The religious institutions From
the year 1053 the city becomes an Episcopalian venue
immediately subject to the Santa Sede with the first bishop
Azzolino; it numbers among the pastors of its Church
prelates of high cultural prestige among which Guitmondo II,
perhaps among the most eminent men, theologian, author of
the treatises on the Eucarestia, on the Confession, on the
SS. Trinità. Aversum studiis, philosophos tuis Beyond
to the important Episcopalian venue that linked the most
ancient dioceses of Cuma,
Literno
e Atella,
the town numbers the ancient coenobitio centre of San
Lorenzo, even it immediately subject to the Santa Sede,
that, with the feminine coenobitic centre of San Biagio
constituted important points of monkish reference of
prestige and boast in Italy. The Convent of San Lorenzo is
known also for the captivity and staying of famous men: Pope
Urban II, St. Anselm of Aosta, Antipope Alberto of the
Sabina, called even of Aversa, gone to the pontifical seat
during the schism against Pascal II who remained there
imprisoned from 1101 till his death. |
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