 Until the Norman conquest of Calabria (mid 11th century), it was in the sway of the above patriarchate and used its Greek-language Byzantine rite.A papal bulla by Pope Lucius III in 1183 explicitly mentions its being a suffragan of Santa Severina.Noted early (late 11th century) bishop Policronius, recuperated the 'Greek' abbey of Santa Maria di Altilia.