southwest of Fabriano, which he established in 1231, where Giuseppe dei Conti Atti and Ugo Laico, both Silvestrines, are also buried.

[8] Bishop Francesco Viviani (1746–1767) held a diocesan synod for the dioceses of Camerino and Fabriano in 1748.

[12] In 1846, Bishop Francesco Faldi (1837–1858) held a synod for the diocese of Fabriano, and summoned the Chapter of the cathedral of Matelica to attend.

They refused, and appealed to Rome, where the Sacred Congregation of the Council supported them against Fabriano.

[14] In a decree of the Second Vatican Council, it was recommended that dioceses be reorganized to take into account modern developments.

There was to be only one episcopal curia, one seminary, one ecclesiastical tribunal; and all the clergy were to be incardinated in the diocese of Fabriano-Matelica.