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Church · Santa Maria a Vico (CE)

Church of San Nicola Magno in Santa Maria a Vico

  • Visit: about 20 min
Pictured: Santa Maria a Vico · Fiore Silvestro Barbato · CC BY-SA 2.0 · resized

Parish church of Santa Maria a Vico dedicated to its patron St Nicholas, commissioned in 1762 by St Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori.

The Church of San Nicola Magno is the parish church dedicated to the patron saint of Santa Maria a Vico, celebrated on 6 December. Its history is linked to a leading figure of the 18th-century Church: it was St Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, then Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti, who had it built in 1762.The new building replaced an older 17th-century church dedicated to Santa Maria la Nova. We like discovering how popular devotion to St Nicholas and the memory of a great Campanian bishop and saint intertwine in this place. We suggest visiting it together with the nearby Basilica of the Assunta, for a complete picture of the town's religious history.

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