Piceno

Benedetto da Cingoli, called Piceno, and many other youths of no small promise, who daily offered her the first fruits of their genius.

Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 Julia Mary Cartwright Ady 1887

Ancient writers tell us that Hannibal, at a pit-stop along the way to Rome, had his horses rubbed down with red wine from Piceno to give them more energy and strength for the last part of the journey.

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From the Roman Martyrology:At Tolentino in Piceno, the departure from this life of St. Nicholas, confessor, of the order of the Hermits of St. Augustine.

St. Nicholas of Tolentino Argent 2006

Ciconom flumine, & in Piceno lacu velino, lignum deiectum, lapideo cortice obduci.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Ciconom flumine, & in Piceno lacu velino, lignum deiectum, lapideo cortice obduci.

A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

Iisdem fere temporibus in Gallia citeriore atque ulteriore, [208] item in agro Piceno, Bruttio, [209] Apulia motus erat.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

Celer cum tribus legionibus in agro Piceno praesidebat, ex difficultate rerum eadem illa existimans, quae supra diximus, Catilinam agitare.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

The city is situated on a pleasant eminence, and was anciently known as Æsis, the name likewise of the River Esino, which flows near the city and forms the boundary between Umbria and Piceno.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Cingoli, an ancient city of Piceno, is frequently named in connexion with the war between Cæsar and Pompey; its cathedral of Santa Maria is of the seventeenth century; the Gothic church of Sant'Esuperanzio is a notable temple.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Ascoli-Piceno contain 167 parishes; 305 churches, chapels, and oratories; 206 secular priests; 150 seminarians; 15 regular priests,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913