Aquino
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| Comune di Aquino | |||
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| Coordinates: 41°30′N 13°42′E / 41.5°N 13.7°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Lazio | ||
| Province | Frosinone (FR) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Antonino Grincia | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) | ||
| Population (1 December 2009) | |||
| • Total | 5,369 | ||
| • Density | 282.6/km2 (731.9/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Aquinati | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 03031 | ||
| Dialing code | 0776 | ||
| Patron saint | Saints Thomas of Aquino and Constantius | ||
| Saint day | March 7 and September 1 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Aquino is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of Italy, 12 km northwest of Cassino.
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[edit] History
The ancient Aquinum was a municipium in the time of Cicero, and made a colony by the Triumviri. It was crossed by the Via Latina.
Aquinum is thought to be the birthplace of the poet Juvenal, and was that of the emperor Pescennius Niger.
The earliest recorded Catholic Bishop of Aquino was Bishop Giovino in 593AD.
Aquino's patron saint is San Costanzo, or St. Constantius (different from St. Constantius of Perugia).
St. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 in the castle of Roccasecca, 8 kilometres northwards.
[edit] Main sights
One of the gates through which the Via Latina passed, now called Porta S. Lorenzo, is still well preserved, and there are remains within the walls (portions of which, built of large blocks of limestone, still remain) of two (so called) temples, a basilica and an amphitheatre.
Outside, on the south is a well-preserved triumphal arch with composite capitals, and close to it the basilica of Santa Maria Libera, a 9th century building in the Romanesque style erected over the remains of an ancient temple of Hercules Liberator, now roofless. Several Roman inscriptions are built into it, and many others that have been found indicate the ancient importance of the place, which, though it does not appear in early history, is vouched for by Cicero and Strabo.
[edit] References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01662b.htm - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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