pope innocent returned to italy in april 1132, and took up residence in pisa in january 1133. the see of milan was vacant, and pope innocent took the opportunity, on 20 march 1133, to remove genoa from the metropolitanate of milan, and create a new metropolitanate at genoa, with syrus as its first archbishop. five days later, the pope wrote again, extending the use of the "pallium" and naming syrus and his successors commendatory abbots of the monastery of s. syro. the new suffragans of the metropolitanate of genoa were: mariana, nebbio, and accia (on sardinia); bobbio, and brugnato (newly created), to which was added the diocese of albenga, formerly in the metropolitanate of milan.