Cannae (now , ) is an ancient village of the region of south east Italy. It is a (civil parish) of the (municipality) of . Cannae was formerly a bishopric, and is a Latin Catholic titular see (as of 2022).
Geography
The commune of Cannae is situated near the river (ancient names or ), on a hill on the right (i.e., south) bank, southwest of its mouth, and southwest of .
History It is primarily known for the Battle of Cannae, in which the numerically superior Roman army suffered a disastrous defeat by Hannibal in 216BC. There is considerable controversy as to whether the battle took place on the right or the left bank of the river.
Later, the place became a , and the remains of an unimportant Roman town still exist upon the hill known as . In the Middle Ages, probably after the destruction of in the 9th century, it became a bishopric. It again saw military action in the second battle of Cannae, twelve centuries after the more famous one (1018). The Byzantine , , successfully drove off the invading Lombard and Norman army.Gordon S. Brown, The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily, (London: McFarland 2003), p. 22. The town was wrecked in 1083 by Robert Guiscard, who left only the cathedral and the bishop's residence,Benigni, Umberto. "Trani and Barletta." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. Retrieved: 26 November 2022. and was ultimately destroyed in 1276.
See also Battle of Cannae (216 BC) Battle of Cannae (1018) Battle of Montemaggiore List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
References
Bibliography Berry, Small, Talbert, Elliott, Gillies, Becker, 'Cannae' in Pleiades Gazetteer: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442523
Gams, Pius Bonifacius Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, reprint: Leipzig 1931, pp. 865–866.
Hammond, N.G.L. & Scullard, H.H. (Eds.) (1970). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . p. 201. Pius VII (1818), "De utiliori," in: Bullarii romani continuatio, Vol. XV, Rome 1853, pp. 56–61.
External links GCatholic – data on former and titular bishopric