Caltabellotta

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Caltabellotta
Comune
Comune di Caltabellotta
Coat of arms
Location of Caltabellotta
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Coordinates: 37°35′N 13°13′E / 37.583°N 13.217°E / 37.583; 13.217
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Agrigento (AG)
Frazioni	Sant'Anna
Government
• Mayor	Paolo Luciano Segreto
Area [1]
• Total	124.09 km2 (47.91 sq mi)
Elevation	949 m (3,114 ft)
Population  (30 April 2017)[2]
• Total	3,601
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Demonym	Caltabellottesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	92010
Dialing code	0925
Patron saint	Saint Pellegrino
Saint day	18 August
Website	Official website

Caltabellotta (Sicilian: Cataviḍḍotta) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Agrigento, in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Palermo and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Agrigento. In addition to the main portion of Caltabellotta, the comune also contains the frazione of Sant'Anna.

Caltabellotta has been identified with the ancient town of the Sicani Triocala, captured by the Romans in 99 BC. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire and several centuries under the Byzantine Empire, it was stormed by the Arabs, who later built here a castle. In 1090 it was conquered by the Normans of Roger I of Sicily.

The diocese of Triocala, called in Latin Trecalae in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees,^[3] is mentioned in the 6th-century Synecdemus as Τρόκαλις (Trocalis).^[4]

Its reputed first bishop was Saint Pellegrino, a disciple of Saint Peter. Historical documents give the names of four bishops of the see:^[5]

• Peter, mentioned in two letters of Pope Gregory I in about 598;
• Maximus, who took part in the Lateran Council of 649 called by Pope Martin I;
• Gregory, who signed the acts of the Third Council of Constantinople in 680;
• John, who participated in the Second Council of Nicaea

The town was the location of the Peace of Caltabellotta (1302) which ended the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

• Pedro de Luna - Peralta y Medici-Salviati

• Trigilia, Melchiorre (2011). S. Pellegrino di Caltabellotta. Caltabellotta.

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• Official website
• Local portal