San Giovanni in Fiore

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San Giovanni in Fiore
Comune di San Giovanni in Fiore
Coat of arms of San Giovanni in Fiore
Location of San Giovanni in Fiore
Map
St. John the Baptist
Saint day24 June
WebsiteOfficial website

San Giovanni in Fiore (Italian pronunciation:

Calabrian: Sangiuvanni [sandʒuˈvanni]) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy
.

The town originates from the

Florense Abbey, built here by the Calabrian monk Joachim of Fiore
in 1188.

Marjorie Reeves of Oxford University was made an honorary citizen of San Giovanni for reviving interest in Joachim of Fiore.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "San Giovanni in Fiore". Comuni Italiani (in Italian).
  3. ^ Data from ISTAT
  4. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ^ Richard Pring, ‘Reeves, Marjorie Ethel (1905–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, January 2007; online edn, Jan 2009 accessed 3 October 2015