Subiaco

Subiaco (anc. Sublaqueum), a city of Italy, lies embosomed in hills beside the Teverone, 32 miles E. by N. from Rome, and was the cradle of the Benedictine order and the place where the printing-press was first set up in Italy (1464). There are two monasteries dating from the 6th century, one of which (Santa Scolastica) contains a small but valuable library, whilst the other was built near the cave in which St Benedict lived. The city was greatly favoured by Pope Pius VI. : he enlarged its castle (built 1068), erected a church, &c. Pop. 6503.