THE PERIOD BIZANTINO

In year 535 the emperor of Giustiniano East sent Belisario to hunt the Goti that had been istallati in Campania.

It succeeded to us but these last ones, after little, returned in the Meridione. The emperor in the 551 made to move against of they its trusted general Narsete. The first crash was resolved with the Victoria of the Bizantini, but the war did not end. It returned to loads goto the Teia, than one met with the army of Narsete in the most violent battle of the 553 on hills of Agerola.

It seems that the locality Pino has been theatre of that bloody body to body of two days during which Teia disordinatamente fell on the dispersed field and its army. In the course of the battle some families of the zones riversarono in Agerola.

Perhaps then the Mascolo family reached to Agerola from the high zone of Gragnano. It is of that period the construction of some churches in ours contrade, in fact Agerola “was one of first concurring for the sacred elevation of newspaper stands, santuarii and other monuments” ('). On the work and the role of the Church they were founded, then, the works of beneficence and the mounts of mercy of the lineages Naclerio, Imperati, Knight. Casanova and Monte S. Antonio Abbot, which it followed the institution of the congreghe laicali. All these institutions, been born from the force of the faith of the Agerolesi and with very soon object religious and social, divennero centers of life, places of prayer and association, school of spiritualità and moralizzazione to you. Unfortunately of ancient chiesette the agerolesi ones some trace does not remain.

languages annotations:
> Terms of Greek origin - bizantina <

“tuosseco” from toxikon, poison

“cascia” from kapsia, case

“poteca” from apothéké, bottega

“caccavo” from kakkovoo, boiler

 “risk” from rhizihon, risk.