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Rh only 2,500 are still Byzantine. But they have five Byzantine churches, served by six priests. Twenty-nine kilos. south-west is Contessa Entelina, where the Albanians came in 1450. All here speak Albanian. The population is about 3,000, of whom half are still Byzantine. Contessa has three Byzantine churches, and six priests of the rite.

Lastly, 17 kilos. south-east, is Palazzo Adriano, where the Albanians came in 1482. It was originally all Byzantine; the Byzantine parish church was the undisputed "Matrice" of the place. Then some of the inhabitants turned Latin; a church of the Roman rite was built, and there began one of those curious long and angry disputes as to which church was the "Matrice." It does not seem of much importance, since in every diocese the only head really is the Ordinary; but in these Albanian colonies there have been fierce disputes as to which church, Latin or Byzantine, should bear this rather senseless title. Now at Palazzo Adriano, as for the matter of that at Mezzoiuso, too, there are two "Matrici." Both churches claim the title, and they still quarrel over it. The Latin parish priest calls himself the "Arciprete," his Byzantine colleague is the "Protopapa"; and each loudly declares that he is the real archpriest of the place. The Bishop of Monreale might do worse than take away the title from both, and stop their quarrelling that way.