Gaetano Filangieri was an Italian jurist and philosopher.
Crescenzio Sepe is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Naples from 2006 to 2020. He served in the Roman Curia as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2001 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001. Before that he spent 25 years in increasingly important positions in the Roman Curia.
Cerreto Sannita is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km northwest of Benevento.
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was suppressed, and its territory and Catholic population united to the Diocese of Telese-Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.
The Archdiocese of Crotone-Santa Severina is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Calabria in southern Italy, created in 1986 when it was combined with the Diocese of Santa Severina. It is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace. In 2013 there was one priest for every 1,841 Catholics.
The Latin Catholic Diocese of Muro Lucano, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, existed until 1986. In that year it was united into the archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo.
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace in Calabria, has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the Archdiocese of Catanzaro became a metropolitan see, and was combined with the diocese of Squillace.
The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti, in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy, was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento from its creation in 969. In 1986, it was merged into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti, which continued as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.
Francesco Maria Giannotti was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Segni (1682–1699).
Francesco Onofrio Odierna was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Titular Bishop of Berytus (1727), Bishop of Valva e Sulmona (1717–1727) and Bishop of Bitetto (1669–1717).
Troilo Agnesi was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guardialfiera (1498–?), Bishop of Lavello (1487–1498), Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1483–1487), and Bishop of Penne e Atri (1482–1483).
Nicola De Giosa was an Italian composer and conductor active in Naples. He composed numerous operas, the most successful of which, Don Checco and Napoli di carnevale, were in the Neapolitan opera buffa genre. His other works included sacred music and art songs. His songs were particularly popular, bringing him fame as a salon composer both in Italy and abroad. De Giosa died in Bari, the city of his birth, at the age of 66.
Mario Aspa was an Italian composer. He composed over 40 operas, the most successful of which were Paolo e Virginia and II Muratore di Napoli. He also composed two ballets and a Requiem Mass which was performed on the death of Vittorio Emmanuele II in 1878.
The 1688 Sannio earthquake occurred in the late afternoon of June 5 in the province of Benevento of southern Italy. The moment magnitude is estimated at 7.0, with a Mercalli intensity of XI. It severely damaged numerous towns in a vast area, completely destroying Cerreto Sannita and Guardia Sanframondi. The exact number of victims is unknown, although it is estimated to total approximately 10,000. It is among the most destructive earthquakes in the history of Italy.
Luigi Moretti is an Italian Catholic archbishop. He was the Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno from 2010 to 2019.
Andrea Riccio was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (1505–1515).
Gaetano Manfredi is an Italian university professor and politician. He has been mayor of Naples since 2021, and has served as the Minister of University and Research in the second government of Giuseppe Conte from 2020 to 2021.
The Naples–Foggia railway is an Italian railway line connecting Naples, in Campania, with Foggia, in Apulia, crossing the Apennines at the saddle of Ariano through a series of tunnels.
Giuseppe Ambrosino Di Bruttopilo is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Catanzaro, on loan from Napoli.
The collegiate church of San Martino is a religious building located in the historic center of Cerreto Sannita.
