Mineo
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Mineo
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| Comune di Mineo | |
 Panorama of Mineo | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Mineo Location of Mineo in Italy  Mineo Mineo (Sicily) | |
| Coordinates: 37°16′N 14°41′E / 37.267°N 14.683°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Metropolitan city | Catania (CT) |
| Frazioni | Borgo Pietro Lupo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Anna Aloisi |
| Area | |
• Total | 244 km2 (94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 511 m (1,677 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2015)[2] | |
• Total | 5,203 |
| • Density | 21.3/km2 (55.2/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Italian: menenini Sicilian: minioli |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 95044 |
| Dialing code | 0933 |
| Patron saint | Agrippina of Mineo |
| Saint day | last two Sundays in August |
| Website | comune |
Mineo (Sicilian: Minìu; Ancient Greek: Μέναιον, Μέναινον or Μεναί;[3] Latin: Menaeum, Menaenum or Menae) is a town[4] and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania, part of Sicily, Italy. It lies 64 kilometres (40 mi) southwest of Catania, 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Ragusa, 54 kilometres (34 mi) from Gela, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Caltagirone.
Diodorus Siculus states that Ducetius founded Menaenum and distributed the surrounding land among settlers.[5] Later, the city was captured by Dionysius I of Syracuse.[6]
It has approximately 5,600 inhabitants. It serves as the center of the cult of Saint Agrippina of Mineo.
Among the churches in the town are:
It is also a site of interest since Luigi Capuana, one of Italy's most famous writers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, hailed from Mineo and was at one time the town's mayor. Mineo now houses a small library and museum dedicated to Capuana.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §M444.12
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library, 11.78
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library, 14.78
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