Castel di Lucio

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Castel di Lucio
Comune
Comune di Castel di Lucio
Location of Castel di Lucio
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Coordinates: 37°53′N 14°19′E / 37.883°N 14.317°E / 37.883; 14.317
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Messina (ME)
Government
• Mayor	Giuseppe Franco
Area [1]
• Total	28.4 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Elevation	753 m (2,470 ft)
Population  (30 November 2011)[2]
• Total	1,371
• Density	48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym	Castelluccesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	98070
Dialing code	0921
Patron saint	St. Placidus
Saint day	5 October
Website	Official website

Castel di Lucio (Sicilian: Castiddruzzu) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) southeast of Palermo and about 110 kilometres (68 mi) southwest of Messina. Castel di Lucio borders the following municipalities: Geraci Siculo, Mistretta, Nicosia, Pettineo, San Mauro Castelverde. In ecclesiastical geography, Castel di Lucio is at the far western end of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Patti.

Castel di Lucio was populated in the Norman period by families from continental Italy and southern France. The presence of Gallo-Italic dialects may suggest a Ligurian colonization, and a foundation or re-foundation by the Ligurian Ventimiglia. From 1480 to 1634 there were many lords of Castel di Lucio: Matteo Speciale, Nicola Siracusa, the Lercano, the Ansalone, the Timpanaro, the Cannizzaro, and the Agraz. In 1726 Francesco Agraz was named first Duke of Castelluzzo in a diploma of Charles IV of Sicily, thus closing the baronial era. In the 16th century there were 1617 inhabitants in 346 houses, in the seventeenth century the population increase was slight, to 1695 inhabitants and 528 houses. There were no significant changes in the eighteenth century.

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