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zer, " Ungedruckte . . . Texte der Notitis episco- patuum", 541), in the Notitiic of Leon le Sage and of Constantin Porphyrogenetus ("Georgii' Cyprii De- scriptio Orbis Romani", ed. Gelzer, 74), these two archdioceses are absolutely distinct in the tenth cen- tury. It is not known when the Diocese of Termes- sus or the city disappeared. The ruins of the city situated at Karabounar, Keui in the sanjak of Adalia and the vilayet of Koniah, figure among the richest monuments of antiquity in Asia Minor.

Le Quien, Oriens christiajius, I, 1019; Spatt and Forbes. Travels in Lycia, I (London, 1847), 233; .Smith, Did. of Greek and Roman Geography, s. v.; Lebas-Waddington, Asie-Minenre (Paris, 1847-68), 1202-10; Journal of Hellenic Studies (London, 1895), 126-128; Lanck6ron9Ki, Les villesdela Pamphytie elde la Pisidie (Paris, 1S90), 23-126, 207-35; Codsin, Termessos de Pisi- die in Bull, de corresp. hellenique, XXIII (Paris, 1893), 165-192, 280-303.

S. Vailh:6.

Termoli, Diocese op (Thermularum), on the Italian coast of the Adriatic, having a small harbour near the mouth of the Petraglione. In ancient days it was called Buca; in 1.567 it was put to fire and sword by the Turks. Termoli contains a fine Gothic cathe- dral. It is first mentioned as a diocese in 946, when Benefetto, an usurper of the episcopal see, was forced to withdraw by order of Agapitus II; the earliest known legitimate bishop was Scio (969). Among his successors were: Jacopo Cini, O.P. (1379), author of a commentary on the "Sentences"; Domencio Girada (1381), a learned Servite theologian; Fedrico Merzio (1602), a collaborator of Baronius. In 1818 this see was united with Guardia Alferia, a small town near Cerrato, which had its first bishop in 1075 and its last in 1775. Termoli is suffragan of Benevento, and con- tains 19 parishes, 54 secular priests, and 1 convent of nuns.

Cappelletti, Le ckiese d' Italia, XIX.

U. Benigni.

Ternan, Saint, Bishop of the Picts, flourished in the si.xth century. Much obscurity attaches to his history, and it is difficult to reconcile his chronology as given by various writers. Some say that he was consecrated by St. Palladius in 440, others that he was a monk of Cuh-oss in Fife, one of the monasteries foimded by St. Serf, or Servan, the tutor of St. Kenti- gern. The Picts were not converted till about 570, by the zeal of St. Columba. St. Kentigern died in 603, and St. Serf of Culross died in 583 (feast 1 July). It is safe to assert that St. Ternan was a contemporary of St. Serf. In the "Aberdeen Martyrology" there is mention of "the Gospel of St. Matthew belonging to St. Ternan", which was "enshrined in a metal case or cumdach (book shrine), covered with silver and gold, after the Irish fashion." St. Ternan is com- memorated on 12 June. He must not be confounded with St. Trumwine.

Skene, Celtic Scotland (3 vols., Edinburgh. 1876-80); Moban, Irish Saints in Great Britain (Rome, 1903) ; Bede, Eccl. Hist, of England, tr. Sellab (London, 1907) ; Stokes, Early Christian Art in Ireland (Dublin, 1911).

W. H. Grattan-Flood.

Terni. See Narni and Terni, Diocese op.

Terracina, Sezze, and Piperno, Diocese op (Terracinen.sis, Setinensis et Privernbnsis), in the Province of Rome. The city of Terracina is near the e.stuary of the Amaseno, on a promontory (the old town), and beside the Via Appia (the new town, founded by Pius VI). The harbour, one of the safest in the Mediterranean, is frociucntcd mostly by coasting-vessels engaged in export ing gi-;iin from the Pont inoinarslics, and wine, oil, and vegel.al>lcs from the Lepiniau hills; hunting in tlu^ ncigliboni-iiig woods and the rishiiigindustryar('alsoc;uTi('(lon willi))rofit by the inhabitants. TIkmc :irc ruins of the temple of Rome and ,\ugustus, ;it tlie place now oci-upicd by the cathe- dral of SI . C'a'sareus, cdtitaining the iiillars of the tem- ple and an ambo with mosaics. On one of the prom-

