Calvi Risorta

See Calvi for namesakes
Calvi Risorta
Comune
Comune di Calvi Risorta
Calvi Risorta

Location of Calvi Risorta in Italy

Coordinates: 41°11′N 14°3′E / 41.183°N 14.050°E / 41.183; 14.050Coordinates: 41°11′N 14°3′E / 41.183°N 14.050°E / 41.183; 14.050
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province / Metropolitan city Caserta (CE)
Frazioni Calvi Vecchia, Petrulo, Visciano, Zuni
Government
  Mayor Salvatore Palma (commissar)
Area
  Total 15.88 km2 (6.13 sq mi)
Elevation 114 m (374 ft)
Population (1 January 2015)
  Total 5,734
  Density 360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Caleni
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 81042
Dialing code 0823
Patron saint St. Casto (municipality), St. Sylvester (Visciano), St. Nicholas (Zuni), St. Nycander(Petrulo)

Calvi Risorta (literally meaning Calvi risen again) is a comune (municipality) and former bishopric in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located across the Via Casilina about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Naples and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Caserta.

It is composed of three distinct villages, Petrulo, Visciano and Zuni, the latter housing the municipal seat.

History

In the municipal territory are the remains of the ancient Roman city of Cales or Calenum, not far from Capua.

Destroyed in the 9th century by the Saracens, it was rebuilt by Atenulf I of Capua.

During the early stages of the Italian Campaign of World War II, war pigeon G.I. Joe saved the lives of the inhabitants of the village and of the British troops occupying it. The village was scheduled to be bombarded by the Allied forces on 18 October 1943, but the message that the British had captured the village, delivered by G.I. Joe, arrived just in time to avoid the bombing. Over a thousand people, soldiers and civilians, were saved.[1]

Ecclesiastical History

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

very incomplete, notably in the Ancient/medieval centuries
Suffragan Bishops of Calvi (Risorta)
next United aeque principaliter in personal union with the (future successor see by merger) Diocese of Teano since 1818.06.27, hence see its Bishops

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. Levi, Wendell (1977). The Pigeon. Sumter, S.C.: Levi Publishing Co, Inc. ISBN 0-85390-013-2.
  2. Giovan Domenico Mansi (1762). Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio (in Latin). Tomus octavus (8). Venice-Florence: A. Zatta. p. 234.
  3. Odoardo assisted at the Council of Lyons (1245) and vigorously opposed Emperor Frederick II, his sovereign, who, on his return, had him killed.
  4. "Archbishop Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, O.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 17, 2016
  5. "Archbishop Gaspare Ricciullo Del Fosso, O.M." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  6. Gams, p. 864.
  7. Caracciolo was twice elected Provincial superior of the Roman Province of the Somaschi Fathers. Ritzler, V, p. 138, with note 3.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Teano". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

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