Sarno
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Sarno | |
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Comune di Sarno | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 84087 |
Dialing code | 081 |
Patron saint | St. Michael |
Saint day | May 8 |
Website | Official website |
Sarno is a town and comune and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway.
Overview
It lies at the foot of the
History
The area of Sarno has been inhabited since the
Before its incorporation into the domains of the crown of Naples, Sarno gave its name to a county held in succession by the
On May 5, 1998, Sarno and the neighbouring villages of Quindici, Siano and Bracigliano were devastated by a series of landslides. Oone hundred eighty houses were destroyed, 450 were severely damaged, and 161 people died in what was one of the worst catastrophes of its kind in modern Italy.[citation needed] The landslides had been caused by several days of torrential rainfalls but were also blamed on agricultural, residential, industrial overexploitation, and the lack of any substantial environmental programs. The catastrophe prompted the Italian Ministry of the Environment to introduce legislative measures for environmental protection which have come to be known as legge Sarno.
Ecclesiastical history
The Diocese of Sarno was established circa 1000 AD, presumably as
Suppressed on 30 September 1986, its territory and title being merged into the thus renamed
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
Suffragan Bishops of Sarno (without ordinals; first incumbent(s) lacking?)
- Riso (1066? – ?)
- Giovanni (1111–1118)
- Giovanni (1119–1134)
- Pietro (1134–1156)
- Giovanni (1156–1180)
- Unfrido (1180–1202)
- Tibaldo (1201–1208)
- Ruggiero (1209–1216)
- Giovanni (1216–1224)
- Giovanni (1224–1258)
- Angelo d’Aquino (1258–1265)
- Giovanni (1265–1296)
- Guglielmo (1296–1309)
- Ruggiero De Canalibus (1310–1316)
- Ruggiero (1316–1316)
- Ruggiero De Miramonte (1316–1324)
- Antonio da Ancona (1324–1326)
- Napoleone (1326–1330)
- Nicola (1330 – death 1333)
- Francesco, Friars Minor(O.F.M.) (13 March 1333 – 1340)
- Napoleone (1340–1350)
- Teobaldo (25 April 1350 – 1370)
- Giovanni (1372–1404)
- Giovanni (1404–1407)
- Francesco Mormile (1407–1408), later Bishop of Cava(Italy) (1408–1419)
- Giovanni (1408–1414)
- Francesco Anconitano (1414–1419)
- Marco da Teramo (29 December 1418 – death 1439); previously Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (24 March 1400 – 15 December 1404), Bishop of Bertinoro (Italy) (15 December 1404 – 29 December 1418)
- Andrea da Nola (23 October 1439 – 1454)
- Ludovico Dell'Aquila (1454–1470)
- Antonio de' Pazzi (1475 – 26 February 1477), later Bishop of Mileto(Italy) (26 February 1477 – death 1479)
- Giovanni da Viterbo (30 September 1478 – 16 February 1481), later Bishop of Crotone(Italy) (16 February 1481 – death 25 November 1496)
- Andrea De Ruggiero (16 February 1481 – 1482)
- Andrea Dei Pazzi (16 February 1482 – 1498)
- Agostino Tuttavilla (1498–1501)
- Giorgio Maccafani de' Pireto (1501–1516), previously Bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte(Italy) (24 September 1498 – 1501)
Main sights
Sarno has the ruins of a medieval castle, which belonged to Count Francesco Coppola, who took an important part in the conspiracy of the barons against
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Istat
Sources and external links
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sarno". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 220. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- GCatholic, with incumbent bio links
- Media related to Sarno at Wikimedia Commons