Encyclopedia of Southern Italy – G

Guardia Lombardi (AV): A commune in the province of Avellino. Population: 1,937 (2006e).

Guardia Perticara (PZ): A commune in the province of Potenza.

Guardia Piemontese (CS): A commune in the province of Cosenza. Population: 1,567 (2006e).

Guardia Sanframondi (BN): A commune in the province of Benevento. Population:  5,472 (2006e).

Guardiagrele (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 9,621 (2006e).

Guardialfiera (CB): A commune in the province of Campobasso. Population: 1,196 (2006e).

Guardiaregia (CB): A commune in the province of Campobasso. Population: 784 (2006e).

Guelfs (Guelphs, Guelfi): the pro-papal faction who battled the Ghibellines during the struggle for secular power in Italy between the Popes and the Holy Roman Emperors. The Guelf power was established in southern Italy after Charles I of Anjou conquered the Regno in 1266.

Guglielmino, Francesco: (b. 1872, Aci Catena (CT). d. 1956, teacher, classical scholar and poet.

Guglielmo: Archbishop of Capua (r 1135-?).

Guglionesi (CB): A commune in the province of Campobasso. Population: 5,365 (2006e).

Guido of Anagti: (fl. 2nd part of the 12th Century). Ecclesiastic. While serving as bishop of Cefalù, in AD 1187-88, he ceded to the Jews of Syracuse a tract of land to enlarge their cemetery.

Guilmi (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 473 (2006e).

Guiscard, Robert: See Robert Guiscard.