The church of St. Vitus is located within the ancient Acropolis of Arpino and must have been built on the ruins of a Roman temple dedicated to Venere Conciliatrice (Venus Consiliator).
The rectory is located in part on the ruins of the chapel dedicated to Our Lady, and partly on an old ossuary.
The first official records date back to 1305, for a visit of the Bishop of Sora.
The church was later rebuilt in the sixteenth century and has a late baroque style with a facade attached to a pre-existing bell tower with a sundial and a clock.
The church has three naves and has a marble altar with a polychrome painting of the Cavalier d'Arpino depicting three martyrs. The saints are Modesto and Crescentia at the sides of San Vito dressed as a Roman soldier.
In the church there is a wooden statue of San Vito realized by Stolz.
In ancient traditions during the feast of St. Vitus the statue has been carried in procession, and on that day the animals were blessed while also the exorcism was performed for those possessed by the effects of 'Tools of St Vitus' (St Vitus Dance).
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