Santa Vittoria in Matenano is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Fermo

Province of Fermo

The Province of Fermo is a province in the Marche, central Italy, constituted in 2004. The province came into existence in 2009. The administrative centre is the city of Fermo...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Marche

Marche

The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...

, located about 70 km south of Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

 and about 20 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is c. 51,400.-Geography:...

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Its name refers to Saint Victoria

Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax

Saints Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax are venerated as martyrs and saints by the Catholic Church. Victoria and Anatolia are mentioned in the Roman Martyrology under the date of 10 July. Anatolia was first mentioned in the De Laude Sanctorum composed in 396 by Victrice , bishop of Rouen...

, whose relics were transferred in 827

827

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 by Abbot Peter of Farfa to Mount Matenano from the Piceno due to the Saracen

Saracen

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 invasions. Ratfredus, subsequent Abbot of Farfa, brought the body to Farfa on June 20, 931

931

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Twin towns

Zvenigorod

Zvenigorod

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, Russia Mqabba

Mqabba

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, Malta province of Rieti

Province of Rieti

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, Italy Monteleone Sabino

Monteleone Sabino

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, Italy Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina

Fara in Sabina is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 40 km northeast of Rome and about 25 km southwest of Rieti....

, Italy La Ferté-Saint-Aubin

La Ferté-Saint-Aubin

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, France