Lettere is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Naples
The Metropolitan City of Naples ( it, Città metropolitana di Napoli) is an Italian metropolitan city in Campania region, established on 1 January 2015. Its capital city is Naples; within the city there are 92 comunes (municipalities).
It was ...
in the southern central
Italian region
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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, located about 30 km southeast of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
.
Lettere borders the following municipalities:
Angri,
Casola di Napoli
Casola di Napoli ( nap, Casola 'e Napule) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about southeast of Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολι ...
,
Corbara,
Gragnano
Gragnano, a hill town located between a mountain crest and the Amalfi Coast, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in southern Italy's Campania region, located about southeast of Naples city.
Gragnano borders the foll ...
,
Ravello
Ravello (Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' situated above the Amalfi Coast in the province of Salerno, Campania, Southern Italy, with approximately 2,500 inhabitants. Its scenic location makes it a popular tourist destination, and earned it a ...
,
Sant'Antonio Abate,
Tramonti.
It was built near Ancient
Liternum.
From 987 it was the see of a bishopric, which was renamed
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano (viz.) from 1169 till its merger into the
Diocese of Castellammare di Stabia. In 1968 it was nominally restored as Latin
Titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...
of Lettere.
See also
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List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
The following is the List of the Catholic dioceses in Italy. , the Catholic Church in Italy is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical regions. While they are similar to the 20 civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences. Most eccl ...
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic - residential and titular bishoppic
Cities and towns in Campania
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