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Encyclopedia Britannica



NORCIA (anc. Nursia)

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 739 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NEW-NUM
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
 -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
 ; 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
  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
  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
  order, and of his
sister
  Scholastica. The town is famous for its pork and its cloth (the
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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