Mount Etna otherworldly associations of the great, volcanic mountain of their new home. Mediaevalist Roger Sherman Loomis quotes passages from the works of Gervase of Tilbury and Caesarius of Heisterbach (dating from the late twelfth century) featuring accounts of Arthur's returning of a lost horse which had strayed into his subterranean kingdom beneath Etna. Caesarius quotes as his authority for the story a certain canon Godescalcus of Bonn, who considered it a matter of historic fact of the time of Emperor Henry's conquest of Sicily "circa" 1194. Caesarius employs in his account the Latin phrase "in monte Gyber" ("within Etna") to describe
Italian ship Etna (A 5326) Italian ship Etna (A 5326) "Etna" is an auxiliary ship that entered service with the Marina Militare in 1998.<br> She is designed to support fleet operations with fuel and dry stores.<br> "Etna" is the Italian single vessel of Etna class with a sister ship, HS "Prometheus", was built under licence in Greece and entered service with the Hellenic Navy in 2003. "Etna" is the fifth Italian ship to bear the name. She was ordered in July 1995, and was built by Fincantieri at the Riva Trigoso Naval Shipyard. She was launched in July 1997, and underwent sea trials during November