Trinitapoli is a town and ''
comune
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province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
The Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani is a province of Italy in the Apulia region. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on 21 May 2010.
It was created from 10 municipalit ...
in the
Apulia
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region of southeast
Italy
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A few kilometres from the town are the ruins of Salapia (later called Salpia and Salpi), which was already a bishopric by 314, when its bishop Pardus took part in the
Council of Arles
Arles (ancient Arelate) in the south of Roman Gaul (modern France) hosted several councils or synods referred to as ''Concilium Arelatense'' in the history of the early Christian church.
Council of Arles in 314
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. The town flourished from the 11th to the 13th centuries but its later decline was sealed when the episcopal see was suppressed in 1547 and its territory united to that of
Trani
Trani () is a seaport of Apulia, in southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, by railway west-northwest of Bari. It is one of the capital cities of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani.
History
Overview
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[On the history of the diocese see Pietro di Biase, ''Puglia medievale e insediamenti scomparsi''. ''La vicenda di Salpi'', Fasano, 1985, pp. 233-254; Pasquale Corsi, Pietro di Biase, ''Documenti vaticani relativi alla diocesi di Salpi (1237-1544)'', Trinitapoli, 1994; the entry "Salpi" by Pietro di Biase in ''Cronotassi, iconografia ed araldica dell'episcopato pugliese'', Bari, 1986]
References
Cities and towns in Apulia
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