Trivento is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) and Catholic episcopal see in the

Province of Campobasso A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

in the southern

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

, 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 Sann ...

. Trivento borders the following municipalities: Castelguidone, Castelmauro, Civitacampomarano,

Lucito Lucito is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso. Lucito borders the following municipalities: Castelbottaccio, Castellino del Biferno, Civitacampomarano, Limosa ...

Roccavivara Roccavivara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso. Roccavivara borders the following municipalities: Castelguidone, Castelmauro, Celenza sul Trigno, Montefal ...

, Salcito, San Biase,

Sant'Angelo Limosano Sant'Angelo Limosano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 380 and an area of .All demographics and other st ...

and

Schiavi di Abruzzo Schiavi di Abruzzo is a hill town in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, central Italy. It is located in the Apennine Mountains, in the southernmost portion of the Abruzzo region, on border with the Molise region. It is , from the Adriatic Sea, ...

. Its church of Ss. Nazario, Celso e Vittore, dedicated to St. Nazarius, St. Celsus and St. Victor, is the

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

episcopal see of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Trivento The Diocese of Trivento ( la, Dioecesis Triventinus) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. The Diocese of Trivento is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdio ...

References

External links

Official website

Associazione Turistica PRO LOCO Trivento

Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub