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Church · Pietrelcina (BN)

Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Pietrelcina

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 356 m

Pietrelcina's mother church, where Padre Pio celebrated his first Mass in 1914 and served from 1910 to 1916.

In the heart of Pietrelcina, the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli was rebuilt after the 1688 earthquake on a Greek-cross plan with a nave and two aisles, and has been the parish seat since 1843. Here the Madonna della Libera, the village's patron saint, is venerated, represented by a late 17th-century wooden statue of the Neapolitan school.For pilgrims it is a special place: Padre Pio carried out his ministry here between 1910 and 1916 and celebrated his first Mass here on 14 August 1914. We recommend pausing at the bronze portal made in 2000, with eight panels telling the story of Pietrelcina and its most famous saint.

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