VEROLI (anc. Verulae)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 1033
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
VEROLI (anc. Verulae)
, a town and episcopal see of the province of Rome, Italy, to m. by road N.E. of Frosinone, 187o ft. above sea-level
.
Pop
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(19o1) 2622 (town);' 12,655 ( commune)
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The town is situated on a See also: - HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
in a strong position with a fine view, on the site of the ancient Hernican town of Verulae, 7 M
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S.E. of Aletrium
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It retains remains of its ancient polygonal enceinte, especially near the summit of the hill, later occupied by a medieval castle
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It is hardly mentioned in history: we know that it became a municipium in 90 B.C
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The cathedral treasury contains the breviary of S
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See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
of Toulouse, and some interesting reliquaries, one in ivory with bas-reliefs, and two in the Gothic style, of silver gilt
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