Poggio Catino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Rome and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Rieti.

[2] The village was created at the end of the 11th century, above the Moricone hill, to find a larger building space than that of the nearby village of Catino, founded in the 7th century, and nowadays a hamlet of it.

The toponym itself describes the topography of the built-up area: a hillock (poggio) above a basin (catino).

Anciently under the rule of Farfa Abbey, it became part of the Province of Perugia, after the Italian unification (1861).

The municipality borders with Cantalupo in Sabina, Forano, Poggio Mirteto, Roccantica and Salisano.