Arpaia
Place in Campania, Italy
Location of Arpaia
- Our Lady of Graces
- Saint Michael Archangel
Arpaia is a town, comune (municipality) and former (now titular) episcopal see in the Province of Benevento in the southern Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km southwest of Benevento.
Arpaia borders the following municipalities: Airola, Forchia, Paolisi and Roccarainola.
History
Arpaia, rather than present-day Montesarchio, is considered to have been the seat of the ancient Diocese of Caudium[4][5] (circa 400–600). The see was suppressed in 600, but in 1970 it was formally restored as the Latin Catholic titular see of Caudium.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Resident population". Istat. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Comune di Arpaia". Comuni Italiani. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Gaetano Moroni, Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica, vol. 10, p. 283
- ^ Francesco Lanzoni, Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604), vol. I, Faenza 1927, p. 186
- ^ "Titular Episcopal See of Caudium". GCatholic. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
Sources and external links
- GCatholic - former & titular see = Caudium
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Campania · Comuni of the Province of Benevento
- Airola
- Amorosi
- Apice
- Apollosa
- Arpaia
- Arpaise
- Baselice
- Benevento
- Bonea
- Bucciano
- Buonalbergo
- Calvi
- Campolattaro
- Campoli del Monte Taburno
- Casalduni
- Castelfranco in Miscano
- Castelpagano
- Castelpoto
- Castelvenere
- Castelvetere in Val Fortore
- Cautano
- Ceppaloni
- Cerreto Sannita
- Circello
- Colle Sannita
- Cusano Mutri
- Dugenta
- Durazzano
- Faicchio
- Foglianise
- Foiano di Val Fortore
- Forchia
- Fragneto Monforte
- Fragneto l'Abate
- Frasso Telesino
- Ginestra degli Schiavoni
- Guardia Sanframondi
- Limatola
- Melizzano
- Moiano
- Molinara
- Montefalcone di Val Fortore
- Montesarchio
- Morcone
- Paduli
- Pago Veiano
- Pannarano
- Paolisi
- Paupisi
- Pesco Sannita
- Pietraroja
- Pietrelcina
- Ponte
- Pontelandolfo
- Puglianello
- Reino
- San Bartolomeo in Galdo
- San Giorgio La Molara
- San Giorgio del Sannio
- San Leucio del Sannio
- San Lorenzello
- San Lorenzo Maggiore
- San Lupo
- San Marco dei Cavoti
- San Martino Sannita
- San Nazzaro
- San Nicola Manfredi
- San Salvatore Telesino
- Sant'Agata de' Goti
- Sant'Angelo a Cupolo
- Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte
- Santa Croce del Sannio
- Sassinoro
- Solopaca
- Telese Terme
- Tocco Caudio
- Torrecuso
- Vitulano
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