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NOCERA INFERIORE , formerly NOCERA DEI PAGANI (anc. Nuceria Alfaterna, q.v.), a town and episcopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, at the foot of Monte Albino
Helena
village
Maggiore , dating from the 4th century. Its chief
dome , ceiled with stone internally, but covered externally with a false roof. It is supported by 40 ancient columns, and in its construction resembles S Stefano Rotondo in Rome. The walls are covered with frescoes of the 14th century.At an early date the city became an episcopal see, and in the 12th century it sided with Innocent II. against Roger of Sicily, and suffered severely for its choice. A colony of Saracens introduced by Frederick II. probably gave rise to the epithet (" of the pagans ") by which it was so long distinguished, as well as to the town of Pagani, which lies about i m. to the west. In 1385 Pope Urban VI. was besieged in the castle of Charles of Durazzo. Nocera was the birthplace of Solimena the painter and of Hugo de' Pagani, the founder of the Templars; and in the list
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