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Gnatia
40.8878° N, 17.3911° E
About
Gnatia, Egnatia or Ignatia (Greek: Egnatia) was an ancient city of the Messapii, and their frontier town towards the Salentini. As Egnazia Appula, it was a medieval bishopric, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. It is located near the modern Fasano, in Salento, the southern part of Puglia (Apulia) region in southern Italy.
Historical Timeline
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Roman consolidation
3rd century BC
Council participation by Bishop Rufentius
501–504
Diocese suppressed
545
Messapic era begins
8th century BC
Last explicit mention
c. 700
Monopoli contested
763
Louis II's conquest in the region
871
Iapyges invasion
11th century BC
First settlement
15th century BC
Titular see restored
June 2004
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