Diocese of Alife

Alife, a diocese made up of twelve communes in the province of Caserta, Archbishopric of Benevento, Italy. The name of a Bishop of Alife appears for the first time among the signatories of the Roman Synod of 499, in the time of Pope Symmachus (Clarus episcopus Ecclesioe Allifanoe subscripsi—) “Monumenta Germanise Historica,” auct. Antiquiss., XII, 400. It contains 17 parishes, 60 priests, 23,890 inhabitants.

ERNESTO BUONAIUTI