Ugento (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Umberto Benigni · 1913
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Description
Ugento is a small harbour city in Apulia, on the Gulf of Tarentum, known in ancient times as Uxentum. It claims a founder named Uxens, mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid. In antiquity it ranked as an important town before Turkish raiders destroyed it in 1537. Under Byzantine rule it had Greek bishops, and its Latin bishops begin with the Benedictine Simeon, of unknown date. Later figures include St Charles Borromeo and the poet Minturno.
The entry follows the diocese through the Council of Trent, where its bishop Desiderio Mazzapica won distinction, and through the great canonist Agostino Barbosa in the seventeenth century. In 1818 the suppressed diocese of Alessano was joined to Ugento. The Greek rite, once flourishing in the region, was abolished by Bishop Ercole in 1591. A short civic and church history, it suits readers tracing Apulia's layered Greek, Roman, and Latin past.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Umberto Benigni |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |