Diocese of Priverno
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| Comune di Priverno | ||
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 Priverno
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| Coordinates: 41°28′N 13°11′E / 41.467°N 13.183°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Lazio | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Latina (LT) | |
| Frazioni | Boschetto, Casale, Case Alloggio Ferrovieri, Ceriara, Colle Rotondo, Colle San Pietro, Colle Sughereto, Fascia, Fornillo, Fossanova, Gricilli, Le Crete, Maccalè, Mezzagosto, Montalcide, Osteria dei Pignatari, Perazzette, Pruneto, San Martino, Stazione Fossanova, Stradone Grotte | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Andrea Polichetti | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 56 km2 (22 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) | |
| Population (31 March 2015) | ||
| • Total | 14,495 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Privernati or Pipernesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 04015 | |
| Dialing code | 0773 | |
| Patron saint | St. Thomas Aquinas | |
| Saint day | March 7 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Priverno is a town, comune and former Latin Catholic bishopric in the province of Latina, Lazio, central Italy. It was called Piperno until 1927.
It has a station of the Rome-Naples railway mainline. Nearby is the Monti Lepini chain. It was the birthplace of the canonist Reginald of Piperno.
Privernum is described by Livy as a flourishing Volscian site, which was conquered and destroyed by the Romans in the late 4th century BC. The Appian Way passed nearby. The town recovered under the Roman rule, but disappeared after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, probably destroyed by Saracen attacks.
It was later a minor center of the Papal States, to which it belonged until the capture of Rome in 1870.
In 760 was established the Diocese of Priverno alias Piperno.
From 1217.01.17 it was held in personal union (aeque principaliter) with the Terracina until 1986.09.30, when it was suppressed and both (as well as Sezze) had their title and territory merged into the Diocese of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno.
At least since 1180 (earlier incumbents not available), all bishops concurrently held the sees of Sezze and Roman Catholic Diocese of Terracina, since 1217 due to the personal union with Terracina.
Its Marian former cathedral remains a Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Maria (Assunta), in Priverno.
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