 Bishop Redemptus (about 570) is mentioned in the "Dialogues" of Gregory the Great, but Redemptus was bishop of Ferentum in Tuscany, not Ferentinum in Latium.Pope Gregory also refers to a Bishop Boniface, but he was a bishop of Ferentum in Tuscany.The Second Vatican Council, in order to ensure that all Catholics received proper spiritual attention, decreed the reorganization of the diocesan structure of Italy and the consolidation of small and struggling dioceses, in particular those with financial and personnel problems.