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Hispellum (modern Spello) was an
ancient town of Umbria, Italy, 6 km (3.7 mi)
north of
Fulginiae on the road to Perusia. The site of
Hispellum was significant...
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Spello (in Antiquity:
Hispellum) is an
ancient town and
comune (township) of Italy, in the
province of
Perugia in eastern-central Umbria, on the lower...
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ancient Sanctuary of
Venus at
Hispellum (modern Spello) was a
grandiose theatre-temple-amphitheatre complex,
today located partially in the grounds...
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records his
visit toward the end of the
first century AD: "The
people of
Hispellum, to whom the
place was made over as a free gift by Augustus, have provided...
- sacrifice. The
ancient sanctuary to
Venus (or her
Umbrian equivalent) at
Hispellum was an
important sacred place for
Umbrian tribes from the 3rd c. BC and...
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resigned that
position in 1968 and was
appointed a
titular bishop of
Hispellum the same month. He
became the
oldest living Roman Catholic bishop on 6...
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mentioned by Propertius,
whose family was from the area (from ****isium,
Hispellum, or
Mevania itself): they may
refer to Mevania.
Mevania is specifically...
- last year of his life,
Constantine wrote a
letter to the
citizens of
Hispellum,
granting its
people the
right to
celebrate his rule with gladiatorial...
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Umbria Umbrian foundation,
according to some
authors in 1480 a.C.
Cornelia Hispellum Spello Umbria Umbrian Lemonia, then
Julia Splendidissima colonia Julia...
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March 2019 by
Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi,
Titular Archbishop of
Hispellum.
Bishop Théophile Naré was
appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Roman...
