Cittaducale (locally ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about northeast of

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and about southeast of

Rieti Rieti (; , Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region. T ...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,799 and an area of . It was once part of the Abruzzi Region.All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Cittaducale contains the ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Santa Rufina, Grotti, Calcariola, Pendenza, Cesoni, and Micciani. Cittaducale borders the following municipalities: Borgo Velino,

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, Longone Sabino, Micigliano,

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Bishopric

With territory taken from the diocese of

Pope Alexander VI Pope Alexander VI (, , ; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: ''Valentinus'' ("The Valencian"); – 18 August 1503) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503. Born into t ...

made Cittaducale the seat of a new diocese on 24 January 1502, but in view of the objections raised by

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Giovanni Colonna, who was administrator of the diocese of Rieti,

Pope Julius II Pope Julius II (; ; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 144321 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1503 to his death, in February 1513. Nicknamed the Warrior Pope, the Battle Pope or the Fearsome ...

suppressed the new see on 8 November 1505. However, after the cardinal's death and at the request of the bishop of Rieti, the same pope restored the diocese on 16 October 1508. The diocese continued as a residential see until the death of its bishop Pasquale Martini in 1798, after which it was entrusted to a vicar of the bishop of Rieti until

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united it on 27 June 1818 to the archdiocese of

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. Finally, in 1976 it became again part of the diocese of Rieti, as it had been originally. No longer a residential bishopric, Cittaducale is today listed by the

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as a

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.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 871

Demographic evolution

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Transport

Cittaducale has a station on the

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, with trains to

Terni Terni ( ; ; ) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria, in Central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera (Tiber), River Nera. It is northeast ...

and

References

External links

www.comunecittaducale.it/
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