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Church · Frigento (AV)

Church of San Marciano in Frigento

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 881 m
Church of San Marciano in Frigento
Photo: Noemizaz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

A church dedicated to Frigento's patron saint, recorded from the 8th century and built in an area with Lombard burials.

At the entrance to Frigento's historic centre we come across the church of San Marciano, dedicated to the patron saint and, according to tradition, the town's first bishop. Sources mention it as early as 754, but the present building is the result of rebuilding after the earthquakes of 1694 and 1732; it was restored after the 1980 earthquake.We are fascinated by its buried history: in the neighbouring gardens excavations revealed an older place of worship inside a necropolis, with Lombard tombs of armed free men. Inside, we suggest looking at the painting of the saint on the high altar, the fragments of bronze inscriptions and the ex-votos, a sign of unbroken devotion.

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