Monas (bishop of Milan)

Monas

Bishop of Milan

relics of Saint Monas, Cathedral of Milan

Church| Catholic Church
In office| end 3rd – early 4th century
Predecessor| Calimerius
Successor| Mirocles
Sainthood
Feast day| 12 October
Venerated in| Catholic Church

Monas (Italian: Mona) was Bishop of Milan from the end 3rd-century to early 4th-century. He is honoured as a Saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is on October 12.[1]

## Life

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Almost nothing is known about the life and the episcopate of Monas. He was elected as bishop of Milan in some year at the end of the 3rd-century (tentatively in 283), and his episcopate lasted until some time before the year 313, when Mirocles was the bishop of Milan.[2]

Monas died on 25 March (the exact year was not recorded) and his corpse was buried near the church of Saint Vitalis of Milan (Basilica Fausta), in the area where now stand the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio. Under the episcopate of Arnulf II (998-1018), on 12 October (the year was not recorded), his relics were discovered and translated into the church of Saint Vitale near the Basilica Naboriana (now demolished). On 6 February 1576 his relics were translated by Saint Charles Borromeo to the Cathedral of Milan where they are today.[3]

A late tradition, with no historical basis, associates Monas with the Milan's noble family of the Borri. To Monas is attributed the foundation of the parish church of Corbetta. Monas is also venerated in a chapel, renovated in the 17th century by the Borri family, in the Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli of Corbetta.[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ Ruggeri, Fausto (1991). I Vescovi di Milano. Milano: NED. p. 9\. ISBN 88-7023-154-2.(in Italian)
2. ^ Cazzani, Eugenio (1996). Vescovi e arcivescovi di Milano. Milano: Massimo. p. 13\. ISBN 88-7030-891-X.(in Italian)
3. ^ Pasini, Cesare (1990). "Mona di Milano, santo (sec. IV)". Dizionario della Chiesa Ambrosiana. Vol. 4\. Milano: NED. p. 2296–2298. ISBN 88-7023-102-X.(in Italian)
4. ^ Il Santuario di Corbetta, a cura di Maria Luisa Gatti Perer, testi di Giuseppe Moreno Vazzoler, Giuliana Algeri, Andrea Spiriti, Istituto per la Storia dell'Arte Lombarda, 1995.

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Bishops and Archbishops of Milan

Ancient age|

* St Barnabas (50–55)
* St Anathalon (53–63)
* St Caius (63–85)
* sede vacante
* St Castricianus (97–138)
* St Calimerius (138–191)
* sede vacante
* St Monas (283–313?)
* St Mirocles (313–316?)
* St Maternus (316–328?)
* St Protasius (328–343?)
* St Eustorgius I (343–349?)
* St Dionysius (349–355)
* Auxentius$ (355–374)
* St Ambrose (374–397)
* St Simplician (397–400)
* St Venerius (400–408)
* St Marolus (408–423)
* St Martinianus (423–435)
* St Glycerius (436–438)
* St Lazarus (438–449)
* St Eusebius (449–462)
* St Gerontius (462–465)
* St Benignus (465–472)
* St Senator (472–475)
* St Theodorus I (475–490)
* St Lawrence I (490–512)
* St Eustorgius II (512–518)
* St Magnus (518–530?)
* St Dacius (530–552)
* Vitale (552–556)
* St Ausanus (556–559?)

Genoa period|

* St Honoratus (560–571?)
* Frontone (571–573?)
* Lawrence II (573–592)
* Constantius (593–600)
* Deodatus (601–628)
* Asterius (629–639)
* Forte (639–641)

