CELANO, a town of the Abruzzi, Italy, province of Aquila, 73m. E. of Rome by rail.
Pop. (1931) 7,041 (town) ; 10,854 (commune). It is on a hill above the Lago Fucino, and is domi nated by a square castle, with round towers at the angles, erected in its present form in 1451. It contains three churches with 13th century facades in the style of those of Aquila. The origin of the town goes back to Lombard times, but it was de stroyed in 1223, and rebuilt on a different site in 1227. It was dam aged by the earthquake of 1915.
It was the birthplace of Thomas of Celano, author of the Dies Irae, and biographer of S. Francis and S. Clara.