Piperno is a town of the province of Rome

Rome

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 in Lazio region, central Italy

Italy

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. It is 98 km (60.9 mi) southeast of Rome by rail. The population of the town in 1901 was 6,736.

The town has a picturesque piazza, with a Gothic

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

 cathedral built in 1283. A Gothic palazzo pubblico and other Gothic churches exist in the town. Polygonal terrace walls of the pre-Roman period exist at various places in the vicinity.

It was the birthplace of the canonist Reginald of Piperno

Reginald of Piperno

Reginald of Piperno was an Italian Dominican, theologian and companion of St. Thomas Aquinas.-Biography:He was born at Piperno about 1230. He entered the Dominican Order at Naples. St. Thomas Aquinas chose him as his socius and confessor at Rome about 1260...

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