) Joannes (1303–1307) Petrus Trinci (1307–1320) Bartholomaeus Bardi, O.E.S.A. (1320–1349 ?) Petrus (1346–1349) Bishop-elect Joannes (de Pistorio) (1349–1367) Bernardus Bonavalle Jacobus de Mutis (1371–1372) Gaillard de Pallairaco de Bellovide (1372–1379) Ferdinand (1379–1390) (Roman Obedience) Apostolic Administrator Lorenzo (1390–1403) Carlo, O.S.B. (1403–1404) Agostino da Lanzano (27 Feb 1404 – 1410) Jacopo Palladini (1410–1417) Niccolò Vivari (1410–1419) Giacomo del Camplo (del Turco) (1419–1424) Giacomo Bucci (1424) Lotto Sardi (1427–1445) Sagax Conti (1446–1448) Berardo Eroli (13 Nov 1448 – 8 Dec 1474 Resigned) Constantin Eruli (8 Dec 1474 – 1500 Died). Francesco Erulli (1500