Poggio Catino 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 Rieti

Province of Rieti

The Province of Rieti is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti.It has an area of 2,749 km², and a total population of 153,258 . There are 73 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Rieti.It was founded in 1927.-External links:*...

 in the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Latium

Latium

Lazio is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country. With about 5.7 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros, Lazio is the third most populated and the second richest region of Italy...

, located about 45 km northeast of Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

 and about 20 km southwest of Rieti

Rieti

Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,288 and an area of 15.0 km².

Poggio Catino borders the following municipalities: Cantalupo in Sabina

Cantalupo in Sabina

Cantalupo in Sabina is a town and comune in the province of Rieti, on the Sabine Hills of Lazio. It is famous as the reputed origin of the muskmelon called a cantaloupe melon....

, Forano

Forano

Forano is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km north of Rome and about 25 km southwest of Rieti...

, Poggio Mirteto

Poggio Mirteto

Poggio Mirteto is a comune in the province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, about 45 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti, situated on a height by the River Sole, in a fertile region, where pot-herbs, cereals, grapes and pastures are cultivated, and where...

, Roccantica

Roccantica

Roccantica is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 50 km northeast of Rome and about 15 km southwest of Rieti....

, Salisano

Salisano

Salisano is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti.-External links:*...

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It was the birthplace of the medieval historian Gregory of Catino

Gregory of Catino

Gregory of Catino was a monk of the Abbey of Farfa and "one of the most accomplished monastic historians of his age." Gregory died shortly after 1130, possibly in 1133....

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