San Sosti
Comune
Comune di San Sosti
Location of San Sosti
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Coordinates: 39°39′36″N 16°1′42″E / 39.66000°N 16.02833°E / 39.66000; 16.02833
Country	Italy
Region	Calabria
Province	Cosenza (CS)
Frazioni	Macellara, Fravitta
Government
• Mayor	Vincenzo De Marco
Area [1]
• Total	43.55 km2 (16.81 sq mi)
Elevation	355 m (1,165 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	2,126
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym	Sansostesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	87010
Dialing code	0981
Patron saint	St. Joseph
Saint day	March 19
Website	Official website

San Sosti (Calabrian: Santisuòsti; from Greek: Άγιος Σώστης, romanized: Agios Sostis) is a comune in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria, southern Italy.

History

A highly decorated bronze axe-head was discovered near San Sosti in 1846. This votive offering was later bought by the collector and goldsmith Alessandro Castellani, from whom it was eventually acquired by the British Museum in 1884.^[3] On the axe is inscribed an important dedication in the Achaean dialect of Ancient Greek that can be dated to the sixth century BC.

In 1448, people from Albania migrated to San Sosti.

Main sights

• Sanctuary of Madonna del Pettoruto, founded in 1274 by the monks of the Abbey of Acquaformosa. It was rebuilt after the 1783 Calabrian earthquakes. It houses a 17th-century stone sculpture of a Madonna with Child
• The Abbey of San Sozonte (10th-11th centuries)
• The ruins of the Rocca, a 10th-century castle, which according to tradition was used by Hannibal during the Punic Wars.