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1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.
Tivoli, Tibur, an ancient City in the States of the Church, in Campagna di Roma, upon the River Teverone; eighteen Miles from Rome to the East. It is a Bishops See, under the Pope. Honoured with a noble Palace and Gardens, belonging to the Cardinal de Este. A Synod was held at it in 1636. The Sibylla, called Tiburtina from this City, is supposed to have possessed a Vault amongst the neighbouring Rocks in the Teverone, which discover some remains of a small Oratory.