Forum Clodii, is a
post station on the
Via Clodia, about 23 miles (37 km) northwest of
Rome (not 32 miles as in the ''Antonine Itinerary''), situated above the western bank of the Lacus Sabatinus (now known as
Lake Bracciano), and connected with the
Via Cassia at Vacanae by a branch road which ran round the north side of the lake.
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The site is marked by the church of Saints Marcus, Marcianus and Liberatus, which was founded in the 8th or 9th century AD. Inscriptions mentioning the ''Foro Clodienses'' have come to light on the spot; and an inscription of the Augustan period, which probably stood over the door of a villa, calls the place ''Pausilypon'' – a name justified by the beauty of the site.
Ecclesiastical history
In about AD 300 a bishopric was established here as Diocese of Forum Clodii
In about AD 600 it was renamed in (Curiate) Italian as
Diocese of Monterano (viz.; apparently after its nearby 'new' see)
Monterano
Canale Monterano is a ''comune'' (municipality), former bishopric and Latin titular see in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the central Italian region of Lazio (Ancient Latium).
Canale Monterano, located about northwest of Rome, borders the foll ...
(in modern municipality
Canale Monterano, in the
Metropolitan City of Rome
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital ( it, Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale) is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Lazio region of the Republic of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Rome and 120 o ...
), however still known as Forum Clodii, or Manturanum (Curiate
Middle Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying deg ...
), which was suppressed around AD 900.
After its nominal restoration in 1966, the Latin
titular bishopric again has the double name of Forum Claudii in Latin and Monterano in Curiate Italian.
References
* This work in turn cites:
** ''Notizie degli scavi'' (1889), 5.
** D. Vaglieri, ibid. (1895), 342.
Sources and external links
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Roman waystations in Italy
Bracciano
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