Benevento

Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 400 ft. above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore and Sabbato. Estimated population in 1997 was 63,568. Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or more correctly Maloeis (derived from the Greek word for apple malon). The Romans' theory that it meant "the site of bad wind" is no longer considered by histor ...

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Benevento - Benevento in antiquity. The site was the chief town of the Samnites, who took refuge here after their defeat by the Roman Republic in 314 BC. It appears not to have fallen into Roman hands until Pyrrhus's absence in Sicily, but served as a base of operations in the last campaign against Pyrrhus, who gave up his campaign in Italy after the inconclusive Battle of Beneventum (275 BC). A Latin colony was planted here in 268 BC, and it was then that the name was changed for the sake of superstition ...

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Carolingian or Caroline minuscule is a script developed as a writing standard in Europe so that the Roman alphabet could be easily recognized by the small literate class from one region to another. It was used in Charlemagne's empire between approximately 800 and 1200. Codices, pagan and Christian texts, and educational material were written in Carolingian minuscule throughout the Carolingian Renaissance. The script developed into Blackletter and became obsolete, though it forms the basis of more recent scripts. C ...

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• Carolingian minuscule - Characteristics
• Carolingian minuscule - Spread
• Carolingian minuscule - Role in Cultural Transmission
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Alexander VI, (Rodrigo Borgia) (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503) pope (1492-1503), is the most memorable of the secular popes of the Renaissance. He was born at Xàtiva, València, Spain, and his father's surname was Lanzol or Llançol; that of his mother's family, Borgia or Borja, was assumed by him on the elevation of his maternal uncle to the papacy as Callixtus III (April 8, 1455). Pope Alexander VI - Education and election. He studied law at Bologna and after his uncle's election he w ...

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• Pope Alexander VI - French involvement
• Pope Alexander VI - The French in retreat
• Pope Alexander VI - Confiscations and Savonarola
• Pope Alexander VI - Cesare in the North
• Pope Alexander VI - Last years
• Pope Alexander VI - Death and reputation
• Pope Alexander VI - Mistresses and family
• Pope Alexander VI - Representations in popular culture
• Pope Alexander VI - Books
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114 - Events. First year of Yuanchu era of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty. Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Sedecion to Patriarch Diogenes. The triumphal arch was erected in Benevento. The kingdom of Osroene becomes a vassal kingdom of the Roman Empire. Trajan defeated the Parthians and overran Armenia and northern Mesopotamia 114 - Births. Justin Martyr, Christian apologist (possible date) ...

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The Appian Way (Latin: Via Appia) is the most important Roman road. It was called regina viarum, "the queen of the roads." Its construction was started in 312 BC by the consul Appius Claudius Caecus on an existing track that connected Rome with the Alban Hills (this road has been thought to be the one that originally brought Latins from Alba Longa to the future capital). The original track of the Appian Way connected Rome (from Porta San Sebastiano in the Aurelian Walls, near the Baths of Caracalla) with Ariccia, Forum Appii, Terracina, Fondi, Formia, Minturnae (Mi ...

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Charles of Anjou (1227–1285), also Charles I of Sicily. He was King of Sicily 1262–1282 (and under that title, King of Naples 1282–1285), King of Albania 1272–1285, King of Jerusalem 1277–1285, Prince of Achaea 1278–1285, Count of Provence and Forcalquier 1246–1285, and Count of Anjou and Maine 1247–1285. He was the posthumous son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, and hence brother to Louis IX of France and Alphonse of Toulouse. He conquered the Kingdom of Sicily from the Hohenstaufen in 1266 and began to ...

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• Charles I of Sicily - Early Life
• Charles I of Sicily - Marriage and Children
• Charles I of Sicily - Accession in Provence
• Charles I of Sicily - Seventh Crusade and Return
• Charles I of Sicily - Wider Ambitions
• Charles I of Sicily - Conquest of Sicily
• Charles I of Sicily - Ambitions in the Latin Empire
• Charles I of Sicily - Eighth Crusade
• Charles I of Sicily - Conquest of Albania and Genoese War
• Charles I of Sicily - Breakdown of the Union
• Charles I of Sicily - Sicilian Vespers
• Charles I of Sicily - War with Aragon
• Charles I of Sicily - Death and legacy

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Urban II, né Otho of Lagery (or Otto or Odo) (1042 - July 29, 1099), was a pope from 1088 to July 29, 1099. He is most known for starting the First Crusade and setting up the modern day Roman Curia, in the manner of a royal court, to help run the Church. He was born into nobility in France at Lagery (near Châtillon-sur-Marne) and was church-educated. He was archdeacon of Reims when, under the influence of St. Bruno his teacher, he resigned and entered the cloister at Cluny where he rose to be prior. In 1078, Gregory VII summoned ...

