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    Siponto (Latin: Sipontum, Greek: Σιπιούς) was an ancient port town and bishopric of Magna Graecia in Apulia, southern Italy. The town was abandoned after...
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    9 miles) to the southwest is the former Siponto Cathedral, now the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore di Siponto, built in 1117 in the Romanesque style,...
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    of the archdiocese of Siponto. In 1223, a major earthquake centered on Monte Gargano destroyed nearly every building in Siponto. The tremors continued...
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    Maggiore di Siponto is a church approximately three miles south of Manfredonia, Apulia, southern Italy. Once the cathedral of the city of Siponto, it received...
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  • Lawrence or Saint Laurence may also refer to: Laurence of Siponto (died c. 545), bishop of Siponto in Italy Laurence of Canterbury (died 619), second Archbishop...
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  • Laurence of Siponto, also known as Laurence Maioranus (Italian: Lorenzo Maiorano) (d. 7 February, c. 545), is an Italian saint, patron of the city of...
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    by the acronym Ribmaṣ ריבמץ; c. 1090–1160), was a rabbinic scholar from Siponto, Italy, and one of the first medieval scholars to have composed a commentary...
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  • Saint Justin of Siponto, as well as Saints Florentius, Felix, and Justa, are venerated as Christian martyrs by the Catholic Church. Information about...
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    Tours. In the same year he presided over provincial synods at Salerno, Siponto and Vercelli, and in September revisited his native Germany, returning...
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    the Kozak martyr, St Pachomius." Bishop Laurence of Siponto (called Majoranus), was Bishop of Siponto in Italy from 492. He built the church of St Michael...
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