Limosano is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) and Latin
titular see
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in the
Province of Campobasso
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in the southern
Italian
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region
Molise
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, located about northwest of
Campobasso
Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sa ...
.
Limosano borders the following municipalities:
Castropignano,
Fossalto,
Lucito,
Montagano
Montagano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso. Montagano rises on one side of the Biferno river, where once stood an ancient Samnite town where inhabitants ...
,
Petrella Tifernina
Petrella Tifernina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,280 and an area of .All demographics and other statis ...
,
Ripalimosani
Ripalimosani is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso.
Ripalimosani borders the following municipalities: Campobasso, Castropignano, Limosano, Matrice, Monta ...
,
Sant'Angelo Limosano. The village is a medieval town located on a
tuff
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hill.
History
The town originated in the early Middle Ages around a
Lombard castle.
From the mid-19th century through to the mid-20th century thousands emigrated from Limosano to Canada and the United States. A large proportion of the descendants of Limosano, once counting some 3,000 inhabitants, now live in
Toronto
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and the St. Catharines Niagara region of Ontario, Canada.
Titular see
Limosano was established as a titular see of the Catholic Church on 5 February 2018.
*Titular archbishop
Henryk Jagodziński (3 May 2020
– present)
References
Cities and towns in Molise
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