Volturara Appula
| Volturara Appula | |
|---|---|
| Comune | |
| Comune di Volturara Appula | |
|
View of Apulia Molise Campania | |
  Volturara Appula Location of Volturara Appula in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°30′N 15°3′E / 41.500°N 15.050°ECoordinates: 41°30′N 15°3′E / 41.500°N 15.050°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |
 Apulia |
| Province | Foggia (FG) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.88 km2 (20.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) |
| Population (2003)[1] | |
| • Total | 571 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Volturaresi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 71030 |
| Dialing code | 0881 |
| Patron saint | San Luca |
| Saint day | 18 October |
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Volturara Appula is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Once a flourishing city, the comune now has a population of less than 500.[2]
History
Founded in about 50 BC, Vulturaria, as it was previously called, was ruled at various times by its bishops, and by the Caracciolo family, who built the Palazzo Ducale.[3]
Churches
The Apulian Romanesque cathedral was built in the 13th century. It has a massive bell-tower with three bells of bronze with a noteworthy percentage of silver. Another church, the 16th-century Santuario di Maria SS. della Sanità (Shrine of Our Lady of Health) was reputedly built by Prince Bartolomeo Caracciolo in thanksgiving for recovery from illness.[3]
Bishopric
Its bishopric, which already existed in the 10th century, was united with that of Montecorvino in 1433.[4] Giuseppe Cappelletti gives detailed information about most of its bishops.[4] In 1818, as part of a reorganization of the dioceses within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies,[5] the diocese ceased to exist as a residential see and its territory became part of the diocese of Lucera.[4] It is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[6]
References
- ↑ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ↑ Comune di Volturara Appula
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Official website of Volturara Appula
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Venezia 1864, vol. XIX, pp. 293-303
- ↑ Bull De utiliori, in Bullarii romani continuatio, Tomus XV, Romae 1853, pp. 56-61
- ↑ Ánnuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 1010