Nicotera , the ancient Medama , is in the Province of Catanzaro ; it was destroyed by the earthquake of 1783 . Its first known bishop was Proculus , to whom , with others , a letter of pope Gregory the Great was written in 599 . With the exception of Sergius ( 787 ) , none of its bishops is known earlier than 1392 . Under Bishop Charles Pinti , the city was pillaged by the Ottoman Turks
earthquake of 1783
1783 Calabrian earthquakes
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicotera-Tropea