History of the town

TEGGIANO (anc. Tegianum, formerly called Diano), a town in Campania, Italy, in. the province of Salerno, 45 m. S.E. of that town. Pop. (1901) 5095. It is situated 2090 ft. above sea-level on an isolated eminence above the upper part of the valley of the Negro (anc. Tanager), to which it gives the name of Val di Diano. It represents the ancient Tegianum a municipal town of Lucania, made into a colony by Nero, of which the ruins can be traced at the foot of the hill, with an ancient Roman bridge. An Oscan sepulchral inscription in Greek letters has been found here (cf. W. Corssen in Ephemeris Epigra flea, n. 153). It possesses a castle, several churches of some interest, and three conventual buildings. In 1497 it was strong enough to resist, under Antonio Sanseverino of Salerno, the siege undertaken by Frederick of Aragon. (T. As.)

St. Cono was born in Teggiano in southern Italy in the 1100s. He became a Benedictine monk and went on to perform numerous miracles. His remains were later embedded in a statue in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Many ancestors of Teggiano, Sassano, and the Vallo di Diano have adapted San Cono as their patron saint.

On the first Sunday in June, residents of Teggiano go to the town's cathedral and gather up the remains of their patron saint, San Cono, and escort them in procession around town. A stream of lambs and calves are herded along too, and bringing up the rear are a flock of young virgins, both male and female, wearing complex waxen. Festivals for San Cono are held throughout the world at different times of the year, including Brooklyn, New York, Buenos Aries, Argentina, Montreal, Canada, and in Venezuela. Dates celebrated include Sundays in June, which marks the patron festivity and the death of Cono, and September 27, which celebrates the transition of the remains of San Cono from Cadossa to Teggiano.

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