Nocera dei Pagani

Nocera dei Pagani (also Nocera de' Pagani) or Nuceria Paganorum is the name under which was known in the past, between the 16th century and 1806, a civitas that included a large portion of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese, composed of 5 existing municipalities: Nocera Inferiore, Nocera Superiore, Pagani, Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino and Corbara. Ugo dei Pagani came from Nocera dei Pagani. Reference to Nocera as his birthplace is found at least as early as Baedeker's Southern Italy (1869)[1] and is also found in the Old Catholic Encyclopedia.[2] Two more recent writers say that the theory is supported by a letter that Hugues wrote from Palestine in 1103, in which he talked of writing to "my father in Nocera" to tell him of the death of his cousin Alessandro.[3][4]

Nocera dei Pagani
Comune
Nuceria Paganorum
Views of Nocera dei Pagani.
Location of Nocera dei Pagani
Nocera dei Pagani
Location of Nocera dei Pagani in Italy
Nocera dei Pagani
Nocera dei Pagani (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°44′N 14°37′E
CountryItaly
RegionCampania
ProvinceProvince of Salerno
Area
 • Total112.87 km2 (43.58 sq mi)
Demonym(s)Nucerin
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84010; 84014 to 84016
Patron saintSt. Alphonse
Saint dayAugust 1

See also

Notes
  1. Karl Baedeker, Italy: handbook for travellers. Part 3 (Coblenz, 1869) p. 145
  2. Nocera dei Pagani in Catholic Encyclopedia vol. 11 (1911)
  3. Rotundo, Domenico (1983). Templari, misteri e cattedrali. Rome. p. 38. ISBN 9788865010006. Retrieved 25 May 2012. Ho scritto a mio padre in Nocera che mi faccia gratia venire a Rossano per consolare V.S. et a Madama Zia Hippolita
  4. Mario Moiraghi, L'Italiano che fondò i Templari. Hugo de Paganis cavaliere di Campania (Edizioni Ancora, 2005. ISBN 978-8851402792) See interview with Moiraghi
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