Ofena
Appearance
Ofena | |
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Comune di Ofena | |
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Coordinates: 42°19′36″N 13°45′35″E / 42.32667°N 13.75972°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Abruzzo |
Province | L'Aquila (AQ) |
Frazioni | Cappuccini, Frasca, Volpe |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antonio Silveri (Civic list Uniti per Ofena) |
Area | |
• Total | 36.72 km2 (14.18 sq mi) |
Elevation | 531 m (1,742 ft) |
Population (1 January 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 492 |
• Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Demonym | Ofenesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 67025 |
Dialing code | 0862 |
Saint day | 8 May |
Ofena (Abruzzese: Ofenë) is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is located in the natural park known as the "Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park". The comune/village is home to a vast and rich history of a community that has existed for many hundreds of years.
History
[edit]A letter of Pope Simplicius dated 19 November 475 speaks of a Bishop Gaudentius of Aufinium, the Latin name by which the town was known, against whom three neighbouring bishops had laid complaints.[3][4][5]
No longer a residential bishopric, Aufinium is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ^ Luigi Mezzadri, Maurizio Tagliaferri, Elio Guerriero, Le diocesi d'Italia, San Paolo, 2008, vol. III, p. 842
- ^ Valerio Neri, I marginali nell'Occidente tardoantico, Edipuglia 1998, pp. 106–107
- ^ Francesco Lanzoni, Le origini delle diocesi antiche d'Italia, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1923, pp. 238 e 245
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 944
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