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Church · Cusano Mutri (BN)

Church of San Giovanni Battista in Cusano Mutri

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 418 m
Church of San Giovanni Battista in Cusano Mutri
Photo: Adam91 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

The archpriest's Church of San Giovanni Battista in Cusano Mutri has five aisles, a baptismal font of 1444 and the relic of the Holy Thorn.

In the lower part of the village stands the archpriest's Church of San Giovanni Battista, with a basilica-plan interior of five aisles marked out by massive stone columns. The square bell tower is built with reused stones and the portal carved by Ferrante da Cerreto in 1537 is now placed in the baptistery.We like the baptismal font of 1444, decorated with the lamb, and we are moved by the 14th-century silver reliquary holding a thorn from Christ's crown, the Holy Thorn, deeply venerated by the community. We recommend giving it a careful visit while exploring the medieval village of Cusano.

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