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Church of Sant'Eframo Vecchio

  • Visit: about 20 min
Church of Sant'Eframo Vecchio
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Very ancient church on the burial site of Bishop Ephrem, linked to a 5th-century catacomb and later to the Capuchins.

On the square of the same name, in the San Carlo all'Arena district, stands Sant'Eframo Vecchio, a church of very ancient foundation on the spot where Bishop Ephrem, one of the first bishops of Naples, is said to have been buried.According to some scholars the burial was in a 5th-century catacomb decorated with paintings of the period. The building was later given to the Capuchin friars, who had one of their first convents in Naples here.

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