NORCIA (anc. Nursia)

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NORCIA (anc. Nursia) , a town and episcopal see of the province of Perugia, Italy, 29 M. E.N.E. of Spoleto by road, and 4o m. W,
of Ascoli Piceno, 198o ft. above sea-level, on the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-west important centres are Armentieres (cloth-weaving), Dunkirk foot-slopes of the Monti Sibillini, still surrounded by old walls:
Pep. (1901) 4261 (town), 9584 (commune). There are a cathedral, the church of St Benedict and other churches, with Romanesque 14th-century facades; the town-

hall

HALL
HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in
Tirol
- TIROL (or TYROL 1)
and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger.
Halle
- HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
- HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)
)
HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
EDWARD
- EDWARD
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EDWARD
- EDWARD
(c. 1498-1547)
HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

; and the prefecture, with Romanesque arcades. Much injury was done by earth-quakes in 1930 and 1859. The ancient Nursia was a Sabine city, though close to the Umbrian border. Its inhabitants fought in 43-41 B.C. against Octavian, and were punished by him for erecting a

monument

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

in honour of those who fell. It was governed by octoviri like other Sabine towns and became a municipium under the empire. At Ancarano near Norcia was situated a small pagus; remains of a temple were found there in 188o, which from the character of the objects seems to have been destroyed in the 5th century B.c. The tombs of the

district

DISTRICT

have also produced interesting early bronzes, &c., some of which go back to the 7th century B.C., and a fine funeral,couch decorated with sculptured pieces of bone. M. Guardabassi in Notizie degli scavi, 1878, 13 sqq.; 188o, 6 sqq.; A. Pasqui in Monumenti dei Lincei, i. (1891) 239. The town was the birthplace of Q. Sertorius (d. 72 B.C.), of Vespasia, mother of the emperor Vespasian of Plotina, wife of the emperor Trajan, and of St. Benedict, founder of the

Benedictine

BENEDICTINE

order, and of his

sister

SISTER

Scholastica. The town is famous for its pork and its cloth (the

term

TERM

norcineria for a pork butcher's shop is indeed used in Rome) and produces bricks and earthenware.
See F. Patrici Forti, Memorie storiche di Norcia (Norcia, 1869).

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