ROSSANO  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• COSENZA (anc. Consentia)

Cosenza, 24 M . N.N.E. from that See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• DIRECT

direct, with a station 4 M. distant on the See also:

• LINE

line from Metaponto to Reggio . Pop . (1901) 13,354 . It is picturesquely situated on a precipitous See also:

• SPUR (A.S. spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. M.H.G. sporn, mod. Ger. Sporn)

spur of the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• SILA

Sila overlooking the Gulf of See also:

• TARANTO (anc. Tarentum, q.v.)

Taranto, the highest See also:

• PART

part of the town being 975 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Rossano is the seat of an See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, and in the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral is preserved the Codex Rossanensis, an uncial MS. of the Gospels of See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew and See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark in See also:

• SILVER

silver characters on See also:

• PURPLE

purple vellum, with twelve miniatures, of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• ART

art, belonging to the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D . It was brought to See also:

• GROTTAFERRATA

Grottaferrata (q.v.) for the See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition of Byzantine art held there in 1905 . See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

Marble and See also:

• ALABASTER
• ALABASTER, or ARBLASTIER, WILLIAM (1567-1640)

alabaster quarries are worked in the neighbourhood . Mentioned in the Itineraries, Rossano (Roscianum) appears under the Latin See also:

• EMPIRE

empire as one of the important fortresses of Calabria . See also:

• TOTILA (d. 552)

Totila took it in 548 . The See also:

• PEOPLE

people showed great See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment to the Byzantine empire . In the 14th century Rossano was made a principality for the great See also:

• FAMILY

family of De Baux .

Passing to the See also:

• SFORZA
• SFORZA, CATERINA (1463-1509)

Sforza, and thus to See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, it was See also:

• UNITED

united in 1558 to the See also:

• CROWN

crown of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in virtue of a doubtful will by See also:

• BONA (BONE)
• BONA, JOHN (1609-1674)

Bona of Poland in favour of Giovanni Lorenzo Pappacoda . Under See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon and Bona of Poland the town had been a centre of See also:

• LITERARY

literary culture; but under the Spaniards it declined . The crown sold the lordship in 1612 to the Aldobrandini, and from them it passed to the See also:

• BORGHESI, BARTOLOMMEO (1781-1860)

Borghesi and the Caraffa . Rossano is best known as the birthplace of St Nilus the younger, whose See also:

• LIFE

life is the most valuable source of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information extant in regard to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of matters in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Italy in the loth century . See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John VII . (705–7) was also a native of the town . See F . See also:

• LENORMANT, FRANCOIS (1837–1883)

Lenormant, La Grande-Grece (1881), vol. i . 339 sqq .