a town of Italy, in the Campagna di Roma, with a bishop's see. It is the capital of a principality of the same name, and the bishop is one of the six cardinal bishops. It was anciently famous for the temple of Fortune, being then called Præneste, and seated on the top of a mountain, the ruins of which may yet be seen. E. Long. 12. 55'. N. Lat. 41. 5'.