Ku dhammee weedhan soo socda: Sanadkii 933-kii Pope John XI wuxuu kiniisadda Bari u oggolaaday isticmaalka "pallium". Waxay u muuqataa in kiniisaduhu ay ku tiirsanaayeen Patriarchka Ecumenical ee bariga ilaa qarnigii 10aad. Archbishop Giovanni II (952) wuxuu awooday inuu ka baxo saameyntan, isagoo diiday inuu aqbalo tilmaamaha hoggaamiyaha ee ku saabsan qodobbada cibaadada. Dhammaan xiriirkii ay la lahaayeen Kaniisadaha Bariga ayaa ugu dambeyntii la jaray intii lagu jiray qarnigii kow iyo tobnaad, maadaama Bari ay noqotay kaniisad toos ah oo ku tiirsan Rome. Marka ka hor inta uusan qarnigii 10aad dhamaan, madaxa sare ee bishop-ka ortodox-ka ee dhan dhanka Byzantine Italy, wuxuu noqday madaxwaynaha Melfi, inkastoo Bari ay ahayd xarunta maamulka Byzantine ee aagga,
qabsashada magaalada ee Norman ee 1071.