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NOCERA INFERIORE

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 730 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NOCERA INFERIORE , formerly NOCERA DEI PAGANI (anc. Nuceria Alfaterna, q.v.), a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Salerno, at the See also:foot of See also:Monte See also:Albino, 23 M. E.S.E. of See also:Naples by See also:rail, 135 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901) 11,933 (town); 20,064 (See also:commune). Nocera is connected with Codola on the See also:line from Naples to See also:Avellino by a See also:branch railway (3 m.). In the old See also:castle See also:Helena, the widow of See also:Manfred, died after the See also:battle of See also:Benevento, and here See also:Urban VI. imprisoned the cardinals who favoured the antipope See also:Clement VII. Two See also:miles to the E. near the See also:village of Nocera Superiore is the circular See also:church of Sta Maria See also:Maggiore, dating from the 4th See also:century. Its See also:chief feature is its See also:dome, ceiled with See also:stone internally, but covered externally with a false roof. It is supported by 40 See also:ancient columns, and in its construction resembles S Stefano Rotondo in See also:Rome. The walls are covered with frescoes of the 14th century. At an See also:early date the See also:city became an episcopal see, and in the 12th century it sided with See also:Innocent II. against See also:Roger of See also:Sicily, and suffered severely for its choice.

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colony of See also:Saracens introduced by See also:Frederick II. probably gave rise to the epithet (" of the pagans ") by which it was so See also:long distinguished, as well as to the town of Pagani, which lies about i m. to the See also:west. In 1385 See also:Pope Urban VI. was besieged in the castle of See also:Charles of Durazzo. Nocera was the birthplace of Solimena the painter and of See also:Hugo de' Pagani, the founder of the See also:Templars; and in the See also:list of its bishops appears the name of See also:Paulus See also:Jovius.

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