Trinitapoli

Comune in Apulia, Italy

Location of Trinitapoli

41°21′N 16°6′E / 41.350°N 16.100°E / 41.350; 16.100CountryItalyRegionApuliaProvinceBarletta-Andria-Trani (BT)FrazioniOfantinoGovernment

• MayorFrancesco di FeoArea

^[1]

• Total148.77 km² (57.44 sq mi)Population

(31 March 2018)^[2]

• Total14,604 • Density98/km² (250/sq mi)DemonymCasalini or TrinitapolesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

76015

Dialing code0883Patron saintSt. Stephen and Holy Mary of LoretoWebsiteOfficial website

Trinitapoli is a town and comune in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.

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. 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.^[3]

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)
^ 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