ontories are ruins of tlie great temple of Venus; also traces of the fortifications and of the palace of Theo- doric. Terracina, called by the Romans Tarracina, the ancient Auxur, was a Latin city, and was subject to Rome under the kings. Later it was captured by the Volscians, who in 406 b. c. ceded it to the Ro- mans. Hannibal, after capturing Capua, failed to take it. LTnder Antoninus Pius the harbour was en- larged. It was included in Pepin's donation to the Holy See, but about 780 was captured by the Byzan- tines, who, however, were expelled by Charlemagne. The Saracens landed there on several occasions during the ninth century. Later it was a fief of the Frangi- pani, but Gregory IX included it among the places which were always to be immediately subject to the Holy See. In 1798, the French commander having been slain during a revolt, the city was sacked. Ac- cording to tradition, the first Bishop of Terracina was St. Epaphroditus. The most ancient Christian rec- ord of the city is that of the martyrdom of St. Juli- anus, priest, and St. Cssareus, deacon, who were cast into the sea under Trajan; in the third century St. Quartus (bishop?) suffered. The first bishop whose date is known with certainty is Sabinus (313). Among his successors were: an African priest, St. Silvianus, a fugitive during the Vandal persecution (about 443); Petrus (590), during whose episcopate the Jews were persecuted so severely in Terracina that St. Gregory the Great had to intervene ; under Agnellus, former Bishop of Fundi, which city had been destroyed, the two dio- ceses were united; the last three letters only of the name of another Bishop of Terracina,. . . vsa, are pre- served in an inscription (Corp. Inscr. Lat., X, I, 6419); other bishops were: Joannes (969), who made the vow that the inhabitants of the city should offer each year 6,000 eels to the monastery of Monte Cas- sino; Ambrosius (1066), a Benedictine and ecclesiasti- cal reformer; Gregorius (1106), a Benedictine, sur- named Columna Ecclcsiir. About tliis time, if not earlier, the sees of Piperno (Privernum) and Sezze (J5etia), situated on the side of the Lepinian hills, were united to Terracina. The earliest of the seven known bishops of Piperno is Bonifacius (769). There is moreover an ancient Christian cemetery at Piperno. The first mention of a Bishop of Sezze is a reference to Stephanus (1036); in the time of Pollidius (1046), St. Ligdanus founded the Monastery of St. Cecilia near Sezze: among the others was Lando, who in 1 178, under the name of Innocent III, usurped the papal tiara. The union of the three dioceses was confirmed by Ho- norius III (1217) during the episcopate of Simeone. Among his successors were: the Franciscan Fra Gio- vanni (1362), who consecrated the cathedral; Zac- caria Mori (1510), present at the Fifth Lateran Coun- cil; Ottaviano Rovera (1545), nuncio in Switzerland and Spain; Bernardo M. Conti (1710), brother of In- nocent XIII, cardinal. In 1725 Benedict XIII re- stored the See of Piperno and Sezze, declaring them united wquc principaliter. Bishop Francesco Anto- nio Mondelli (1805) was exiled in 1809, for refusing to take the oath of loyalty to Napoleon. The famous Ci-stercian Abbey of Fossa Nuova is within the terri- tory of this see. The diocese, whic-h is itnmediately subject to the Holy See, contains 22 i)arislies, 45,000 inliabitants, 94 secular and 15 regular priests, 3 re- ligious luKises for men, 10 for nuns, 1 institute for boys and 3 for girls.

Cappelletti, Le chiese d'ltalia, VI (^'^ni(M^ 1S47>: de La Bunchere, Terracina, essai d'hist. local, il'm- l'--l>. Ciobgi, Donim. Terracinesi in Bull. Instituto Sl,u. /,' \ 1 / i Rome, 1895); LoMBABDlNl. Delia istoria di Se!:e (V.Unn, ls7i.i; Valle, La citta 7iuova di Piperno (Naples, 1640).

U. Benigni.

Terrasson, .\ndr/., French preacher, b. at Lyons in 1(19; d. at Paris, 25 .\pril. 1723. lie was the eldest .son <if a councillor of the Lyons jiresidial (court of justice). Entering the Congregation of the