Lettere is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Naples
The Metropolitan City of Naples () is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Naples. The province was established on 1 January 2015 and contains 92 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''). ...
in the southern central
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
, located about 30 km southeast of
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
.
Lettere borders the following municipalities:
Angri
Angri is a town and ''comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have ...
,
Casola di Napoli,
Corbara,
Gragnano,
Ravello
Ravello (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) situated above the Amalfi Coast (exactly 782 stairs above the town of Atrani), in the province of Salerno, Campania, with approximately 2,500 inhabitants. Its scenic location makes it a popular ...
,
Sant'Antonio Abate,
Tramonti.
It was built near Ancient
Liternum
Liternum was an ancient town of Campania, southern central Italy, near "Patria Lake", on the low sandy coast between Cumae and the mouth of the Volturno, Volturnus. It was probably once dependent on Cumae. In 194 BC it became a Roman colony. Altho ...
.
From 987 it was the see of a bishopric, which was renamed
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano was a Roman Catholicism in Italy, Latin Catholic diocese located in the Comune, commune of Lettere in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the southern-central Italian region Campania. In 1818, it was me ...
(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 archbish ...
of Lettere.
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
The following is a list of Catholic dioceses in Italy. , the Catholic Church in Italy is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical regions. While they are similar to the 20 Regions of Italy, civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences ...
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic - residential and titular bishoppic
Cities and towns in Campania
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