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Quadrelle (AV): A commune in the province of Avellino. Population: 1,824 (2006e).
Quadri (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 920 (2006e).
Qualiano (NA): A commune in the province of Napoli.
Quarto (NA): A commune in the province of Napoli.
Quartus, St.: Bishop of Capua (rAD 83-117). He may be the martyr who, with St. Quintus, was killed in Rome during one of the persecutions. There is no reliable date for this martyrdom but the relics of the two saints were interred in the Cathedral at Capua. Feast Day: May 10. Also see St. Quintus.
Quindici (AV): A commune in the province of Avellino. Population: 2,532 (2006e).
Quintus, St.: Bishop of Capua (r260-271). He may be the same as the St. Quintus who was martyred along with St. Quartus in Rome. The great difficulty in the identification of the two bishops with the two martyrs is in their dates. The martyrs were contemporaries with one another according to their “official” myth. The two bishops, however, appear to have lived about 2 centuries apart.
Rabatana and Saracena: Place-names found in some southern Italian centers, applied to boroughs or quarters originally founded or occupied by the Saracens in medieval times. By plotting out where these place names are found, we can get an idea of the extent of Saracen inroads in the area. Rabatana derives from the Arabis rabad (= village, city).
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Saracena (CS) |
commune in Calabria |
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Tricarico (MT) |
districts of Rabatana (Arabatana) and Saracena |
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Tursi (MT) |
district of La Rabatana |
Racale (LE): A commune in the province of Lecce. Population: 10,657 (2006e).
Racalmuto (AG): A commune in the province of Agrigento. Population: 9,443 (2006e).
Raciti: A surname of Greek origin found in Sicily. It derives from the Greek rakhites = “mountain dweller.”
Raccuja (ME): A commune in the province of Messina.
Raddusa (CT): A commune in the province of Catania. Population: 3,391 (2006e).
Radelperto: Bishop of Capua (r?-835).
Radoald: Duke of Benevento (AD 646-651). A Lombard.
Raffadali (AG): A commune in the province of Agrigento. Population: 13,398 (2006e).
Ragalna (CT): A commune in the province of Catania. Population: 3,316 (2006e).
Ragusa, Province of: A province in Sicily.
Ragusa (RG): A commune iand provincial capital of the province of Ragusa.
Ragusa, Giovan Battista: (fl. AD 1713 to 1727). A sculptor from Palermo.
Ragusa, Vincenzo: (b. 1841; d.1927). A painter and sculptor from Palermo.
Raino (AQ): A commune in the province of L’Aquila. Population: 2,977 (2006e).
Ramacca (CT): A commune in the province of Catania. Population: 10,616 (2006e).
Randazzo (CT): A commune in the province of Catania. Population: 11,250 (2006e).
Randazzo, Filippo (called il Monocolo di Nicosia): (fl. 1744). Painter from Nicosia [EN].
Ranulf: Rival candidate (1137-1148) of Pope Innocent II and Emperor Lothair II against Roger III (r1134-1139) for the Duchy of Apulia & Calabria.
Rapino (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 1,459 (2006e).
Rapisarda, Giuseppe: (b. 1799, at Catania; d. 1853). Painter.
Rapisardi, Michele: (b. 1822, at Catania; d. 1866). Painter.
Rapolla (PZ): A commune in the province of Potenza.
Rapone (PZ): A commune in the province of Potenza.
Rasena: The name by which the Etruscans called themselves.
Ravanusa (AG): A commune in the province of Agrigento. Population: 13,428 (2006e).
Ravello (SA): A commune in the province of Salerno.
Raviscanina (CE): A commune in the province of Caserta. Population: 1,372 (2006e).
Realmonte (AG): A commune in the province of Agrigento. Population: 4,480 (2006e).
Recale (CE): A commune in the province of Caserta. Population: 7,268 (2006e).
Redemptorists: A congregation founded in 18th Century Naples by St. Alfonse Liguori. It was so-named to honor the Most Holy Redeemer.
Regalbuto (EN): A commune in the province of Enna. Population: 7,700 (2006e).
Reggio di Calabria, Province of: A province in Calabria. Population: 563,912 (2007e).
Reggio di Calabria (RC): A commune and provincial capital of the province of Reggio Calabria.
Reggio Calabria – Bova, Archdiocese of: A Metropolitan archdiocese in the Ecclesiastical Region of Calabria.
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