Mineo Explained

Mineo
Official Name:Comune di Mineo
Coordinates:37.2667°N 55°W
Region:Sicily
Metropolitan City:Catania (CT)
Frazioni:Borgo Pietro Lupo
Mayor:Anna Aloisi
Area Total Km2:244
Population Total:5203
Population As Of:1 January 2015
Population Demonym:Italian: menenini|links=no
Sicilian: minioli|links=no
Elevation M:511
Saint:Agrippina of Mineo
Day:last two Sundays in August
Postal Code:95044
Area Code:0933

Mineo (Sicilian: Minìu; Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μέναιον, Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μέναινον or Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μεναί;[1] Latin: Menaeum, Latin: Menaenum or Latin: Menae) is a town[2] and Italian: [[comune]] (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania, part of Sicily, Italy. It lies 64km (40miles) southwest of Catania, 56km (35miles) from Ragusa, 54km (34miles) from Gela, and 22km (14miles) from Caltagirone. It has approximately 5,600 inhabitants. It serves as the center of the cult of Saint Agrippina of Mineo.

Among the churches in the town are:

It is also a site of interest since Luigi Capuana, one of Italy's most famous writers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, hailed from Mineo and was at one time the town's mayor. Mineo now houses a small library and museum dedicated to Capuana.

Notes and References

  1. https://topostext.org/work/241#M444.12 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §M444.12
  2. Mineo.