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The Blessed Victor III, born as Dauferius (Benevento, 1026? – September 16, 1087), pope (May 24, 1086 until his death), was the successor of Pope Gregory VII. Son of Landolfo V, prince of Benevento, he was born circa 1026; in his thirtieth year he entered monastic life at Monte Cassino, changing his name of Dauferius to Desiderius. He soon became abbot of the monastery, and i ...

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William I (d. May 7, 1166) was king of Sicily from 1154 to 1166. He was the fourth son of Roger II and Elvira Alfonso of Castile, and grew up with little expectation of ruling. The deaths of his 3 older brothers between 1138 and 1148 changed matters, though when his father died William was still not well-prepared to take his place. William's title "the Bad" seems little merited and expresses the bias of the historian Falcandus and the baronial class against the king and the official class by whom he was guided. It is obv ...

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In several forms of Christianity, but especially in Roman Catholicism, a patron saint has special affinity for a trade or group. St. Florian is the patron saint of firefighters, and St. Christopher is the patron saint of travellers, for example. Eastern Orthodoxy generally doesn't associate saints with occupations and activities, or does so to a much lesser degree. Patron saints can also be associated with geographical areas: St. Joseph is the patron saint of Belgium, and St. Patrick is patron saint of Ireland, fo ...

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Saint Celestine V, né Pietro Angelerio (according to some sources Angelario or Angelieri or Angelliero or Angeleri), also known as Pietro del Morrone (1215 – May 19, 1296) was pope in the year 1294. He was born in 1215 near Isernia (Molise) (there is no proof to the actual village) as the son of Angelo Angelerio and Maria Leone. He was the eleventh of the twelve children of a family described as "poor but honest, deeply religious peasants". After the father's untimely death he started to work in the fiel ...

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The Apennine Mountains (Greek: Απεννινος; Latin: Appenninus--in both cases used in the singular; Italian: Appennini) is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming, as it were, the backbone of the country. The name is probably derived from the Celtic pen, a mountain top: it originally belonged to the northern portion of the chain, from the Maritime Alps to Ancona; and Polybius is probably the first write ...

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• Apennine Mountains - Northern Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Central Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Southern Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Character
• Apennine Mountains - Geology
• Apennine Mountains - Mountains in the Appennine Range
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Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century Decades: 0s BC - 0s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s - 100s Years: 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 88 - Events. Pope Clement I succeeded Pope Anacletus I Han Hedi succeeded Han Zhangdi as emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. Two Egyptian obelisks erected in Benevento in front of the temple of Isis in honour of Domitian. Quintilian retired from teaching and from plea ...

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The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, "States of the Church") was one of the major historical states of Italy before the boot-shaped peninsula was unified under the Piedmontese crown of Savoy (later a republic). The Papal States comprised those territories over which the Pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense before 1870. This governing power is commonly called the temporal power of the Pope, as opposed to his (unique and more essential) ecclestiastical primacy. The plural is u ...

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• Papal States - The era of the French Revolution and Napoleon
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760 - Events. Maya civilization city of Dos Pilas is abandoned. The church of Santa Sophia in Benevento is built (approximate date) In China, Emperor Xuanzong was placed under house arrest by Li Fuguo with the support of Emperor Suzong. 760 - Births. Theodulf, bishop of Orléans (approximate date) (d. 821) Category: 760 ...

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542 - Environmental change. An outbreak of the plague killed upwards of 100,000 in Constantinople and perhaps two million or more in the rest of the Byzantine Empire (possibly exaggerated). 542 - Births. 542 - Deaths. Category: 542 ...

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 195 BC 194 BC 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC - 190 BC - 189 BC 188 BC 187 BC 186 BC 185 BC Events Battle of the Eurymedon: Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal, fighting his last battle. Battle of Myonessus: Another Seleucid fleet is defeated by the Romans under Lu ...

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Strega (or Liquore Strega), is an Italian herbal liqueur produced since 1860 by the S. A. Distilleria Liquore Strega in Benevento, Italy. Its yellow color comes from the presence of saffron in its recipe. Liquore Strega is 80 proof and among its approximately 70 herbal ingredients are mint and fennel. Strega is also a branch of witchcraft in Italy. Strega - External link. Strega official site ...

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663 - Environmental change. A brief outbreak of plague hits Britain 663 - Births. 663 - Deaths. Boksin and Dochim, leaders of the Baekje restoration movement. Category: 663 ...

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