Roman Catholic Diocese of Nebbio

[1] In 1667, Nebbio was completely abandoned and the bishop lived in Saint-Florent, a town of about 200 inhabitants, under the dominion of the Republic of Genoa.

[3] The diocese of Nebbio was suppressed by the National Constituent Assembly through the Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1790.

[4][5] The mythical founding[6] of the five cities of Corsica, in which Nebbino was a nephew of the founder, Corso, is retailed by Anton-Pietro Filippini (1594).

[7] Filippini attributes the founding of the cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, to the year 824, though Ughelli wrote that the bell tower belonged to AD 700.

In accordance with the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, which was approved by King Louis XVI on 26 December 1790, each new departement in France was expected to elect its 'Constitutional Bishop'.