a town of the kingdom of Naples, with a bishop's see. It is situated on a rugged mountain, is about three miles from the sea, and seven north from St Severino. It is supposed to be the ancient Petelia, which made a conspicuous figure in the second Punic war by its obstinate resistance against Hannibal. Near its walls Marcellus the rival of Hannibal was slain in a skirmish. E. Long. 17. 26. N. Lat. 39. 20.