Itala, Sicily
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Itala is a comune (municipality) of Messina in the Italian region Sicily.[1]
Itala borders the following municipalities: Alì, Alì Terme, Fiumedinisi, Messina, Scaletta Zanclea.
Possible origin of the town name
Because of similarity to the country name (Script error: No such module "Lang". versus Script error: No such module "Lang".), the origins of the name have been studied extensively.[2]
One theory, according to the historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who in turn cites Antiochus of Syracuse, posits the name "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (and presumably also "Script error: No such module "Lang".") likely derives from its mythical founder "Italus," son of Oenotrus (the youngest of fifty sons of Lycaon from Arcadia):[3]
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And Antiochus of Syracuse, a very early historian, in his account of the settlement of Italy, when enumerating the most ancient inhabitants in the order in which each of them held possession of any part of it, says that the first who are reported to have inhabited that country are the Oenotrians.
His words are these: "Antiochus, the son of Xenophanes, wrote this account of Italy, which comprises all that is most credible and certain out of the ancient tales; this country, which is now called Italy, was formerly possessed by the Oenotrians."
Then he relates in what manner they were governed and says that in the course of time Italus came to be their king, after whom they were named Italians; that this man was succeeded by Template:Ill, after whom they were called Morgetes, and that Siculus, being received as a guest by Morges and setting up a kingdom for himself, divided the nation. After which he adds these words: "Thus those who had been Oenotrians became Sicels, Morgetes and Italians."
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Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is located in Itala. The church dates from (at least) the 11th century.[4]