Poggio Mirteto

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official_name = Poggio Mirteto
name = Poggio Mirteto
region = Latium
province = Province of Rieti (RI)
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area_total_km2 = 26.4
population_as_of = Dec. 2004
population_total = 5440
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telephone = 0765
postalcode = 02047
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Poggio Mirteto is a "comune" (municipality) and former episcopal see in the Province of Rieti (formerly in the province of Perugia) in the Italian region Latium, about 45 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti, situated on a pleasant height, by the River Sole, in a fertile region, where pot-herbs, cereals, grapes and pastures are cultivated, and where ancient ruins of villas and of aqueducts are numerous; the villa of Terentius Varro was in this neighbourhood. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,440 and an area of 26.4 km².All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]

Poggio Mirteto borders the following municipalities: Filacciano, Forano, Montopoli di Sabina, Poggio Catino, Salisano and Torrita Tiberina.

Ecclesiastical history

Diocese in the province of Perugia, central Italy. Poggio Mirteto was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Abbot of Farfa, and the present home of the bishop was the abbot's residence. The Abbey of Farfa, however, like that of San Salvatore Maggiore, passed to the Bishopric of Sabina, from which the territory of the See of Poggio Mirteto was taken in 1841; the old collegiate church became the cathedral and a seminary was established. The diocese had in the early 20th century 38 parishes, with 32,600 inhabitants, 2 religious houses of men and 8 of sisters, under whose direction were the schools for girls in several communes. The bishopric was however suppressed on June 3, 1925 and its territory returned to the diocese of Sabina, which on September 30, 1986 was renamed as Bishopric of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto; Poggio still has a co-cathedral.

The first bishop was Nicolo Crispigni, the last Cardinal Gaetano De Lai.

Demographic evolution

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*Catholic [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12178a.htm]
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/pogg0.htm GigaCatholic]

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