CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI (anc. Forum Iulii)

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CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI (anc. Forum Iulii) , a town of Venetia, Italy, in the province of Udine, io m. E. by N. by rail from the town of Udine; 453 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1901) town, 4143; commune, 9061. It is situated on the river Natisone, which forms a picturesque ravine here. It contains some interesting relics of the art of the 8th century. The

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

of the 15th century contains an octagonal

marble

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApľapos, shining stone)

canopy with sculptures in relief, with a font below it belonging to the 8th century, but altered later. The high altar has a fine silver altar front of 1185. The museum contains various Roman and Lombard antiquities, and valuable MSS. and works of art in gold, silver and

ivory

IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

formerly belonging to the

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

chapter. The small church of S. Maria in Valle belongs to the 8th century, and contains fine decorations in stucco which probably belong to the itth or 12th century. The fine 15th-century Ponte del

Diavolo

DIAVOLO, FRA (1771-1806)

leads to the church of S. Martino, which contains an altar of the 8th century with reliefs executed by order of the Lombard king Ratchis. At Cividale were born

Paulus

PAULUS
PAULUS (older form PAur.Lus), LUCIUS AEMILIUS
PAULUS, HEINRICH

Diaconus, the historian of the Lombards in the time of Charlemagne, and the actress Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906).
The Roman town (a municipium) of Forum Iulii was founded either by

Julius

JULIUS

Caesar or by

Augustus

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

, no doubt at the same time as the construction of the Via Iulia Augusta, which passed through Utina (Udine) on its way north. After the decay of Aquileia and Iuiium Carnicum (Zuglio) it became the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

town of the

district

DISTRICT

of Friuli and gave its name to it. The patriarchs of Aquileia resided here from 773 to 1031, when they returned to Aquileia, and finally in 1238 removed to Udine. This last

change

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. Ťa urmu', to bend)

of residence was the origin of the antagonism between Cividale and Udine, which was only terminated by their surrender to Venice in 1419 and 1420 respectively.

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