Italy

• Rome
  • Tarpeian Rock — Cliff on the Capitoline Hill in Rome from which traitors were thrown; Lacordaire listens in silence at its base while Cicero speaks
• Alba Longa — Ancient Latin city near Rome; the Curiatii of Alba fought the Horatii in single combat
• Brescia — City in northern Italy; home of Ascanius Martinengus, who wrote two enormous volumes on Genesis chapter 1
• Capua — City in Campania, Italy; seat of Bishop Germanus, whose soul St. Benedict saw being carried to heaven
• Italy — The Italian peninsula; St. Vincent Ferrer traveled through Italy converting many
• Magna Graecia — Coastal region of southern Italy colonized by Greek settlers, known for its philosophers and schools
• Nola — City in Campania, southern Italy; St. Paulinus built a church there with inscribed verses on the shrines for the Eucharist and Sacred Scripture
• Padua — City in the Veneto, northeastern Italy; associated with St. Anthony of Padua, who taught sacred Letters
• Rome — Seat of the papacy and the Catholic Church; where Lapide was summoned to teach and where he died in 1637
• Sicily — Island south of Italy; Robert, King of Sicily, told Petrarch he would more calmly part with the crown than with letters
• St. Peter's Basilica — Papal basilica in Vatican City, Rome; where Clement VIII issued his bull on the Vulgate
• Tarentum — Greek colony in southern Italy; home of the philosopher Archytas, whom Plato visited
• Trent — City in northern Italy; location of the ecumenical Council of Trent (1545-1563)