Santa Sofia d'Epiro

Santa Sofia d'Epiro
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Cosenza  (CS)
Coordinates	39 ° 33 '  N , 16 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 33 '0 "  N , 16 ° 20' 0"  E
height	558  m slm
surface	39 km²
Residents	2,407 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	62 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	87048
prefix	0984
ISTAT number	078133
Popular name	Sofioti (Arbëresh Shënsofjotë)
Patron saint	Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (May 2nd), Sophia of Milan (September 17th)
Website	Santa Sofia d'Epiro
Santa Sofia d'Epiro

Santa Sofia d'Epiro (in Arbëresh , IPA : [ar'bəreʃ] : Shën Sofia ) is an Italian municipality in the province of Cosenza in Calabria with 2407 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

The municipality of Santa Sofia d'Epiro (Bashkia e Shën Sofia) has had a municipal partnership ( Unione Arbëria ) with four other Arbëresh communities in the province of Cosenza: San Demetrio Corone , San Cosmo Albanese , San Giorgio Albanese and Vaccarizzo Albanese .

Location and dates

Santa Sofia d'Epiro is located about 45 km north of Cosenza . The neighboring municipalities are Acri , Bisignano , Tarsia and the Arbëresh municipality of San Demetrio Corone .

history

See also : Albanian immigration to Italy (1468–1506)

Santa Sofia d'Epiro was repopulated by Albanian refugees (Arbëresh) in 1472 .

Attractions

• historical old city
• Palazzo Bugliaro from 1848 with the Museo del costume Arbëresh in Via Gramsci
• Monumental work of art “The Albanians in Italy” in front of the museum
• Monument to Francesco Bugliari ( Bishop and President of the Italo-Albanian College of Sant'Adriano in San Demetrio Corone) in Vico Pasquale Baffi
• Monument to Pasquale Baffi , Italian revolutionary in Via D'Epiro, 48
• Chiesa Sant'Atanasio il Grande in Piazza Sant'Atanasio
• 10th century Chiesa Santa Sofia in Via Castriota
• Chiesa Santa Venere (Parasceve) from 1600 in Via Trieste / SP 237
• Cappella di Sant'Atanasio in Contrada Monogò
• Cappella dell'Annunciazione
• Cappella dell'Immacolata Concezione
• Cappella della Madonna del Carmelo
• Cappella di San Giuseppe
• Cappella di San Nicola

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Francesco Bugliari (1742–1806), ordaining bishop of the Arbëresh with a Greco-Byzantine rite , president of the Italian-Albanian college of Sant'Adriano in San Demetrio Corone and titular bishop in Thagaste (1792–1806)
• Pasquale Baffi (1749–1799), teacher of the Greek language and literature, translator and poet
• Angelo Masci (1758–1821), writer and lawyer
• Giuseppe Bugliari (1813–1888), Papas
• Giuseppe Maria Baffa (1828–1875), Garibaldino Major
• Demetrio Baffa (1834–1911), Garibaldino Lieutenant General and Italian patriot
• Emiliano Fabbricatore (1938–2019), religious, Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata

People related to the place

• Anna Maria Bugliari (* 1934), Italian actress and Miss Italy 1950

Remarks

1. ↑ Secular clergyman in the Eastern Church
2. ↑ Volunteer soldier who served in the numerous military formations under Giuseppe Garibaldi or was inspired by his ideals.

literature

• Innocenzo Mazziotti: Immigrazioni albanesi in Calabria nel XV secolo e la colonia di San Demetrio Corone (1471-1815) . Il Coscile Editore, Castrovillari 2004, ISBN 88-87482-61-6 (Italian).
• Unione Arberia (brochure) . Grafica Pollino, Castrovillari (Italian).

Web links

Commons : Santa Sofia d'Epiro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vergine con bambino in Santa Sofia (Madonna and Child in Santa Sofia). Retrieved March 2, 2017 (Italian). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ AA. VV .: Dizionario di toponomastica. Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani . Garzanti, Milan 1996, p. 599 (Italian).