Ofena (Abruzzese: Ofenë) is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is located in the natural park known as the "Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park". The comune/village is home to a vast and rich history of a community that has existed for many hundreds of years.
History
A letter of Pope Simplicius dated 19 November 475 speaks of a Bishop Gaudentius of Aufinium, the Latin name by which the town was known, against whom three neighbouring bishops had laid complaints.[3][4][5]
No longer a residential bishopric, Aufinium is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[6]
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ^ Luigi Mezzadri, Maurizio Tagliaferri, Elio Guerriero, Le diocesi d'Italia, San Paolo, 2008, vol. III, p. 842
- ^ Valerio Neri, I marginali nell'Occidente tardoantico, Edipuglia 1998, pp. 106–107
- ^ Francesco Lanzoni, Le origini delle diocesi antiche d'Italia, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1923, pp. 238 e 245
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 944
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