Art and CultureChurch, Monastery and Convent, Sanctuary, San Marco la Catola

Santuario della Madonna di Josafat di San Marco La Catola

In San Marco la Catola there is an important convent founded by the Capuchins in 1585 on the remains of a pre-existing abbey.

The place

It was Marquis Pignatelli who called the Friars Minor to San Marco la Catola, asking them to incorporate the church into the convent, so that it would be "officiated and maintained with decorum".

The current structure of the building, however, is due to the successive enlargements made in 1650 and in the 1700s, and is characterized by a linear and symmetrical façade at the center of which is the church. The Monastery, which houses 40 cells, took the name of Santa Maria di Giosafat because it incorporates the ancient chapel of the same name inside which is preserved an admirable wooden bas-relief of Byzantine style, which portrays the Madonna di Giosafat, whose presence would prove, according to some, that the country was founded by veterans of the sixth crusade (the Frederick) in the first half of the thirteenth century.

The interesting and ancient library of the convent is also worth a visit.

In 1904 a young student of theology from Pietrelcina stayed for a short time at the convent: Saint Pius.






Location

SP 2, San Marco la Catola

The village

San Marco la Catola

San Marco La Catola rises on a mountain 683 meters high and occupies a geographically strategic position, overlooking the valley of the river Catola.

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