Pope Leo is quite flat, and the magnificent Church it 
the Dominicans in Ruines, with the Convent of the Re- 
formati OJfervanti , one of the beft in the whole Pro- 
vince. 
Ahi Aquilea, commonly called Jaci Reals, fituated at 
the Foot of Etna is aimed quite deftroyed, and its In- 
habitants buried in the Ruines, with many Convents ; 
amongft.the reft, the famous one of the OJJervanti Re- 
formatio Aci St Antonio, Aci St. Filippo, S. Gregorio, 
Fedara TrecaHagni, Bonnacorei, Nico/ojt, Motta, Mefler- 
lianco, Fenicia, and feveral other truitful Villages feu- 
ated near Mongilello, aredeftroyed, with all the Habita- 
tions of the pieafant Hills about Canar.ea, which are now 
in the Dull. 
Paternv, about Twelve Miles from Catatiia, a populous 
City., at the foot of Mongibello, fubjecr to the Durchy of 
Mont alto, felt the dreadful Etfedb of the Earthquake, 
loofiog mod of its Buildings, all the Convents of Fry- 
ars,. and a very fine Monaftery. In the Ruines were 
buried Forty Perfons. Aderno, a City (ubjed to the 
fame Lords, had the fame Fate. 
Cantabiano Piemcnte in the Valley of Emona, Franco- 
fente, Talagcnia in the Valley of Noto are little lets than 
wholly levei'd, and about 300 Perfons deftroyed, as we 
have by the Letter of the Marquefs of Francofonte, who 
was miraculoufly fayed by leaping out through the 
Crack in the Wall of the Falling Edifice. 
Catania, one of the moft ancient and famous Cities g? 
the whole Kingdom, honoured by the Courts of feveral 
Monarchs, and an Epiicopai See, even from the time of 
the Apoftles, giving place to none in the Beauty of its 
Sacred Edifices; amongft which the Dome was the mofl: 
fumptuous and large in all Sicily, adorned with excellent 
Pictures, and richly furniflied, and blefrd with the Re- 
liques of the Invincible Martyr St. Agatha, honoured 
ivith the Bodies of feveral Kings ; befices it had a very 
