Cerenzia
Cerenzia | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Cerenzia | |
Location of Cerenzia | |
| Coordinates: 39°14′40″N 16°47′00″E / 39.24444°N 16.78333°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Crotone (KR) |
| Frazioni | Zinga |
| Area | |
• Total | 39 km2 (15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Population (December 31, 2004) | |
• Total | 1,273 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cerentisi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 88822 |
| Dialing code | 0984 |
| Patron saint | San Teodoro d'Amasea |
| Saint day | November 9 |
Cerenzia is a town, comune (municipality), former bishopric and Latin titular see with a population of 1000 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria region, southernmost peninsular Italy.
The modern town is besides the Ancient settlement Acerenthia, now a rural site known as Cerenzia vecchia ('old C.'), which includes the ruins of the cathedral dedicated to Saint Theodorus of Amasea, all abandoned to peasantry by the second half of the Ottocento (19th century).