Middle Ages|

* St John the Good (641–669)
* St Antonino (669–671)
* St Maurilio (671)
* St Ampelius (671–676)
* St Mansuetus (676–685)
* St Benedict (685–732)
* Theodorus II (732–746)
* St Natalis (746–747)
* Arifred (747–748)
* Stabile (748–750)
* Leto (751–755)
* Thomas (755–783)
* Peter (784–803)
* Odelpert (803–813)
* St Anselm I (813–818)
* St Buono (818–822)
* Angilbert I (822–823)
* Angilbert II Pusterla (824–859)
* Tadone (860–868)
* Anspert (868–881)
* Anselmo II Capra (882–896)
* Landulf I (896–899)
* Andrea of Canciano (899–906)
* Aicone (906–918)
* Gariberto of Besana (918–921)
* Lambert (921–931)
* Elduin (931–936)
* Arderico (936–948)
* Adelman (948–953)
* Walpert (953–970)
* Arnulf I (970–974)
* Gotofredo I (974–979)
* Landulf II of Carcano (980–998)
* Arnolfo II da Arsago (998–1018)
* Ariberto da Intimiano (1018–1045)
* Guido da Velate (1045–1069)
* Attone (1070–1075)
* Gotofredo II da Castiglione (1070–1075, antibishop)
* Tebald da Castiglione (1075–1080)
* Anselmo III da Rho (1086–1093)
* Arnolfo III (1093–1097)
* Anselmo IV da Bovisio (1097–1101)
* Grosolanus (1102–1112)
* Giordano da Clivio (1112–1120)
* Ulrich da Corte (1120–1126)
* Anselmo della Pusterla (1126–1135)
* Robaldo (1135–1145)
* Umberto I da Pirovano (1146–1166)
* St Galdino della Sala (1166–1176)
* Algisio da Pirovano (1176–1185)
* Umberto II Crivelli (1185–1187, elected Pope Urban III)
* Milone da Cardano (1187–1195)
* Umberto III da Terzago (1195–1196)
* Filippo I da Lampugnano (1196–1206)
* Umberto IV da Pirovano (1206–1211)
* Gerardo da Sesso (1211, elect)
* Enrico I da Settala (1213–1230)
* Guglielmo I da Rizolio (1230–1241)
* Leon da Perego (1241–1257)
* Ottone Visconti (1262–1295)
* Ruffino da Frisseto (1295–1296)
* Francesco I da Parma (1296–1308)
* Cassone della Torre (1308–1317)
* Aicardo da Intimiano (1317–1339)
* Giovanni II Visconti (1342–1354)
* Roberto Visconti (1354–1361)
* Guglielmo II della Pusterla (1361–1370)
* Simon da Borsano (1370–1380)
* Antonio de' Saluzzi (1380–1401)
* Pietro II di Candia (1402–1410)
* Francesco II Crippa (1409–1414)
* Bartolommeo Capra (1414–1433)
* Francesco III Piccolpasso (1433–1443)
* Enrico II Rampini (1443–1450)
* Giovanni III Visconti (1450–1453)
* Nicolò Amidano (1453–1454)
* Timoteo Maffei (1454)
* Gabriele Sforza (1454–1457)
* Carlo I da Forlì (1457–1461)
* Stefano Nardini (1461–1484)
* Giovanni Arcimboldi (1484–1488)
* Guido Antonio Arcimboldi (1488–1497)
* Ottaviano Arcimboldi (1497)
* Ippolito d'Este (1497–1520)
* Ippolito II d'Este (1520–1550)
* Giovan Angelo Arcimboldi (1550–1555)
* Filippo II Archinto (1556–1558)
* sede vacante

Modern age|

* St. Carlo Borromeo (1564–1584)
* Gaspare Visconti (1584–1595)
* Federico I Borromeo (1595–1631)
* Cesare Monti (1632–1650)
* Alfonso Litta (1652–1679)
* Federico II Visconti (1681–1693)
* Federico III Caccia (1693–1699)
* Giuseppe Archinto (1699–1712)
* Benedetto II Erba Odescalchi (1712–1737)
* Carlo Gaetano Stampa (1737–1742)
* Giuseppe II Pozzobonelli (1743–1783)
* Filippo Maria Visconti (1784–1801)
* Giovanni Battista Caprara (1802–1810)
* sede vacante
* Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1818–1846)
* Bartolomeo Carlo Romilli (1847–1859)
* Paolo Angelo Ballerini (1859–1867)
* Luigi Nazari di Calabiana (1867–1893)
* Bl. Andrea Ferrari (1894–1921)
* Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (1921–1922, elected Pope Pius XI)
* Eugenio Tosi (1922–1929)
* Bl. Ildefonso Schuster (1929–1954)
* St. Giovanni Battista Montini (1954–1963, elected Pope Paul VI)
* Giovanni Colombo (1963–1979)
* Carlo Maria Martini, SJ (1979–2002)
* Dionigi Tettamanzi (2002–2011)
* Angelo Scola (2011–2017)
* Mario Delpini (2017–present)

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