Caltabellotta

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Caltabellotta
Comune di Caltabellotta
Coat of arms of Caltabellotta
Location of Caltabellotta
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
92010
Dialing code0925
Patron saintSaint Pellegrino
Saint day18 August
WebsiteOfficial website

Caltabellotta (Sicilian: Cataviḍḍotta) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Agrigento, in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Palermo and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Agrigento.

History

Caltabellotta has been identified with the ancient town of the

Arabs, who later built here a castle. In 1090 it was conquered by the Normans of Roger I of Sicily
.

The diocese of Triocala, called in Latin Trecalae in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees,[3] is mentioned in the 6th-century Synecdemus as Τρόκαλις (Trocalis).[4]

Its reputed first bishop was Saint Pellegrino, a disciple of Saint Peter. Historical documents give the names of four bishops of the see:[5]

The town was the location of the Peace of Caltabellotta (1302) which ended the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

People

  • Pedro de Luna - Peralta y Medici-Salviati

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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  4. ^ Hieroclis Synecdemus et notitiae graecae episcopatuum, accedunt Nili Doxapatrii notitia patriarchatuum et locorum nomina immutata, ex recognitione Gustavi Parthey, Berlin 1866, p. 77 (nº 586)
  5. ^ Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Venezia 1870, vol. XXI, pp. 606–607

Sources

External links

piazza Fontana, Sant'Anna, Caltabellotta subtown.