Santa Severina trip planner

Santa Severina is a town and comune in the province of Crotone, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.NameThe name derives from ancient Siberine (῾Αγία Σεβερίνη, Σεβεριάνη). There is no Saint named Severina in the Greek or Roman calendar of saints.HistoryIt is the birthplace of Pope Zachary and also of Henry Aristippus, who was a religious scholar and writer at the court of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily.Ecclesiastical HistoryThe bishopric -established around 400 AD- and -since around 100 AD- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Severina (v.) was suppressed on 30 September 1986, its title and territory being merged into the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Crotone–Santa Severina.GeographyThe town is bordered by Belvedere di Spinello, Caccuri, Castelsilano, Rocca di Neto, Roccabernarda, San Mauro Marchesato and Scandale.CultureThere is a cultural festival which is held each year in August in Santa Severina, focusing on traditional Italian music.

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