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Church · Calitri (AV)

Church of San Canio Vescovo Martire

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 591 m
Church of San Canio Vescovo Martire
Photo: Cuz95 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

Calitri's mother church, dedicated to the patron Saint Canius, rebuilt in the 20th century and reopened in 1993.

The history of Calitri's mother church is a sequence of destruction and rebirth. As early as the 8th century there was a church which from 799 housed the relics of Saint Canius; rebuilt several times after earthquakes and landslides, it was demolished in 1881. The present building was created in the 20th century in Largo Croce, enlarged to three naves in 1965 and reopened in 1993 after the damage of the 1980 earthquake.We love the 18th-century high altar in inlaid marble. We suggest lingering over the 18th-century canvases, including the Apotheosis of Saint Canius, the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the Madonna Assunta. At the end of the side naves you will find the statues of the Sacred Heart and the patron saint.

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