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Diocese Of San Miniato
The Diocese of San Miniato () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Tuscany. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Florence."Diocese of San Miniato" ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 7 October 2016. "Diocese of San Miniato" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 7 October 2016. History In 12 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
San Miniato
San Miniato is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pisa, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. San Miniato sits at a historically strategic location atop three small hills where it dominates the lower Arno valley, between the valleys of the Egola and Elsa rivers. It used to carry the additional sobriquet al Tedesco ("to the German") to distinguish it from the convent of San Miniato al Monte in Florence, which is about to the northeast. History In medieval times, San Miniato was on the via Francigena, which was the main connecting route between northern Europe and Rome. It also sits at the intersection of the Florence-Pisa and the Lucca-Siena roads. Over the centuries, San Miniato was therefore exposed to a constant flow of friendly and hostile armies, traders in all manner of goods and services, and other travellers from near and far. Archaeological evidence indicates that the site of the town and the surrounding area has been settled since at least the Paleolithic era. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
