Ofena

Comune in Abruzzo, Italy

Location of Ofena

42°19′36″N 13°45′35″E / 42.32667°N 13.75972°E / 42.32667; 13.75972CountryItalyRegionAbruzzoProvinceL'Aquila (AQ)FrazioniCappuccini, Frasca, VolpeGovernment

• MayorAntonio Silveri (Civic list Uniti per Ofena)Area

^[1]

• Total36.72 km² (14.18 sq mi)Elevation

531 m (1,742 ft)Population

(1 January 2017)^[2]

• Total492 • Density13/km² (35/sq mi)DemonymOfenesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

67025

Dialing code0862Saint day8 May

Ofena (Abruzzese: Ofenë) is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is located in the natural park known as the "Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park". The comune/village is home to a vast and rich history of a community that has existed for many hundreds of years.

History

A letter of Pope Simplicius dated 19 November 475 speaks of a Bishop Gaudentius of Aufinium, the Latin name by which the town was known, against whom three neighbouring bishops had laid complaints.^[3]^[4]^[5]

No longer a residential bishopric, Aufinium is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.^[6]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
^ Luigi Mezzadri, Maurizio Tagliaferri, Elio Guerriero, Le diocesi d'Italia, San Paolo, 2008, vol. III, p. 842
^ Valerio Neri, I marginali nell'Occidente tardoantico, Edipuglia 1998, pp. 106–107
^ Francesco Lanzoni, Le origini delle diocesi antiche d'Italia, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1923, pp. 238 e 245
^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 944