Roccascalegna (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 1,396 (2006e).
Roccasicura (IS): A commune in the province of Isernia. Population: 605 (2006e).
Roccaspinalveti (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 1,570 (2006e).
Roccavaldina (ME): A commune in the province of Messina.
Roccavivara (CB): A commune in the province of Campobasso. Population: 942 (2006e).
Roccella Ionica (RC): A commune in the province of Reggio Calabria.
Roccella Valdemone (ME): A commune in the province of Messina.
Rocchetta a Volturno (IS): A commune in the province of Isernia. Population: 1,071 (2006e).
Rocchetta e Croce (CE): A commune in the province of Caserta. Population: 512 (2006e).
Rocchetta Sant’Antonio (FG): A commune in the province of Foggia. Population: 2,032 (2006e).
Rodi Garganico (FG): A commune in the province of Foggia. Population: 3,695 (2006e).
Rodi Milici (ME): A commune in the province of Messina.
Rodriguez, Alonzo: (b. 1578, at Messina; d. 1648). Painter.
Rofrano (SA): A commune in the province of Salerno.
Roger I: Great Count of Sicily (r1071-1101). He was succeeded by his son Simon.
Roger I Borsa: Duke of Apulia & Calabria (r 1085-1111).
Roger II: Duke of Apulia & Calabria (r1127-1134); Count of Sicily (r1105-1130); King of Sicily (r1130-1154).
Roger III: Duke of Apulia & Calabria (r1134-1148) (opposed by Ranulf – r1137-1148). He was the son of Roger II, King of Sicily.
Roger III: King of Sicily (r1193-1194).
Roger IV: Duke of Apulia & Calabria (r1154-1161). On his death, the title of Duke of Apulia & Calabria was left vacant until 1189.
Roger V: Duke of Apulia & Calabria (r1189-1193).
Roggiano Gravina (CS): A commune in the province of Cosenza. Population: 7,555 (2006e).
Roghudi (RC): A commune in the province of Reggio Calabria.
Rogliano (CS): A commune in the province of Cosenza. Population: 5,958 (2006e).
Roio del Sangro (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 135 (2006e).
Romagnano al Monte (SA): A commune in the province of Salerno.
Roman Catholicism in Southern Italy (excluding Sardinia):
Roman Empire: At its height, during the reign of Trajan (d. AD 117), the Roman Empire encompassed an area of 2,200,000 sq. miles (5,698,000 sq. km.). If compared with the nations of the modern world, it would rank 7th in size, between Australia and India.
Roman Period: Roman Republic: In Sicily, the period from 241 to 31 BC. Roman Empire: 31 BC-AD 476.
Roman Roads of Southern Italy:
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Via Appia |
1st phase: 312 BC; Rome to Capua, built by Censor Appius Caecus 2nd phase: 250 BC; Capua to Beneventum, by Appius Claudius Pulcher 3rd phase: 214 BC; Beneventum to Brundisium (by 2 routes, one through Venusium and the other through Tarentum) |
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Via Aquilia |
From Capua, through Campania, Lucania, and Bruttium, to Rhegium. Constucted by M. Aquilius Gallus, proconsul, and praetor in Sicily |
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Via Campana |
See Via Consularis. |
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Via Consularis |
Sometimes called Via Campana. Between Capua and Cumae, with a branch to Puteoli. |
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Via Domitiana |
Coast road from Sinuessa to Surrentum, constructed by Emperor Domitian in the late 1st Century AD. |
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Via Egnatia |
A branch of the Via Appia, from Beneventum, through Canusium and Egnatia, to Brundisium. |
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Via Numicia |
From Corfinium, through northern Samnium, to Venusia. |
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Via Trajana |
A branch of the Via Appia, between Tarentum and Rhegium, on the coast. Repaired by Trajan. |
Romanus: Pope. (rAug-Nov 897).
Rombiolo (VV): A commune in the province of Vibo Valentia.
Rometta (ME): A commune in the province of Messina.
Rosa, Salvatore: (b. 1615, Naples; d. 1673). Painter and engraver.
rosabella, a: A variety of multi-part song.
Rosarno (RC): A commune in the province of Reggio Calabria.
Rosciano (PE): A commune in the province of Pescara.
Roscigno (SA): A commune in the province of Salerno.
Rose (CS): A commune in the province of Cosenza. Population: 4,354 (2006e).
Rosello (CH): A commune in the province of Chieti. Population: 313 (2006e).
Roseto Capo Spulico (CS): A commune in the province of Cosenza. Population: 1,822 (2006e).
Roseto Degli Abruzzi (TE): A commune in the province of Teramo.
Roseto Valfortore (FG): A commune in the province of Foggia. Population: 1,267 (2006e).
Rosolini (): A commune in the province of Siracusa.
Rossano (CS): A commune in the province of Cosenza. Population: 36,438 (2006e).
Rossano – Cariati, Archdiocese of:
Suffragans:
Metropolitan: Cosenza – Bisignano.
Conference Region: Calabria
Area: 1,415 km˛/ mi˛
Total Population: 120,446
Catholic Population:
Total Priests: 88(Diocesan: 66; Religious: 22)
Permanent Deacons: 3.
Male Religious:
Female Religious:
Parishes: 52.
History:
Rossi, Mariano: (b. 1731, at Sciacca [AG]; d. 1807). Painter.
Rota Greca (CS): A commune in the province of Cosenza. Population: 1,242 (2006e).
rotella rosa: a badge worn by Jews in the medieval kingdom of Sicily.
Rotello (CB): A commune in the province of Campobasso. Population: 1,294 (2006e).
Rotonda (PZ): A commune in the province of Potenza.