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Belcastro is a ''comune'' in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. == History == The small town of Belcastro is situated on a rocky spur crowned by a Norman-style castle that belonged to the counts of Aquino and that some propose as the birthplace of Saint Thomas Aquinas, more commonly taken to have been born in the castle of Roccasecca, near Aquino itself. After being for some centuries a fief of the counts of Aquino, it passed in 1300 into the possession of Robert of Anjou, who changed its name from Geneocastro to Belcastro as a tribute to the beauty of the surroundings. In the 15th century it was given the title of city.〔Articles by Ivan Ciacci in ''Calabria Letteraria'' 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006〕〔Cesare Sinopoli, ''La Calabria, Storia, Geografia, Arte'' (Catanzaro 1925)〕〔Girolamo Marafioti, ''Cronache e Antichità di Calabria'' (Padova 1601)〕 Its population is now reduced to about 1400 (2013). == Bishopric == The town was the seat of a diocese from at least the early 12th century, but the earliest bishop whose name is known is of the early 13th century. By the papal bull ''De utiliori'' of Pope Pius VII in 1828, the territory of the diocese was incorporated into the archdiocese of Santa Severina.〔(Bolla ''De utiliori'' ), in ''Bullarii romani continuatio'', Vol. XV, Rome 1853, pp. 56-61〕〔Giuseppe Cappelletti, (''Le Chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni'' ), vol. XIX, Venezia 1864, pp. 44-83〕〔Taccone-Gallucci, ''Vescovi di Cal. in Regesti dei Pontefici'', Roma 1902〕〔Giovanni Minasi, ''Le chiese di Calabria dal quinto al duodecimo secolo : cenni storici''. Napoli : Lanciano e Pinto, 1896, Cap. XVI, ''ad indicem''; Ristampa anastatica: Oppido Mamertina : Barbaro, 1987〕 No longer a residential bishopric, the diocese, known in Latin as that of Bellicastrum, is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.〔''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 848〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Belcastro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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