Melicuccà ( of honey-comb- ) , municipality of the province of Reggio (A3 Salerno-Reggio, Palmi output). The settlement did not appear before the 16th century, but the name appears in the 10th in the Bios of St. Elijah the Speleota: of his great Caves Monastery are nothing more than a small ravine in which miraculously continues to drip water as we read the same BIOS. Some relics of the saint are preserved in the parish (Catholic) of the town and the nearby seminary.
Pentidattilo (for penta-dactyl ), village of Melito di Porto Salvo (30 km from Reggio), 2 km from the SS 116 (and sea), gets its name from five-finger of reddish rock which dominates. In the parish church (Latin) a small marble plaque recalls the seventeenth century, the abolition of the rite greek ". The town is completely deserted, but - thanks to an agreement with the Orthodox parish of Reggio - you can stay for free in any of the typical houses recently restored by the ProLoco.
In 1595, the investigator found there a Protopapas ( first priest) single, 1 dittereo ( second priest) and 3 other priests, married; A married deacon as 4 other clerics, who served the churches of San Pietro (protopapale), San Nicola (dittereale), Saint Constantine and metamorphosis. The Inquisitor imposed, under pain of excommunication, to administer the sacraments secundum usum et ritum latinorum . It will probably be a popular revolt broke out, because the same investigator notes that after he was ordained (sic) to use the "greek rite."
Calanna (For Kalàmnis ), common to 18 km from Reggio, 511 meters above sea level. Keep some marble works of centuries XI \\ XII; the National Museum of Magna Grecia are filing a cross in the sixth century and contemporary medallion, steatite, depicting Saint George, found in the nearby countryside.
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