Caltabellotta

 ( Cities And Towns In Sicily ) 

Caltabellotta (Sicilian: Cataviḍḍotta) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Agrigento, in the Italy region Sicily, located about south of Palermo and about northwest of Agrigento. In addition to the main portion of Caltabellotta, the comune also contains the frazione of Sant'Anna.

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History Caltabellotta has been identified with the ancient Sicani town of Triocala, captured by the ancient Rome in 99 BC. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire and several centuries under the Byzantine Empire, it was stormed by the Arabs, who later built here a castle. In 1090 it was conquered by the Italo-Normans of Roger I of Sicily.

The diocese of Triocala, called in Latin Trecalae in the Catholic Church's list of , Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ), p. 996 is mentioned in the 6th-century Synecdemus as Τρόκαλις (Trocalis). Hieroclis Synecdemus et notitiae graecae episcopatuum, accedunt Nili Doxapatrii notitia patriarchatuum et locorum nomina immutata, ex recognitione Gustavi Parthey, Berlin 1866, p. 77 (nº 586)

Its reputed first bishop was Saint Pellegrino, a disciple of Saint Peter. Historical documents give the names of four bishops of the see:Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Venezia 1870, vol. XXI, pp. 606–607

• Peter, mentioned in two letters of Pope Gregory I in about 598;
• Maximus, who took part in the Lateran Council of 649 called by Pope Martin I;
• Gregory, who signed the acts of the Third Council of Constantinople in 680;
• John, who participated in the Second Council of Nicaea

The town was the location of the Peace of Caltabellotta (1302) which ended the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

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People

• Pedro de Luna - Peralta y Medici-Salviati

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Sources

• Trigilia, Melchiorre (2011). S. Pellegrino di Caltabellotta. Caltabellotta.

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External links

• Official website
• Local portal

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