Sant’Agata de’ Goti
| Sant'Agata de' Goti | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Sant'Agata de' Goti | |
Fortifications of Sant'Agata de' Goti
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 Sant'Agata de' Goti
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| Coordinates: 41°5′N 14°30′E / 41.083°N 14.500°ECoordinates: 41°5′N 14°30′E / 41.083°N 14.500°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Province of Benevento (BN) |
| Frazioni | Bagnoli, Faggiano, San Silvestro, Cantinella, Presta, Sant'Anna, Cerreta, Laiano |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carmine Valentino |
| Area | |
| • Total | 62.9 km2 (24.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 156 m (512 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2008) | |
| • Total | 11,473 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Santagatesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 82019 |
| Dialing code | 0823 |
| Patron saint | St. Alfonso |
| Saint day | August 1 |
| Website | Official website |
Sant'Agata de' Goti is a comune (municipality) and former Catholic bishopric in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km west of Benevento near the Monte Taburno.
Sant'Agata is not far from the ancient Samnite town of Saticula.
The 'Goth' part of the town's name does not derive from the (Ostro)Gothic domination of Italy (5th-6th centuries), but from the noble Gascony family De Goth, who held it in the 14th century.
It was a Latin rite bishopric from 969.05.26 as Diocese of Sant’Agata de’ Goti until its 1986 suppression and merger into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti, which adopted its title and retained its cathedral as Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta.
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